William Stettler in the Aust. National Archives

  Recently we decided to head to Canberra to see a fabulous art exhibition that included Van Gogh's Sunflowers.  What a fabulous painting it is, it illuminates the room!  At the same time I wanted to find out why William Stettler was court marshalled in WW2.

The real Stalag Xlll

Stalag 13 was on the outskirts of Hammelburg, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Frankfurt. During World War I, the camp was used to house Allied prisoners of war. In the summer of 1940, the southern end of the camp was prepared for prisoners of war from the enlisted ranks. The camp was called Stammlager XIII C, or Stalag XIII C for short, and wooden barracks were built to house POWs of a variety of nationalities.

Map of location of Stalag 13