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  • Island Farm Special Camp 11, near Bridgend, was used to detain over 180 senior German officers after the end of the Second World War. Pictured here are several of these officers returning to the camp after their trials at Nuremburg. Source: Hawthorne, S M (1989) Island Farm Special Camp 11 for Prisoners of War. Bridgend: Brynteg Comprehensive School.
Senior German officers departing Bridgend Railway Station (photo 3 of 3)
  • Island Farm Special Camp 11, near Bridgend, was used to detain over 180 senior German officers after World War Two. Pictured here are, Field Marshal von Rundstedt, General Blumentritt, General Heinrici and Field Marshal von Kleist, arriving at Bridgend Railway Station, following their return from the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials. Source: Hawthorne, S M (1989) Island Farm Special Camp 11 for Prisoners of War. Bridgend: Brynteg Comprehensive School.
Senior German officers arriving at Bridgend Railway Station (photo 1 of 3)
  • Island Farm Special Camp 11, near Bridgend, was used to detain over 180 senior German officers after World War Two. Pictured here are several of these officers returning to the camp after their trials at Nuremburg. Source: Hawthorne, S M (1989) Island Farm Special Camp 11 for Prisoners of War. Bridgend: Brynteg Comprehensive School.
Senior German officers departing Bridgend Railway Station (photo 2 of 3)
  • 187 German Generals giving farewell salute to Field Marshal von Rundstedt on his departure from Island Farm Special German Base Camp 11 to the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in 1946. von Rundstedt was not found guilty of war crimes and was returned to Island Farm where he stayed until 1948. Source: Hawthorne, S M (1989) Island Farm Special Camp 11 for Prisoners of War. Bridgend: Brynteg Comprehensive School.
German Generals at Island Farm Special German Base Camp 11, 1946
Paintings by German prisoners at Island Farm Special Camp, Bridgend, Second World War
Paintings by German prisoners at Island Farm Special Camp, Bridgend, Second World War