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I've had a query from Bangor Cathedral asking about the origins of a processional-cross which was made by a German prisoner-of-war who was a patient in Bangor's Caernarfonshire and Anglesey Hospital probably during the closing years of the Second World War. He was an artist and became an accomplished designer of stained-glass. The cross, which is usually displayed near the Cathedral pulpit, is of simple design, decorated by some coloured glass baubles and has been there since the 1970s. Until a couple of years ago, there was card caption which gave the name of the artist , but the caption has been lost and no-one knows his name.
It is thought that that in later years, he lived near Soest, Westphalia, Bangor's twin city and that the cross was given to the Cathedral when the two towns were twinned in the early 1970s. At the same time, a small stained-glass window was given to the C & A Hospital in Upper Bangor which depicts part of the old hospital. This window is now in a display case in the foyer of Ysbyty Gwynedd (and usually partly hidden by charity posters).
If anyone can provide the name of this German POW and stained-glass artist who was so fond of Bangor, I would be very grateful. I'm afraid that because of my current lack of mobility, I can't provide photos of the cross or window.
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