Setley PoW Camp – Large Photo Album
This is the large ‘cow hide’ bound photo album from Setley PoW Camp.
It includes poems (in German), artwork and photographs with some names of the German PoWs that were living at Setley Camp 65. The main dates seen through the album are 1946 and 47 and there is a real Christmas theme to the artwork. It is thought that it may have been a gift from the German soldiers to Max Mueller.
Information on those seen in the album
Wilhelm Peuyn (lower photo on page 54, photo 54b “front row, far left”)
Wilhelm Peuyn was born on 16 May 1925. When this photo was taken he would have been 21 years old. He was working as a carpenter during his time at Brockenhurst. He arrived in March 1946 from Edinburgh, Scotland and returned to Germany in May 1948.
Hans Strehlau (photo on page 52, photo 52 “back row, second in from left”)
Hans arrived at Setley in May 1946 and was billeted in Barrack 16. He worked at Exbury Farm and later at Lepe Farm where he was billeted. As part of the WWII project he was interviewed and recalls some activities at the camp, namely concerts and a boxing match. When he and his fellow prisoners were discharged, they were given an alien certificate and then they could be paid work.
- To find out more about this unique collection of objects from the Setley PoW Camp see the ‘Setley Prisoner of War Camp – Document and artefact collection’ article.
- To find out more about the camp see the ‘Setley Prisoner of War Camp – Overview’ article.