tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post6533652641979088045..comments2024-03-28T14:05:25.134-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Scholarship During WartimeJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-64313956781344749792009-03-21T08:00:00.000-07:002009-03-21T08:00:00.000-07:00One case who comes immediately to mind is Fritz Ga...One case who comes immediately to mind is Fritz Gasch, the German POW who stayed in England after the war - itself a suggestive fact - and later married Pauline Baynes.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-76737841475714156482009-03-20T14:07:00.000-07:002009-03-20T14:07:00.000-07:00John,A fair amount of co-operative efforts, such a...John,<BR/>A fair amount of co-operative efforts, such as care parcels or the repatriation of seriously injured/mentally ill PoWs, was arranged through the Red Cross. Thus British PoWs could be sent chocolate, woollens and records from the UK - and thus some records could be broken to find hidden maps (and the old joke about the chap who has to have limbs amputated). So studying is as likely as anything.Ian and Anke Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373718387166300995noreply@blogger.com