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Norman Cross Prison
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Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot". Constructed in 1796–97, it was designed to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. By 1816, it had been largely demolished.
Plan of Norman Cross barracks and prison in 1813
Plan of Norman Cross barracks and prison in 1813
A painting of Norman Cross c. 1797
A painting of Norman Cross c. 1797
Model of Norman Cross by M. Foulley in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris; photographed in 1913
Model of Norman Cross by M. Foulley in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris; photographed in 1913
Model of the Block House made by a French prisoner in 1801; photographed in 1913
Model of the Block House made by a French prisoner in 1801; photographed in 1913
Prisoner-of-war camp
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A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war.
North Korean and Chinese Communist prisoners assembled at the United Nations' prisoner-of-war camp at Busan during the Korean War in 1951
North Korean and Chinese Communist prisoners assembled at the United Nations' prisoner-of-war camp at Busan during the Korean War in 1951
Union Army soldier on his release from a confederate prison around 1865
Union Army soldier on his release from a confederate prison around 1865
Bloemfontein concentration camp
Bloemfontein concentration camp
A group of "red prisoners" at the prison camp of Dragsvik, Ekenäs in 1918 after the Finnish Civil War
A group of "red prisoners" at the prison camp of Dragsvik, Ekenäs in 1918 after the Finnish Civil War