Beetham German Nativity Set

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Reference WMO/175923

Address:

St Michael and All Angels Church

Church Lane

Beetham

LA7 7AL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Other sculpture
Materials:
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Nativity Set made by German prisoners of war in the Bela River camp in the Parish (which is now the Wings special school). It was given by the prisoners as an expression of gratitude in 1946 to the vicar and congregation for their 'spirit of Christian brotherhood'. The carved wooden figures are two-dimensional and have a joyous vitality which is remarkable in view of the circumstances they were made in.
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We, German Prisoners of War from Beela River Camp/are giving this stable and figures of the Nativity story, which have been made/by BRUNO BAUMANN and his assistant GABRIEL FABIAN as a gift to the/Parish of BEETHAM./By doing so we will express our gratefulness for..../to realise the real spirit of Christian brotherhood, which has been .../by the Minister A MACLEOD MURRAY and the congregation of BEETHAM//We are praying with you to the/CHILD OF BETHLEHEM/On behalf of the camp CHRISTMAS 1946/[signatures]

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