Trumpington Prisoner of War Camp: Lectures for German Prisoners of War at Cambridge University, 1948

A Cambridge University course for German Prisoners of War was held in early 1948, with the prisoners based at the Trumpington PoW camp. There are two photographs in the Cambridgeshire Collection.

 

This is one of a number of pages about Trumpington PoW Camp.

The first photograph was captioned “A Cambridge University course for German Prisoners-of-war was being held in 1948: listening to the opening lecture given  by C.W. Guillibaud at St John’s College. About 200 prisoners attended this six-week course organised by the Board of Extra Mural Studies in 1948, which terminated in mid-March. A wide variety of subjects was covered and half the lectures were given in German and half in English”.

Lectures for German Prisoners of War at Cambridge University, 1948. Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library (Reference Y.Tru.K48, filed at S.1948.37242-3).
Lectures for German Prisoners of War at Cambridge University, 1948. Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library (Reference Y.Tru.K48, filed at S.1948.37242-3).

The second photograph was captioned “While the special course for German Prisoners-of-war was being held at Cambridge University in 1948, the prisoners were moved to a special camp at Trumpington”.

German Prisoners of War at Trumpington Camp, while attending lectures at Cambridge University, 1948. Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library (Reference Y.Tru.K48, filed at S.1948.37242-3).
German Prisoners of War at Trumpington Camp, while attending lectures at Cambridge University, 1948. Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library (Reference Y.Tru.K48, filed at S.1948.37242-3).