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Klaus Hofst盲dter

Played by Atilla Akinci

Fact title Fact data
Date of birth
15 August 1893
Place of birth
Heidelberg, Germany
Age at outbreak of WW1
20
Address
Prisoner of war camp

In the final months of World War One, German Gefreiter Klaus is being held as a prisoner of war (POW) in rural Devon. With a good command of English, he has become the spokesperson for the group of POWs employed at Deanscombe Quarry.

Caring and conscientious, Klaus has detailed knowledge of natural medicine. His ambitions of becoming a doctor have been put on hold with the outbreak of war.