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Graduating with a BA (Hons) in Photography from Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham, England in the Late 80′s, Craig went on to win The David Hodge Memorial Award Young Photojournalist of the Year with a story he had covered in Thailand. He...
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Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021 The engraved silver bracelet of Sergeant Frederick Habgood being held by the late RAF Airmans Nephew Paul Habgood. 21 year old Sergeant Frederick Habgood, was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood addresses the guests and dignitaries attending the annual ceremony of remembrance at Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, France. Other members of his family can be seen to the right of Paul Habgood. They are Louise Habgood (Paul‘s wife), Marilyn Corrigan (Sergeant Freddie Habgood‘s Niece) and Ted Corrigan, her husband. Paul Habgood is the nephew of Sergeant Frederick Habgood who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. In a special part of the annual ceremony the bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood and Marily Corrigan (Nephew and Niece of deceased RAF Airman Sergeant Frederick Habgood) receive the engraved silver bracelet owned by their Uncle from Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France infront of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof.. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The Monument to the Departed behind a guard tower at Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Pierre Rolinet a former inmate of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp snd member of the French Resistance during WW2 speaking at the camps annual ceremony of remembrance. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Pierre Rolinet a former inmate of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp snd member of the French Resistance during WW2 recieves the eternal flame at the camps annual ceremony of remembrance. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Guillaume d'Andlau, Director of the European Centre on Resistance and Deportation, Natzweiler, makes his speech in front of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof, a former Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. He was speaking at a special ceremony, held as part of the annual ceremony of remembrance for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France. To the right of Guillaume d'Andlau are Paul Habgood (Nephew of Sgt Freddie Habgood), his wife Louise Habgood, Marilyn Corrigan (Niece of Sgt Habgood), and her husband Ted Corrigan.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood addresses the guests and dignitaries attending the annual ceremony of remembrance at Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, France. Other members of his family can be seen to the right of Paul Habgood. They are Louise Habgood (Paul‘s wife), Marilyn Corrigan (Sergeant Freddie Habgood‘s Niece) and Ted Corrigan, her husband. Paul Habgood is the nephew of Sergeant Frederick Habgood who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. In a special part of the annual ceremony the bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. The relatives of Sergeant Frederick Habgood stand in front of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof, a former Nazi concentration camp. They are attending the event as special guests of the annual ceremony of rememberance. They will receive an engraved silver bracelet belonging to Paul Habgood‘s and Marilyn Corrigan‘s Uncle, Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France. To the far left is Paul Habgood (Nephew of Sgt Freddie Habgood), followed by his wife Louise Habgood, Marilyn Corrigan (Niece of Sergeant Habgood), and her husband Ted Corrigan.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. A guard of Honour by The Monument of the Departed at Natweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France. They are part of the annual ceremony of remembrance that takes place at the camp. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood addresses the guests and dignitaries attending the annual ceremony of remembrance at Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, France. Other members of his family can be seen to the right of Paul Habgood. They are Louise Habgood (Paul‘s wife), Marilyn Corrigan (Sergeant Freddie Habgood‘s Niece) and Ted Corrigan, her husband. Paul Habgood is the nephew of Sergeant Frederick Habgood who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. In a special part of the annual ceremony the bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. The relatives of Sergeant Frederick Habgood stand in front of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof, a former Nazi concentration camp. They are attending the event as special guests of the annual ceremony of rememberance. They will receive an engraved silver bracelet belonging to Paul Habgood‘s and Marilyn Corrigan‘s Uncle, Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France. To the far left is Paul Habgood (Nephew of Sgt Freddie Habgood), followed by his wife Louise Habgood, Marilyn Corrigan (Niece of Sergeant Habgood), and her husband Ted Corrigan.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The Gallows in Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Old soldiers from the "Association des Pupilles de la Nation et des Victims de Guerre" get ready for the annual ceremony of remembrance. This year, Sergeant Frederick Habgood‘s silver bracelet was handed over to his surviving family members at Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp. Sergeant Frederick Habgood was part of a RAF crew on a Lancaster Bomber that was shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Following the plane crash he was captured by the Gestapo and hanged at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. His body was then cremated at the site and his ashes deposited in the camps 'Ash Pit'. Miraculously, his silver bracelet with his name engraved survived. This bracelet was found in 2018.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Guillaume d'Andlau, Director of the European Centre on Resistance and Deportation, Natzweiler, makes his speech in front of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof, a former Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. He was speaking at a special ceremony, held as part of the annual ceremony of remembrance for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France. To the right of Guillaume d'Andlau are Paul Habgood (Nephew of Sgt Freddie Habgood), his wife Louise Habgood, Marilyn Corrigan (Niece of Sgt Habgood), and her husband Ted Corrigan.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France speaking at the annual ceremony of remembrance at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. This year there was a special part to the annual ceremony where Geneviève Darrieussecq handed over a silver bracelet found at the 'Ash Pits'-where the cremated bodies of killed prisoners were deposited by the Nazi‘s SS guards from the camp- in2018. The bracelet belonged to RAF airman Sergeant Frederick Habgood. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance which is held at the camp each year.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France speaking at the annual ceremony of remembrance at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. This year there was a special part to the annual ceremony where Geneviève Darrieussecq handed over a silver bracelet found at the 'Ash Pits'-where the cremated bodies of killed prisoners were deposited by the Nazi‘s SS guards from the camp- in2018. The bracelet belonged to RAF airman Sergeant Frederick Habgood. