World War II PoW Camps

This section is a list of PoW camps run by the Germans during World War II.

Germany was a signatory at the Third Geneva Convention which established the provisions relative to the treatment of Prisoners of War.

    * Article 10 required that PoWs should be lodged in adequately heated and lighted buildings where conditions were the same as German troops.
    * Articles 27-32 detailed the conditions of labor. Enlisted ranks were required to perform whatever labor they were asked and able to do, so long as it was not dangerous and did not support the German war effort. Senior Non-commissioned officers (sergeants and above) were required to work only in a supervisory role. Commissioned officers were not required to work, although they could volunteer. The work performed was largely agricultural or industrial, ranging from coal or potash mining, stone quarrying, or work in saw mills, breweries, factories, railroad yards, and forests. PoWs hired out to military and civilian contractors were supposed to receive pay. The workers were also supposed to get a least one day a week of rest.
    * Article 76 ensured that PoWs who died in captivity were honourably buried in marked graves.

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Types of Camps

    * Dulag or Durchgangslager (transit camp) – These camps served as a collection point for POWs prior to reassignment.
    * Stalag or Stammlager (base camp) – These were enlisted personnel POW camps.
    * Oflag or Offizier-Lager (officer camp) – These were POW camps for officers.
    * Stalag Luft or Luftwaffe-Stammlager (Luftwaffe base camp) – These were POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews.
    * Marlag or Marine-Lager (marine camp) – These were Navy personnel POW camps.
    * Milag or Marine-Internierten-Lager (marine internment camp) – These were merchant seamen internment camps.
    * Ilag/Jlag or Internierungslager (internment camp) – These were civilian internment camps.

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Nomenclature

At the start of WWII, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts (Wehrkreis), which were each assigned Roman numerals. The camps were numbered according to the military district. A letter behind the Roman number marked individual Stalags in a military district.

e.g.

    Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II).

Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main camp had a suffix of "/H" (for Hauptlager - main camp).

e.g.

    Oflag VII-C/H meant this is the main camp.
    Oflag VII-C/Z meant this is a sub-camp of a main camp.

Some of these sub-camps were not the traditional POW camps with barbed wire fences and guard towers, but merely accommodation centers.
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List of Camps by Military District
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Military District I

    * Stalag I-A Stablack See it on maps from 1938 and 2006: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-1a.html
    * Stalag I-B Hohenstein (Poland) idem: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-1b.html
    * Stalag I F Sudauen (Poland)
    * Stalag Luft VI Silute/Heydekrug (Lithuania) See it on maps from then and now: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-luft-6.html

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Military District II

    * Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg
    * Stalag II-B Hammerstein-Schlochau (Poland)
    * Stalag II-C Greifswald
    * Stalag II-D Stargard
    * Stalag II-E Schwerin
    * Stalag II H Raderitz
    * Stalag Luft I Barth See it on maps from then and now: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-luft-1.html
    * Stalag Luft II Litzmannstadt (Poland)
    * Stalag Luft IV Tychowo/Gr. Tychow (Poland) See it on maps from then and now: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-luft-4.html
    * Oflag II-A Prenzlau
    * Oflag II-B Arnswalde
    * Oflag II-C Woldenberg
    * Oflag II-D Gross Born
    * Oflag II-E Neubrandenburg

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Military District III

    * Stalag III-A Luckenwalde
    * Stalag III-B Fuerstenberg/Oder
    * Stalag III-C Alt-Drewitz
    * Stalag III-D Berlin
    * Oflag III-A Luckenwalde
    * Oflag III-B Wehrmachtlager Tibor/Zuellichau
    * Oflag III-C Luebben/Spree

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Military District IV

    * Stalag IV-A Elsterhorst
    * Stalag IV-B Mühlberg (Elbe)
    * Stalag IV-C Wistritz bei Teplitz
    * Stalag IV-D Torgau
    * Stalag IV-E Altenburg
    * Stalag IV-F Hartmannsdorf
    * Stalag IV-G Oschatz
    * Oflag IV-A Hohnstein
    * Oflag IV-B Koenigstein
    * Oflag IV-C Colditz Castle
    * Oflag IV-D Elsterhorst

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Military District V

    * Stalag V-A Ludwigsburg
    * Stalag V-B Villingen
    * Stalag V-C Wildberg
    * Stalag V-D Strasbourg
    * Stalag Luft V Halle/Saale
    * Oflag V-A Weinsberg
    * Oflag V-B Biberach
    * Oflag V-C Wurzach

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Military District VI

    * Stalag VI-A Hemer/Iserlohn
    * Stalag VI-B Neu-Versen
    * Stalag VI-C Bathorn/Emsland
    * Stalag VI-D Dortmund
    * Stalag VI-F Bocholt
    * Stalag VI-G Bonn-Duisdorf
    * Stalag VI-H Arnoldsweiler/Dueren
    * Stalag VI-J S.A. Lager Fichtenhein/Krefeld
    * Oflag VI Tost/Oppeln
    * Oflag VI-A Soest
    * Oflag VI-B Doessel-Warburg
    * Oflag VI-C Eversheide/Osnabruck
    * Oflag VI-D Münster
    * Oflag VI-E Dorsten

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Military District VII

    * Stalag VII-A Moosburg
    * Stalag VII-B Memmingen
    * Stalag Luft VII-A Bankau
    * Oflag VII Laufen
    * Oflag VII-A Murnau am Staffelsee
    * Oflag VII-B Eichstaett
    * Oflag VII-C/H Laufen
    * Oflag VII-C/Z Tittmoning

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Military District VIII

    * Stalag VIII-A Görlitz
    * Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf
    * Stalag VIII-C Sagan
    * Stalag VIII-D Teschen
    * Stalag Luft III Zagan/Sagan (Poland) See it on maps from then and now: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-luft-3.html
    * Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf
    * Oflag VIII-A Kreuzburg/Oppeln
    * Oflag VIII-B Silberberg
    * Oflag VIII-C Juliusburg
    * Oflag VIII-D/Tittmoning Castle
    * Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn
    * Oflag VIII-F Mährisch-Trübau
    * Oflag VIII-G Weidenau/Freiwaldau
    * Oflag VIII-H/H Oberlangendorf/Sternberg
    * Oflag VIII-H/Z Eulenberg/Roemerstadt

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Military District IX

    * Stalag IX-A Ziegenhain
    * Stalag IX-B Wegscheide/Bad Orb
    * Stalag IX-C Bad Sulza
    * Oflag IX-A/H Burg Spangenberg
    * Oflag IX-A/Z Rotenburg/Fulda
    * Oflag IX-B Weilburg/Lahn

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Military District X

    * Stalag X-A Schleswig
    * Stalag X-B Sandbostel
    * Marlag und Milag Nord Sandbostel
    * Stalag X-C Nienburg/Weser
    * Oflag X Hohensalza
    * Oflag X-A Itzehoe
    * Oflag X-B Nienburg/Weser
    * Oflag X-C Lübeck

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Military District XI

    * Stalag XI-A Altengrabow
    * Stalag XI-B Fallingbostel
    * Stalag Luft XI-B
    * Oflag XI-A Osterode

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Military District XII

    * Stalag XII-A Limburg an der Lahn
    * Stalag XII-B Frankenthal/Palatinate
    * Stalag XII-C Wiebelsheim/Rhein
    * Stalag XII-D Trier/Petriberg (Trèves)
    * Stalag XII-E Metz
    * Stalag XII-F Forbach
    * Oflag XII-A Hadamar/Limburg an der Lahn
    * Oflag XII-B Mainz

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Military District XIII

    * Stalag XIII-A Bad Sulzbach
    * Stalag XIII-B Weiden/Oberpfalz
    * Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg/Mainfranken
    * Stalag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser
    * Oflag XIII A Nuremberg

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Military District XVII

    * Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruch
    * Stalag XVII-B Krems-Gneixendorf
    * Stalag Luft XVII-B
    * Oflag XVII-A Doellersheim

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Military District XVIII

    * Stalag XVIII-A Wolfsberg
    * Stalag XVIII-AZ Spittal
    * Stalag XVIII-B Oberdrauburg
    * Stalag XVIII-C Markt-Pongau
    * Stalag XVIII-D Marburg
    * Oflag XVIII-A Lienz/Drau
    * Oflag XVIII-B Wolfsberg/Kaernten
    * Oflag XVIII-C Spittal/Drau

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Military District XX

    * Stalag XX-A Torun/Thorn (Poland) See it on maps from then and now: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-20a.html
    * Stalag 312 Torun/Thorn (Poland) Same as above
    * Stalag XX-B Malbork/Marienburg (Poland) See it on maps of 1937 and actual: http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com/stalag-20b.html
    * Stalag XXI-A Schildberg (Poland)
    * Stalag XXI-B Schubin (Poland)
    * Stalag XXI-B Thure (Poland)
    * Stalag XXI-C/H Wollstein (Poland)
    * Stalag XXI-C/Z Graetz
    * Stalag XXI-D Posen (Poland)
    * Oflag XXI-A Schokken (Poland)
    * Oflag XXI-B Schoken (Poland)
    * Oflag XXI-C Schubin/Schokken (Poland)
    * Oflag XXI-C/Z Grune bei Lissa (Poland)

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Other Camps

    * Stalag Luft Frankfurt am Main
    * Stalag Luft S Sudauen (Poland)
    * Stalag 56 Prostken (Poland)
    * Oflag 64 Schubin
    * Stalag 302 Gross-Born
    * Stalag 307 Biała Podlaska (Poland)
    * Stalag 307 Dęblin (Poland)
    * Stalag 313 Czarne (Poland)
    * Stalag 315 Przemyśl (Poland)
    * Stalag 319 Chełm (Poland)
    * Stalag 323 Gross-Born
    * Stalag 325 Zamość (Poland)
    * Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska (Poland)
    * Stalag 327 Jarosław (Poland)
    * Stalag 328 Lemberg (Poland)
    * Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo (Poland)
    * Stalag 351 Berkenbrugge
    * Stalag 359 Poniatowa (Poland)
    * Stalag 366 Siedlce (Poland)
    * Stalag 369 Krakau (Poland)
    * Stalag 369 Kobierzyn (Poland)
    * Stalag XX-A (301) Friesack, Wutzetz/Brandenburg, (Germany)