Prògram Choinnich
Contributors
Interviewers
Date
07 August 1995
Track ID
5747
Part 1
Track Information
Original Tape ID
Summary
An account of a special trip to meet up with fellow prisoners of war.
John Gillies went to Cardiff for a reunion weekend to meet up with old comrades who had been along with him in the Milag Nord camp in North Germany from 1941 to 1945. He tells of his emotions before undertaking the trip to Cardiff and what it was like to meet up with his comrades again after 50 years. Milag Nord was a camp established specifically for merchant seamen and John describes what it was like to be a prisoner of war.
Item Subject/Person
MacIllÌosa, Seonaidh
Recording Location
County - Ross and Cromarty
Parish - Stornoway
Island - Lewis
Village/Place - Stornoway
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Dat
Audio Quality
Good