The 'Tiki Times' , P.O.W. newspaper

The 'Tiki Times' was a hand- printed and illustrated newspaper produced weekly at prisoner of war camp E535, Milowitz, Poland from August 1944 to January 1945. Milowitz was a coal mining camp where 500 New Zealand POWs worked alongside Polish miners, together with a few English, Spanish and Cypriot prisoners.

In the heart of my soul . I would that I had been born in Celtic lands
But I was born here . a Celt in Maori lands . And my heart is content

[ Edited by: Toataiaha 2008-07-05 18:01 ]

WOW thats just about the coolest "artifact" ive ever seen. especialy since it was a direct product of WWII. So interesting I had no idea that Pacific islanders were POW's in Europe.

I have no idea of the total number of POWs from all of the Pacific Islands , or even from just Polynesia , but from New Zealand ,there were more than 8000 .
One in 200 of New Zealand's population of the time were held in captivity .
How many of these were incarcerated in Europe , and how many in Asia , not sure of that either .
The New Zealand service personal were not just from NZ , they included men and women from across the Pacific .

Anyone ever call you a "Softie"? :)

If they did , they only did so the once ....... :D