Captain Denis Swinney

 War on Land - Allied: British and Commonwealth
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"...we sit in greatcoats planning wonderful meals in the dark."

 

 

 

 

 
Page One

General experience and audio clip.
Page Two - this page

This page: includes inventory.
Page Three

Includes diary extracts.
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Gavi castle. N Italy POW camp.
Gavi castle. N Italy POW camp.

Inventory of the Donation

  • Book: Art in the bag (4 pages on Swinney, pp 32-35) published for the Oflag 79 art club, 1948
  • Oflag 79 P.O.W. identity card including chest x-ray.
  • Photographs
  • German letter
  • Large set of original artwork including 20 paintings and 14 cartoons
  • Tape-recorded
Cartoon: "Mustn't get muscle-bound old man"
Cartoon: "No - I can't even read Italian"

Denis Swinney's Oflag 79 P.O.W. card complete with chest x-ray!
Denis Swinney's Oflag 79 P.O.W. card complete with chest x-ray!
 View painted from the window of the POW camp in the fortress of Gavi in Northern Italy
View painted from the window of the POW camp in the fortress of Gavi in Northern Italy

Prisoners in the sun. Oflag 79-Brunswick 1944.
Prisoners in the sun. Oflag 79-Brunswick 1944.
 German boys (painted from a magazine illustration)
German boys (painted from a magazine illustration)
Page One

General experience and audio clip.
Page Two - this page

This page: includes inventory.
Page Three

Includes diary extracts.

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