NAS History Talk: The Island Farm Hostel & the Great Escape of German POWs in 1945, with Mike Clubb

Name: NAS History Talk: The Island Farm Hostel & the Great Escape of German POWs in 1945, with Mike Clubb
Start: 2025-11-17T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-17T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Neath Town Hall

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Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

1.5 hours

Neath Town Hall

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Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm (GMT)

Neath Town Hall

Church Place, Neath, Neath Port Talbot, United Kingdom

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NAS History Talk: The Island Farm Hostel & the Great Escape of German POWs in 1945, with Mike Clubb

This is the extraordinary story of incompetence in war-time.

A hostel designed originally to accommodate female workers at the Bridgend weapons factory is converted, ineffectively, into a place to hold 1600 German Prisoners of War. 167 Germans escape into the Glamorgan countryside; by far the largest number of escapees from any British POW camp.

How did they escape? How far did they reach? Who captured them? What happened to the camp?

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NAS History Talk: The Island Farm Hostel & the Great Escape of German POWs in 1945, with Mike Clubb

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm