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Caption | Hein ter Poorten's prisoner of war file, 1940s ww2dbase | ||||
Date | 1943 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseTropenmuseum of the Netherlands via Wikimedia Commons | ||||
Link to Source | Link | ||||
Identification Code | TM-60035111 | ||||
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4 Feb 2013 06:31:54 PM
[Translation of the file is as follows]
ID Number: V 296.4
Name: Hein ter Poorten
Nationality: Dutch
Age: 56
Service: Army, Lieutenant General
Heigh: 1 Meter 790
Special Characteristics: Red hair
[The latter note, "red hair", did not necessarily mean that ter Poorten had red hair; rather, the phrase was a common Asian stereotype describing Europeans in general.]