Stalag 3A [entry point]

Stalag 3A [entry point]

Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp

Stalag 3A was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin.

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Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945.

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