288 DAYS BY SHUMEN

WWII POW camp Shumen - people and stories

 

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WWII Shumen  POW camp for  Allied military personal, mostly  from aircrafts, fallen on the territory of Bulgaria existed from November 1943 till September 1944 . New Bulgarian government released  all 328 POW-s from 9 nations from the camp on the  8th September  1944.

The Bulgarians and Gen. HALL 's mission 1944/45

  POW Camp Shumen, March 1944

 

  

"The monument"

Bulgarian guards
United Kingdom - 17 POW's Yugoslavia - 10 POW's
South Africa - 4 POW's Canada - 2 POW's
Netherlands - 2 POW's Australia - 2 POW's

USA - 292 POW's  November 2007
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