Item FO 383/201 - Germany: Prisoners, including: Shipment of apples to British prisoners at Döberitz. Report of a reciprocal...

Germany: Prisoners, including: Shipment of apples to British prisoners at Döberitz. Report of a reciprocal agreement between France and Germany regarding the postponement of the punishment of prisoners, and consideration of a similar agreement between Germany and England. Repatriation of Reverend E Heider, a German missionary held as a prisoner in New Zealand. Dr Fritz Rohrer: request for information from the British Consulate at Zurich concerning the welfare and whereabouts of his daughter, Mrs Mary Veith. Subsequent information provided by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief , East Africa, on the re-marriage of Mrs Mary Veith (now known as Mrs Osman) and her residency in Mrogoro, German East Africa. Captain Thomas Ormston: enquiry by his wife concerning the welfare and whereabouts of her husband and the crew of his ship, the SS Shipcote. Mr Emil Burmeister: request to be allowed to receive monthly remittances from his agent in South Africa, as a British colonial subject resident in Germany. Mr Emil Böhme: agreement by the British Government for the transmission to him of a medal and letter from the United States Congress, during his internment at Knockaloe Camp on the Isle of Man. Captain Otto Prejawa: written complaint regarding the circumstances of his internment in the German prisoner of war camp at Liverpool, New South Wales. Karl Marnitz: complaint from the German Government regarding the severity of the punishment for his attempted escape from the prisoner of war camp at Ahmednagar in East Bombay, India. Request by Mr Herman Wertheim, a naturalised South African subject resident in Wiesbaden, Germany, for the safeguarding by the British authorities of shares deposited by him in the Dresden Bank in London. Decision not to authorise the despatch of foodstuffs to Mr Herman Wertheim in Germany. Captain Grenville Peek of the 9th Lancers: enquiries regarding his transfer from the prison camp at Heidelberg to Switzerland for medical treatment. Terms of the special agreement between Britain and Germany regarding the release of consular officers. Mr J Hofman: refusal of a request by the German Government for the return of a cheque taken from him during his detention at Stratford Camp. Enquiries regarding a request from Mr Wolfgang Dreiss, a German subject interned at Malta, to make arrangements connected with the management of the 'Hotel du Nil' at Luxor. Daisy Toft (formerly Lüder): request for the German authorities to supply her with an official copy of the decree of divorce between herself and Karl Friedrich Lüder. Lieutenant Frederick Norton Grimwade: enquiries by his family concerning the decision of the German authorities to detain him him at the camp at Clausthal, despite his selection for transfer to Switzerland on medical grounds. Enquiries by the German Government regarding the whereabouts and welfare of Lieutenant Voigt, a German subject reported to have been captured by British forces in East Persia. Hirde Narain: enquiries concerning his son, Maharaj Narain Kaul, an Indian student detained in Germany at the outbreak of the war. Approval of the despatch of a consignment of wool to Bugler B J West, a prisoner interned at Döberitz, West Germany. Enquiries relating to Miss Louise Shaw, Miss Catherine Cleaverley, Miss Agnes Rourke and Mrs Black in the civilian internment camp at Holzminden in Germany. Confirmation that Mr W Hartnell, Chief Officer of the SS Brussels , and other crew members, were being held in Ruhleben Camp in Germany. Proposal for German prisoners of war held in France to be allowed to correspond with their compatriots interned in the United Kingdom. Enquiries regarding the welfare of Swiss citizens in the territory of German East Africa occupied by British forces. Increase in the rates of pay issued to British officers held as prisoners in Germany. Private C R Hutchinson: approval for the despatch of books to him at Hammelburg Camp in Germany. Allegations of the ill-treatment of British prisoners in certain German prison camps. Rudolf Ermrich and Paul Altenburg: enquiries about compensation from the British Government, following injuries allegedly sustained at the British prisoner of war camp at Rouen. Arrangements for the delivery of Red Cross parcels and Christmas presents to British prisoners in Germany during the Christmas season. Repatriation to South West Africa of the German nationals Heinrich Sindt, with his wife and child, and Hans Nurnberger, all formerly resident in Rio de Janeiro. Accidental shooting of Gustav Schulze, a German prisoner interned at Knockaloe camp on the Isle of Man. Code 1218 Files 172297-181006.

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