Dulag Luft [entry point]

Dulag Luft [entry point]

Oberursel camp, Wetzlar camp

Captured Allied aircrew were all first sent to the Dulag Luft camp run by the Luftwaffe which comprised three sites all near Frankfurt; Oberursel, central Frankfurt and Wetzlar.

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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 Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps.

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