Authority controls. Prisoner of war camps

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Authority controls. Prisoner of war camps

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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. See allArchive items|Explore nearbyDulag Luft was used for interrogating…

Opened in July 1940 Stalag Luft 1 was the first of the Stalag Luft camps run by the Luftwaffe to hold captured Allied aircrew.It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany.See allArchive items|Explore nearbyFrom December 1943 the…

Stalag Luft 2 was located in the city of Lodz in Poland, which the Germans renamed Litzmannstadt.See allArchive items|Explore nearby It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern…

Stalag Luft 3 was in Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan, 100 miles (161 kms) south-east of Berlin.See allArchive items|Explore nearby It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. The site was chosen because the sandy soil…

Stalag Luft 4 was located at Gross Tychow, now Tychowo, in north-east Poland 78 miles (125 kms) north-east of Stettin, now Szczecin. See allArchive items|Explore nearbyStalag Luft 4 was opened by the Luftwaffe in May 1944 for RAF and American non…

Stalag Luft 5 was aprisoner of war camp run by the Luftwaffe located at Gröditz, 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Dresden. See allArchive items|Explore nearbyVery little is documented on this camp. Refinements: Artwork TextMap …

Located in Heydekrug, now Silute, in Lithuania Stalag Luft 6 was the most northerly of the Luftwaffe run prisoner of war camps.See allArchive items|Explore nearbyIt was opened in May 1943 for non commissioned officers captured during 1943 along with…

Stalag Luft 7 was established at an airfield inMorzyczyn63 miles (101 kms) east of Poznań and thenrelocated nearBankau, nowBąków 27 miles (43 kms) north-east of Opole.See allArchive items|Explore nearby The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June…

Stalag 3A was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin.See allArchive items|Explore nearbyPrisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned…

Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland.See allArchive items|Explore nearby During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned…

Stalag 357 was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army originally located in Thorn (now Torun) in north Poland.See allArchive items|Explore nearby In July 1944 most of the RAF prisoners from Stalag Luft 6 were transferred to Stalag 357; the…
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