French model railway items in Soest?

During the Napoleonic Wars, French prisoners of war confined to the prison hulks famously made models of ships from bone and there are many of these models in existance in the UK.
In a similar manner, it has been reported that French Officer P.O.Ws. with a railway background, incarcerated at Soest in Saxony during the Second World War made railway models from scraps of tinplate and that an exhibition of their handicraft was held in the Soest Hauptbahnhof during the war.
Does anyone know if any of these models still exist and if so, where they can be seen ?

2012-07-09T06:06:53Z

Edit:-
The source is historian Jorg Friedrich's book, 'Der Brand'.

Gerd P2012-07-09T06:27:09Z

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I know of one model which was returned from France to Soest in Westphalia in 2010 and can be seen in a museum of the former barracks.
Picture of the model: http://www.franzkapellesoest.de/img/eisenbahn_pennel.pdf ..
To be seen: http://www.franzkapellesoest.de/en/ausstellungoflag.html ..

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