WO 3071939-1946Prisoners of War Information Bureau: Correspondence and Papers, Second World War
This series consists of correspondence and papers of the British Prisoners of War Information Bureau (PWIB) of the Second World War.
The files concern the PWIB's responsibilities for administering the provision of information to enemy powers (through their protecting powers) and to the International Red Cross Committee about enemy personnel held as prisoners of war, and dealing with enquiries about them; and the transmission to enemy governments of the personal effects of those who had died in captivity or been repatriated.