213468 Pte. Douglas Neil Tiffen New Zealand Army My father was a Private in the New Zealand Army. His name is Douglas Neil Tiffen, known as Neil. He was a Prisoner Of War in Stalag 8B from sometime after the Battle of Crete (probably late 1941) until the end of the war when the camp prisoners were marched across Germany by German guards/soldiers to reach American forces in the south west of Germany.
Like all the others in this situation my father said very little about his time in Stalag 8B, I do know that he worked in the coal mines for extra . I have rather vague recollections of a school friend of mine mentioning Richard Pape being an uncle of his. I remember the book, written by Mr Pape, being in my friends’ possession, but never got to read it.
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