Spectrum 459 and Spectrum 460. Prisoner of the green

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Year
1983
Reference
19689
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1983
Reference
19689
Media type
Audio
Duration
01:12:00
Credits
RNZ Collection
Bruce GIRDLESTONE

A two-part Spectrum documentary.

It was an extraordinary prisoner of war camp - probably the only one to hold both German and Allied prisoners. It was in Ireland - called Curragh Camp - and its existence has been kept secret for 40 years.
Bruce Girdlestone, now a Lower Hutt architect, was the sole New Zealander to be imprisoned there.