Exhibition "The Bird-Cage"

Acknowledgements

The City of Laufen thanks the following team of the Board of Curators whose commitment, expertise and voluntary work made this exhibition possible:

  • Professor Gilly Carr (University of Cambridge)
  • Eve Brandel (librarian and daughter of Laufen internee Max Brandel)
  • Lena Thurnhausstatter (student at Paris Lodron University of Salzburg)
  • Werner Eckl (cultural representative of the City of Laufen)

Further thanks go to the following institutions and individuals who provided images free of charge:

  • Channel Islands Occupation Society
  • Jersey Heritage
  • Guernsey Museums and Galleries
  • International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
  • Museum of Jewish Heritage
  • Collection Schloss Colditz
  • The National Ex-Prisoner of War Association
  • Pegasus Archive
  • Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary
  • Towpilot
  • Eve Brandel
  • Peter Mahrer
  • Vanderpool Family
  • Dave Muhly
  • Klaus Obermayer, Major in the Reserve (Traunstein District Liaison Command)
  • Sylvia Fixl

References to Oflag VII C and Ilag VII in the media:

 

 

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