A NEW exhibition tells the story of prisoners of war held in Cheshire.
During the Second World War, numerous hostels and 12 base camps in the county were used to house Italian and German prisoners of war.
Now, Nantwich Museum has opened a new exhibition highlighting the lives of some of those men.
Camp 74 in Tarporley is featured in the exhibition, along with camps and hostels in Weston and Sandbach as well as the high security camp at Crewe Hall.
According to Historic England, German prisoners were sent to Camp 74 where they were sent out to work as labourers in the local area.
Also known as Racecourse Camp, it was demolished by 1953 and the majority of the site returned to pasture.
The exhibition runs until Saturday, December 21.
A talk entitled ‘The Narrow Escape from Hell’ about the exhibition and its accompanying Research Booklet ‘POW Camp 74 and Satellites’ will be given at the museum on Saturday, December 14 at 3.30pm.
Tickets for the talk cost £6 (£5 for museum members) and are available along with the booklet from the museum shop, or can be purchased online at https://nantwichmuseum.org.uk/our-shop/.
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