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance which is held at the camp each year.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The Gallows in Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Guillaume d'Andlau, Director of the European Centre on Resistance and Deportation, Natzweiler, makes his speech in front of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof, a former Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. He was speaking at a special ceremony, held as part of the annual ceremony of remembrance for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France. To the right of Guillaume d'Andlau are Paul Habgood (Nephew of Sgt Freddie Habgood), his wife Louise Habgood, Marilyn Corrigan (Niece of Sgt Habgood), and her husband Ted Corrigan.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood and Marily Corrigan (Nephew and Niece of deceased RAF Airman Sergeant Frederick Habgood) receive the engraved silver bracelet owned by their Uncle from Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France infront of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof.. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The Monument to the Departed stands behind a section of the prisoners accommodation at Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood and Marily Corrigan (Nephew and Niece of deceased RAF Airman Sergeant Frederick Habgood) receive the engraved silver bracelet owned by their Uncle from Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France infront of The Monument to the Departed at Natzweiler-Struthof.. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Anna Bennand at The Monument to the Departed at Nazweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. In 2018 she found the silver bracelet belonging to RAF Sergeant Frederick Habgood in the 'Ash Pits' of the concentration camp while she was tidying the area. 21 year old Sergeant Frederick Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance at the camp. The bracelet was handed over to Paul Habgood, Sergeant Habgood‘s Nephew, and Marilyn Corrigan, the deceased airmans Niece, by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The 'Ash Pit' the area where the cremated remains of prisoners were deposited at Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Anna Bennand at The Monument to the Departed at Nazweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. In 2018 she found the silver bracelet belonging to RAF Sergeant Frederick Habgood in the 'Ash Pits' of the concentration camp while she was tidying the area. 21 year old Sergeant Frederick Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance at the camp. The bracelet was handed over to Paul Habgood, Sergeant Habgood‘s Nephew, and Marilyn Corrigan, the deceased airmans Niece, by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. The 'Ash Pit' the area where the cremated remains of prisoners were deposited at Natzweiler-Struthof a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Old soldiers from the "Association des Pupilles de la Nation et des Victims de Guerre" get ready for the annual ceremony of remembrance. This year, Sergeant Frederick Habgood‘s silver bracelet was handed over to his surviving family members at Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp. Sergeant Frederick Habgood was part of a RAF crew on a Lancaster Bomber that was shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Following the plane crash he was captured by the Gestapo and hanged at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. His body was then cremated at the site and his ashes deposited in the camps 'Ash Pit'. Miraculously, his silver bracelet with his name engraved survived. This bracelet was found in 2018.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood with the silver bracelet of his deceased Uncle RAF Airman Frederick Habgood. Anna Bennand whi found the Bracelet at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in 2018 is stood next to him. Accompanying Paul is Marily Corrigan, Niece of Frederick Habgood and the back is Ted Corrigan and Louise Habgood. Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood with Anna Bennand who in 2018 found the silver bracelet belonging to RAF Sergeant Frederick Habgood in the 'Ash Pits' of Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp while she was tidying the area. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance at the camp each year. The bracelet was handed over to Paul Habgood by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 11th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood with Anna Bennand who in 2018 found the silver bracelet belonging to RAF Sergeant Frederick Habgood in the 'Ash Pits' of Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp while she was tidying the area. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance at the camp each year. The bracelet was handed over to Paul Habgood by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021. Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin, France, 12th September 2021. Paul Habgood with Anna Bennand who in 2018 found the silver bracelet belonging to RAF Sergeant Frederick Habgood in the 'Ash Pits' of Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp while she was tidying the area. 21 year old Sergeant 'Freddie' Habgood was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. He was captured by the Gestapo and taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver engraved bracelet miraculously survived. The bracelet was returned to Sergeant Habgood‘s surviving family members as a special part of the annual ceremony of remembrance at the camp each year. The bracelet was handed over to Paul Habgood by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021: The Habgood family stand at the 'Ash Pit' at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France. Front Paul Habgood with his uncles silver bracelet in the box he is holding. Next to him is Marily Corrigan, Sergent Frederick Habgood‘s Niece. Behind is Louise Habgood and Ted Corrigan.
Natzweiler-Struhof Concentration Camp, Natzweiler, Bas-Rhin. France. 12th September 2021: The Habgood family stand at the 'Ash Pit' at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France. Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Gau Baden-Alsace, on territory annexed by Germany in 1940. The camp operated from 21st May 1941 through to September 1944 and was the only concentration camp established by the Nazis on pre-war French soil. Roughly 52,000 prisoners were held there. They were mainly from the French Resistance. It operated as a labor camp, transit camp, and as the war went on, a place of execution (estimated 22,000 deaths). The inmates came from 32 different nations. An annual remembrance ceremony is held for all who were interned there and all who died. 2021, a special ceremony was held for Sergeant Frederick Habgood, who was a crew member of a Lancaster Bomber shot down over France on July 29, 1944. Sergeant Habgood was captured by the Gestapo, taken to the concentration camp and immediately hanged. His body was cremated at the site and his ashes flung into the 'Ash Pit'. However, his silver bracelet, engraved with his name, miraculously survived. This bracelet was handed back to the surviving members of the Habgood family by Geneviève Darrieussecq, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces for France. Front Paul Habgood with his uncles silver bracelet in the box he is holding. Next to him is Marily Corrigan, Sergent Frederick Habgood‘s Niece. Behind is Louise Habgood and Ted Corrigan.
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