Call for volunteers with experience of organising events

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Did you know that 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation and repatriation of WWII Prisoners of War (POWs) from Europe. The Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War is exploring the practicalities of organising an international…

New Charity Trustee

We are pleased to announce that Rhian French, a fully-qualified journalist with more than two decades’ PR experience, has joined us as a trustee. Rhian is a long-standing member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (MCIPR), a…

A child prisoner of the Japanese

We have, today 18 October 2923, published a recent interview of a lady who was a young child prisoner of the Japanese .

80th Anniversary of the liberation of WWII Prisoners of War

The trustees of the Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War have approved a proposal to look into the practicalities of organising an event in 2025 to commemorate the liberation of Allied POWs in 1945. Whilst the focus for the event…

Seminars, Conferences and Tours

In the period pre-dating the establishment of a registered charity, Philip Baker organised a number of seminars, conferences and tours The activities that have been organised in the past are Lamsdorf tours and POW Days. The 75th anniversary…

The Inside Story

We are pleased to announce that the founder of the Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War, Philip Baker, has published the fourth volume in the Lamsdorf book series. 'THE LAMSDORF CLARION' The magazine published by prisoners of war…

How to carry out research

The Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War has, today, published a new comprehensive guide to the various sources of information which can help people carry out research into a Prisoner of War's time in captivity,

A new role for our founder

The Trustees of the Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War are pleased to announce that Philip Baker, who founded and for over 20 years developed this web resource, has been appointed as Project Advisor.

How to navigate our website

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Welcome to our new website. In this version of our website, we've added some additional functionality. Understanding the records Note: the records tables are best viewed on a desktop of laptop device. For all record types (prisoners, camps,…

New website launched

We've launched a new website. A huge amount of work has gone in to developing a new data model and website to house our collections and records of POWs, camps, working parties, and medical facilities. We hope you will find it a useful re…