PRISONER OF WAR
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Topic: PRISONER OF WAR
Posted By: Bruno LE PEUT
Subject: PRISONER OF WAR
Date Posted: 05 May 2018 at 4:31pm
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RED CROSS CARD GENEVA TO KATHMANDU   At the back of the card, the receiving postmark of the nepalese exchange post office of Kathmandu 1996/10/27 (10/02/1940). I found some informations on the internet : Professor W. FILCHNER was in Nepal from march 1939 to the end of 1940. He catch malaria in Nepal. Going to India for treatment, he was interned in India : in Patna in the cottage-hospital, from 1940 until september 13, 1941 in the Parole Camp in Purandhar and from september 1941 until november 1946 in the Parole Camp in Satara. Later on he lived in Poona in the Maharashtra state of India. This card is an answer of the red cross about the situation of the Professor W. FILCHNER. The Professor was he a prisoner of war in Nepal? Was he in an hospital or in a jail in Kathmandu? Or was he preparing the documents with the red cross for the time when he was ready to cross to India? I am looking for some informations and would be very happy to get answers from members. ------------- Bruno LE PEUT |
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Posted By: colinhepper
Date Posted: 05 May 2018 at 5:50pm
It is a lovely card and I have not seen any POW cards associated with Nepal before. Sorry I cannot help with any information on Prof. Filchner at the moment but I will keep looking. ------------- colinhepper |
Posted By: Rainer
Date Posted: 05 May 2018 at 5:53pm
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Wikipedia mentiones: but went on many journeys through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" rel="nofollow - Nepal and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet" rel="nofollow - Tibet , including a geographic survey of Nepal in 1939. He contracted malaria on the trip and while returning south, he was interned from 1940 in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna" rel="nofollow - Patna in the Cottage-Hospital, from 1940 until 13 September 1941 in the Parole Camp in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purandar_fort" rel="nofollow - Purandhar and from September 1941 until November 1946 in the Parole Camp in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satara_%28city%29" rel="nofollow - Satara along with his daughter Erika. Later on he lived in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poona" rel="nofollow - Poona in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra" rel="nofollow - Maharashtra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" rel="nofollow - state of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" rel="nofollow - India . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" rel="nofollow - Adolf Hitler awarded him the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_National_Prize_for_Art_and_Science" rel="nofollow - German National Prize for Art and Science as an acknowledgement of his achievements in exploration. Filchner died at the age of 79 in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich" rel="nofollow - Zurich , Switzerland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Filchner |
Posted By: Bruno LE PEUT
Date Posted: 06 May 2018 at 1:22pm
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In his book "Nepal postal History", page 168, Wolfgang C. Hellrigl wrote : "While on a scientific mission involving the charting of magnetic fields throughout the country, Prof. Filchner was caught in Nepal by the outbreak of WWII. Although he was on very friendly terms with the Resident of the British Legation, the fact that he was a German citizen could not be ignored and, subsequently, even his christmas mail was subjected to censorship... There were no other "aliens" in forbidden Nepal". I don't think that there was a camp for prisoners of war in Nepal, specially if Prof. Filchner was the only German in Nepal in 1939. May be Prof. Filchner was in contact with the Red Cross to know what will be his fate when he will travel to India for malaria treatment. Was the British Legation ordered to send the Prof. Filchner to India? Bruno LE PEUT ------------- Bruno LE PEUT |