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German Prisoners in Britain Quickquiz

 You have 60 seconds to answer true or false to the questions below:

1. By the end of the war there were more than 600 POW camps in Britain.
2. Some prisoners were housed in disused college buildings.
3. Nissen Huts were made out of bricks and concrete.
4. Large numbers of German prisoners came to Britain in 1940.
5. Luftwaffe pilots were interrogated before being sent to a camp.
6. S S prisoners were sent to London.
7. The Geneva convention set out guidelines for the welfare of prisoners of war.
8. German prisoners of war worked on farms or rebuilding houses.
9. German prisoners of war in Britain were given the same food ration as British servicemen.
10. Prisoners had to go through a programme of re-education before being allowed to return to Germany..

 

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