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Does anyone have any local knowledge or further information regarding this site - rumour has it that the land may be sold off for houses soon...I have had a wee look around the perimeter and it certainly looks well preserved.
18.09.2007 - Villagers buy historic WWII prison camp
Residents of a Scottish village are celebrating after they took possession of a former World War II prisoner of war camp in Perthshire.
Cultybraggan Camp, once used to hold some of the most notorious Nazi prisoners, has been bought for £350,000 by the Comrie Development Trust following a vote in August 2007 from villagers and members to purchase the site.
The sale represents the first significant sale of Ministry of Defence property in Scotland to a community body under the provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act.
"These are very exciting times for Comrie. Owning this land gives us complete control over a very important asset and an opportunity to develop the site in the way the community wants," said Cathy Tilbrook, Chair of the Comrie Development Trust.
During, and after the war, the camp housed up to 4,000 German prisoners and was once known as 'Nazi 2'. It was one of only two maximum security camps in Britain which held prisoners classified as the most ardent Nazis and troublemakers who would be most difficult to repatriate in the post-war period.
Rudolph Hess is believed to have been held here for a night en route to England after his plane crash-landed in Scotland.
Comrie residents will now debate Cultybraggan's future use.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst7987.html
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18.09.2007 - Villagers buy historic WWII prison camp
Residents of a Scottish village are celebrating after they took possession of a former World War II prisoner of war camp in Perthshire.
Cultybraggan Camp, once used to hold some of the most notorious Nazi prisoners, has been bought for £350,000 by the Comrie Development Trust following a vote in August 2007 from villagers and members to purchase the site.
The sale represents the first significant sale of Ministry of Defence property in Scotland to a community body under the provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act.
"These are very exciting times for Comrie. Owning this land gives us complete control over a very important asset and an opportunity to develop the site in the way the community wants," said Cathy Tilbrook, Chair of the Comrie Development Trust.
During, and after the war, the camp housed up to 4,000 German prisoners and was once known as 'Nazi 2'. It was one of only two maximum security camps in Britain which held prisoners classified as the most ardent Nazis and troublemakers who would be most difficult to repatriate in the post-war period.
Rudolph Hess is believed to have been held here for a night en route to England after his plane crash-landed in Scotland.
Comrie residents will now debate Cultybraggan's future use.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst7987.html
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