- Contributed by听
- derbycsv
- People in story:听
- D.S. HALLIDAY
- Location of story:听
- DERBY
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6634758
- Contributed on:听
- 02 November 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Lin Freeman of Radio Derby CSV on behalf of D.S. Halliday of Derby and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
Between 1940 to 1946 there was established a German prisoner of war camp at Sunnyhill, Derby. This was created to contain 600 POWs. The camp extended from Donington Drive back to the railway line and also Breedon Avenue. Most of the prisoners were from the Wehrmacht.
At that time my family lived at no 6 Donington Drive and the German POWs built for us an air raid shelter which is still standing today.
The supervising officer was a Captain White. There was a hospital in Donington Close which catered for all the German POWs. The camp contained numerous Nissan huts to house the prisoners.
At the end of the war they built a large bonfire which stood 40 foot high and burnt for two weeks.
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