Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

REEMTSMA SORTE (CIGARETTES)

Date

1943

Materials

PAPER, FOIL, TOBACCO

No. Pieces

6

Height

0.5

Length

6.5

Width

8.6

Description

"JUNE 5 1943" IN PENCIL ON OUTSIDE OF BOX. CIGARETTE BOX WITH FOIL LINER AND 3 CIGARETTES "REEMTSMA (PICTURE OF SUN, 2 MEN PICKING LEAVES) MISCHUNGSNA 6 SORTE R6 O/M" IN GOLD ON EACH CIGARETTE. "ERNTEN 38 BIS 40 & MUSTERCIGARETTEN + MISCHUNGSNUMMER R6 O/M. DIESE CIGARETTEN WERDEN NACH DEN IN UNSEREN FABRIKATIONSANLAGEN HAMBURG-BAHRENFELD ENTWICKELTEN VOLLIG NEUEN METHODEN HERGESTELLT. DER UNGEWOHNLICH ZARTE UND REINE CHARAKTER DIESER MISCHUNG BERUHT DARAUF, DAB SAMTLICHE TABAKE ZWEIMAL VOLL DURCHFERMENTIERT WERDEN. DIE CIGARETTE WIRD AUSSCHLIEBLICH OHNE MUNDSTUCK HERGESTEHT. DIE HAUPTDISTRIKTE DER AUSNAHMSLOS MAZEDONISCHEN UND TURKISCHEN PROVENIENZEN SIUD: XANTHI, ZICHNA, SERRES, PETRITSCH, NEVROKOP, AKHISSAR, GIAURKOY, SAMSUN. DIE CIGARETTEN SIND MUSTER DER DOPPELTEN FERMENTATION UND DER NEUEN FABRIKATIONS-METHODEN, DIE ZUGUNSTEN DER TABAKQUALITAT DIE NEBENKOSTEN DER HERSTELLUNG AUF DAS DENKBAR GERINGSTE MAB HERABSETZEN LIEBEN. H.F. & PH. F. REEMTSMA + CIGARETTENFABRIKEN + HAMBURG-BAHRENFELD" ON PACKAGE FRONT.

Subjects

CONTAINER

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

LEISURE

MILITARY

History

DONOR ACQUIRED PACKAGE FROM PRISONER OF WAR WHO WORKED ON HIS FARM DURING W.W. II. PRISONERS WERE FROM CAMP 133 AT LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING. ACCORDING TO KENNETH ALLAN HUDSON’S OBITUARY IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, “HUDSON PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 1993 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS, BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. FLORENCE HUDSON OF PICTURE BUTTE ALBERTA. BORN IN TABER, ALBERTA ON JANUARY 28, 1922, KEN MARRIED FLORENCE ANGLE ON JANUARY 19, 1949 IN LETHBRIDGE. KEN SERVED OVERSEAS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WITH R.C.A.S.C.. FOLLOWING THE WAR, HE RETURNED TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA. KEN RETIRED IN 1987, AFTER SELLING THE FARM AND HAS RESIDED IN PICTURE BUTTE UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS PASSING. KEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION AND ACTIVE WITH THE BOY SCOUTS OF CANADA IN HIS EARLIER YEARS.” ACCORDING TO THE LEGION MAGAZINE ONLINE, HUDSON WAS ISSUED THE SERVICE NUMBER M105776. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF PRISONER OF WAR CAMP 133 WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT MUSEUM BROCHURE "LETHBRDGE'S INTERNMENT CAMPS" AND THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA WEBSITE. DURING WORLD WAR II THERE WERE 40 PRISONER OF WAR (P.O.W.) CAMPS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS CANADA TO HOUSE THE LARGE NUMBER OF INCOMING POWS - ENEMY MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT WERE CAPTURED IN COMBAT. CAMPS WERE BUILT IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC, THE MARITIMES AND ALBERTA. THE CAMPS IN LETHBRIDGE AND MEDICINE HAT WERE THE LARGEST, TOGETHER HOUSING 22,000 MEN. THE LETHBRIDGE CAMP, NO. 133, WAS BUILT IN THE SUMMER OF 1942, AND BY NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR HOUSED 13,341 PRISONERS. THE CAMP WAS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS, EACH WITH SIX DORMITORIES, MESS HALLS, KITCHENS, AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. MEALS WERE IN SHIFTS WITH PRISONERS SERVING AS COOKS. TAILOR, BARBER AND SHOE REPAIR SHOPS WERE ALSO STAFFED BY PRISONERS, AND NON-COMBAT POWS PRACTICED THEIR PRE-WAR PROFESSIONS AS MEDICAL DOCTORS AND DENTISTS. HOUSING AND RATIONS WERE THE SAME STANDARD AS FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WHICH SOMETIMES CAUSED RESENTMENT AMONG LETHBRIDGE CIVILIAN RESIDENTS, WHO WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN MANY OF THE SAME SUPPLIES ON THEIR STRICT WARTIME RATION ALLOWANCES. WITH MANY YOUNG LOCAL MEN AWAY AT WAR, LOCAL FARMERS BEGAN TO REQUEST LABOUR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CAMP, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. BY 1943 AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND SOME OF THE PRISONERS WORKED ON FARMS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALBERTA. MOST OF THESE PRISONERS WENT FROM THE CAMP TO THE FARMS DAILY, BUT SOME WERE KEPT AT 'LODGES' AT THE MORE DISTANT FARMS FOR DAYS AT A TIME, WITH MINIMAL GUARDING. FOR THEIR LABOUR, THE PRISONERS WERE PAID 50 CENTS PER DAY. WITH WAR'S END, CAMP 133 CLOSED IN DECEMBER 1946 AND ITS PRISONERS WERE SENT BACK TO GERMANY. THE AREA WHERE THE CAMP STOOD EVENTUALLY BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND PART OF THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE.

Catalogue Number

P19738867000

Acquisition Date

1973-02

Collection

Museum

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