Stalag Luft 7 [entry point]

Stalag Luft 7 [entry point]

Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau

Stalag Luft 7 a prisoner of war camp established at an airfield in Morzyczyn 63 miles (101 kms) east of Poznań and then relocated near Bankau, now Bąków 27 miles (43 kms) north-east of Opole. 

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The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. In January the camp held just over 1500 prisoners who were evacuated initially as part of the long march and then by train to Stalag 3A.

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