Stalag Luft 2 [entry point]

Stalag Luft 2 [entry point]

Stalag Luft 2, Stalag Luft ii, Stalag Luft II, Litzmannstadt camp

Stalag Luft 2 was located in the city of Lodz in Poland, which the Germans renamed Litzmannstadt.

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It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. The camp was closed in September 1944 when most prisoners were transferred to Stalag Luft 3

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