WWII POW Camp Provenance – Stalag VIII-B (Lamsdorf) Forestry Manual, 1942

Hanson, C. O. – Forestry for Woodmen Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1942. Third Edition. Reprinted photographically in Great Britain in 1942 from sheets of the 1934 third edition. 8vo. 237[2]pp. Numerous photographic illustrations throughout. Original publisher's green cloth stamped in black with Oxford University crest to upper cover. Very Good condition; light wear to extremities, internally clean and sound. Owner signature of front endpaper. Practical handbook on forestry and woodland management by C. O. Hanson, I.S.O., M.B.E., F.R.E.F.S., formerly Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Indian Forest Service and lecturer at the Royal Forest of Dean. Intended for forestry workers, students, and timber-production personnel, the work covers silviculture, forest management, woodland operations, and timber production.Of particular historical interest is the wartime provenance. Bearing the censorship stamp "Stalag VIII B. Geprüft. Nr. 28" ("Stalag VIII-B. Examined. No. 28"), documenting the volume's passage through the censorship and library system of Stalag VIII-B, Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice, Poland), one of the largest German prisoner-of-war camps of the Second World War.