_147 Cookhouse "Red Cross Parcels were intended to provide POWs with vital nourishment to supplement the poor rations provided by the Germans. They sent up to 163,000 parcels each week but it wasn\u2019t enough for every POW to get one so the camps set up systems to share out the contents of the food parcels. A typical British Red Cross food parcel usually contained an assortment of familiar favourites, including tinned foods, dried milk, tea, cheese, marmite and chocolate." eulac3d Image IMAGE "Red Cross Parcels were intended to provide POWs with vital nourishment to supplement the poor rations provided by the Germans. They sent up to 163,000 parcels each week but it wasn\u2019t enough for every POW to get one so the camps set up systems to share out the contents of the food parcels. A typical British Red Cross food parcel usually contained an assortment of familiar favourites, including tinned foods, dried milk, tea, cheese, marmite and chocolate."