Primary Source
20th Century | Germany | NS-Germany
[P|S|M]
20th Century | Central Europe | Belgium
[P|S|M]
First Camp Exhibition, P.O.W. Camp at Tertre (Belgium, Province Hennegau (Hainaut) approx. 1946)





Note by the digital editor : These Document forms part of a series of documents which have been brought back to Germany from the camp at Tertre. The prisoners obviously have worked in one of the many coal mines in the Borinage, Belgian province Hainaut. The abbreviation B.O. points to the coal-mining region Borinage near french boarder.
Further information on the history of coal mining in Hainaut is to be found on the website CHARBONNAGES DU HAINAUT


Translation
B.O. 1 artists exhibit

Comrade Wilhelm Deharde from Wesermuende produced, in his spare time,
among others, one wooden stool. It was included in the exhibition and
recognized as
an extraordinary accomplishment.

Tertre, August 25th 1946

for the jury (6 signatures)


[Dokument in deutscher Sprache]

Source: Private property Family Deharde
with frdl. permission for psm-data, digital Edition GM, Translator: AG