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The [[Orpheans Swing Band]] was a band assembled at Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp in Germany during the Second World War and in which many South Africans were held.
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The [[Orpheans Swing Band]] was a swing band assembled at Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen during the Second World War. Many South Africans were held there.
  
 
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[[Our Prisoners of War]] monthly newsletter, February 1943.
 
[[Our Prisoners of War]] monthly newsletter, February 1943.

Latest revision as of 18:16, 30 July 2021

The Orpheans Swing Band was a swing band assembled at Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen during the Second World War. Many South Africans were held there.

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Our Prisoners of War monthly newsletter, February 1943.