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Photograph taken at Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden. Inscribed on the back was the caption “The Bread wagon Bogged” January 1944.

Group photograph of prisoners of war from “C” Hut, Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden, 20th February 1944. Julian Meyer is standing second from the left in the back row.

Photograph taken at Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden. Inscribed on the back was the caption “Bread’s In!”, January 1944.

Group photograph taken at Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden in May 1944. Photographed in the back row on the right is Simon Joseph Jackson. Julian Meyer and Hymie Katz are kneeling in front. This photograph was sent with the letter written on the 14th June 1944. ‘I am sending you a photo taken last month in front of our hut one morning. You will probably recognise me second from the left with Jacko on my right, Hymie is smoking nonchalantly..’. Simon (Jacko) Jackson was described as a tall dreamy South African who was most entertaining when not daydreaming. He was part of a group of six men who encountered a Russian officer on their escape to the American lines at the end of the War. He helped ease the situation when he met a Jewish Russian major with whom he conversed in Yiddish. Sources: Brokensha David: Love and Work in Three Continents; Szpek Jr E.E., Idzikowski FJ, Szpek HM 2008; Slaughterhouse Five. Recollections and Reflections of the American Ex-POWs of Schlachthof Fünf.

Group photograph of prisoners of war. It was taken at work at the Reichpost in Dresden in February 1944. Julian Meyer is standing in the middle and Hymie Katz is kneeling in front of him. Julian Meyer described his work there 'as not unpleasant being light, clean & indoors'. Hymie Katz once persuaded their guard to make a detour in Dresden so that he could walk across a park clearly marked ‘Juden und Hunden verboten’. Source: Brokensha David: Love and Work in Three Continents.

Photograph of Hymie Katz and Julian Meyer standing outside "B" Hut, Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden. This photograph was dated May 1944 and were stapled to the letter written to the Meyer family of the 5th July 1944. ‘Attached is a snap of Hymie and myself taken recently’..

Photograph of Julian Meyer at Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden, February 1944. 'Julien Meyer, 2nd Transvaal Scottish, a law student and the cleverest man in camp, a brilliant scholar who learned to speak German fluently in record time. He was a great asset to us in that he was able to pick up news outside and translate it into English for us. He wrote a daily bulletin of news for our benefit'. Source: Szpek Jr E.E., Idzikowski FJ, Szpek HM 2008; Slaughterhouse Five. Recollections and Reflections of the American Ex-POWs of Schlachthof Fünf.

Photograph of Julian Meyer standing in the snow at Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden. This photograph was sent with a letter dated the 12th April 1944. ‘With this letter is a snap of myself in the snow – soon I’ll send you one showing me sunbathing!’

Photograph of Julian Meyer standing on the right and Hymie Katz standing on the left on the railway platform at the Reichpost, Dresden, February 1944. On the back of the photograph is inscribed the caption ‘Dresden February 1944’. Julian Meyer described his work there 'as not unpleasant being light, clean & indoors'. Hymie Katz once persuaded their guard to make a detour in Dresden so that he could walk across a park clearly marked ‘Juden und Hunden verboten’. Source: Brokensha David: Love and Work in Three Continents.

Group photograph of prisoners of war from “C” Barrack, Arbeitskommando 1169, Gorbitz, Dresden, May 1944.