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Barracks of the Moosburg POW camp Stalag VII A
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In 1939, the
POW camp Stalag VII A was established north of Moosburg - with up
to 80,000 Allied soldiers at the end of World War II. From 1945 to
1948 it served as an internment camp. The old photograph shows the
prisoners' barracks along the camp street, now called
Sudetenlandstraße.
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Each of the large barracks could house 400 POWs. As numerous German
refugees settled in the former Stalag area since 1948, most barracks
were rebuilt as private houses or workshops (barrack no. 3 in
Sudetenlandstraße at Erzgebirgstraße).
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The few original but empty buildings are in a state of dilapidation -
like barrack no. 6 in Sudetenlandstraße.
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 The
big sign in front of barrack no. 13 says that the old building will be
replaced by six semidetached houses (Sudetenlandstraße at
Erzgebirgstraße).
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An interior view of barrack no. 13. Soon this monument of Moosburg's
recent history will be lost.
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 The
guards of the POW camp had their own barracks along Schlesierstraße.
Although they are in bad condition, some of the old houses are still
occupied.
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Other guards' barracks serve as