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Great Britain. Government Committee on Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War
This British government committee documented the treatment of British prisoners of war during World War I, publishing stark official reports that gathered testimony from captured officers and enlisted men. Its work helped turn witness statements into public evidence for Parliament and the wider public.
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The horrors of Wittenberg : Official report to the British government
by Baron Robert Younger Blanesburgh, Great Britain. Government Committee on Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War
About the author
Formed during the First World War, this was a British government committee rather than an individual author. It is credited with a series of official reports on the treatment of British prisoners of war, including material on Wittenberg camp, transport to Germany, and conditions behind the firing lines in France and Belgium.
Library and archive records show these reports were published mainly in 1916 and 1918 by His Majesty's Stationery Office. Several records also note that Robert Younger, later Baron Blanesburgh, served as chairman, which helps explain why his name sometimes appears alongside the committee in catalog listings.
Because this is a corporate body, not a person, there is no single personal biography or portrait to represent it. The committee is best understood as an official investigative voice of wartime Britain, compiling testimony and presenting it to Parliament in published command papers.