The German SS Officer Who Left His Entire Estate to the People of Comrie

The German SS Officer Who Left His Entire Estate to the People of Comrie
And the prisoners of war caught out by the oldest trick in the book
Malky McEwan
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Jun 25, 2022
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Comrie — WikimediaCultybraggan Camp has an interesting history
It’s near the historic conservation village of Comrie in Scotland. The camp was used during WW2 as a maximum-security Prisoner of War camp and incarcerated some…
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