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Great Britain. Government Committee on Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War
Formed during the First World War, this British government committee gathered testimony from returning prisoners and published stark reports on how British captives were treated in German hands. Its work helped document wartime conditions in camps, hospitals, and transport routes with an official, investigative voice.
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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
This was not an individual author but a British government committee created during the First World War. It produced official reports on the treatment of British prisoners of war by the enemy, drawing on statements from repatriated officers and enlisted men as well as other collected evidence.
Its publications covered subjects such as transport to Germany, conditions behind the firing lines in France and Belgium, the typhus epidemic at Wittenberg, and other camp conditions. Some editions were issued through His Majesty's Stationery Office, and library records connect the committee's work with Robert Younger, later Baron Blanesburgh, who was associated with presenting its findings.
Today, the committee's reports are mainly read as historical source material: part wartime investigation, part official record, and part propaganda-era document. For listeners interested in World War I, they offer a direct window into how Britain documented prisoner experiences and tried to shape public understanding of them.