Italian Prisoner of War letters
Scope and contents
Three Prisoner of War letters from World War II written in Italian. Two letters originated in Algeria (Orano) Camp #134. The third has an address listed as the Prisoner of War Information Bureau Provost Marshall's Office, POW camp M126, Washington, D.C. Letters are stamped or have markings indicating Prisoner of War Postage and also show stamps that the letters passed censoring protocol.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1944
Language of Materials
Italian
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Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
- Title
- Guide to the Italian Prisoner of War letters
- Date
- 2016-09-26
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository