Dulag Luft [entry point]

Dulag Luft [entry point]

Oberursel camp, Wetzlar camp

Captured Allied prisoner of war aircrew were all first sent to the Dulag Luft camp run by the Luftwaffe. Dulag Luft comprised the interrogation centre at Oberursel, 10 miles (16 kms) north west of Frankfurt and a transit camp at Wetzlar 30 miles (50 kms) north of Frankfurt.

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Dulag Luft was used for interrogating Allied aircrew who could be held in solitary confinement whilst being questioned for a week or two but some were held for up to 28 days. Following interrogation at Oberursel prisoners were, from autumn 1943, moved to a transit camp in the botanical gardens in the centre of Frankfurt but from March 1944 the transit camp was in Wetzlar. From there POWs were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps, although some ended up at other camps.

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