STALAG I-A German POW 1940 Cover Prisoner of War Bagrationovsk, Russia w/ note
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Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (German: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945).[1]
Germany had signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established provisions relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.
Article 10 required that PoWs should be lodged in adequately heated and lighted buildings where conditions were the same as for German troops.
Articles 27-32 detailed the conditions of labour. Enlisted ranks were required to perform whatever labour they were asked if able to do, so long as it was not dangerous and did not support the German war-effort. Senior Non-commissioned officers (sergeants and above) were required to work only in a supervisory role. Commissioned officers were not required to work, although they could volunteer. The work performed was largely agricultural or industrial, ranging from coal- or potash-mining, stone quarrying, or work in saw mills, breweries, factories, railroad yards, and forests. PoWs hired out to military and civilian contractors were supposed to receive pay. The workers were also supposed to get at least one day a week of rest.
Article 76 ensured that PoWs who died in captivity were honourably buried in marked graves.
Contents
1 Types of Camps
2 Nomenclature
3 List of Camps by Military District
3.1 Military District I (Königsberg)
3.2 Military District II (Stettin)
3.3 Military District III (Berlin)
3.4 Military District IV (Dresden)
3.5 Military District V (Stuttgart)
3.6 Military District VI (Münster)
3.7 Military District VII (Munich)
3.8 Military District VIII (Breslau)
3.9 Military District IX (Kassel)
3.10 Military District X (Hamburger)
3.11 Military District XI (Hanover)
3.12 Military District XII (Wiesbaden)
3.13 Military District XIII (Nuremberg)
3.14 Military District XVII (Vienna)
3.15 Military District XVIII (Salzburg)
3.16 Military District XX (Danzig)
3.17 Military District XXI (Posen)
3.18 Other Camps
4 Luftwaffe Camps
5 Kriegsmarine Camps
6 References
7 External links
8 Further reading
Types of Camps
Administration Barrack III in Oflag XD, drawn by Belgian officer POW Léon Gossens, 1944
Dulag or Durchgangslager (transit camp) – These camps served as a collection point for POWs prior to reassignment. These camps were intelligence collection centers.
Dulag Luft or Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe (transit camp of the Luftwaffe) – These were transit camps for Air Force POWs. The main Dulag Luft camp at Frankfurt was the principal collecting point for intelligence derived from Allied POW interrogation
Heilag or Heimkehrerlager (repatriation camps) - Camps for the return of prisoners. Quite often these men had suffered disabling injuries.
Ilag/Jlag or Internierungslager ("Internment camp") – These were civilian internment camps.
Marlag or Marine-Lager ("Marine camp") – These were Navy personnel POW camps.
Milag or Marine-Internierten-Lager ("Marine internment camp") – These were merchant seamen internment camps.
Oflag or Offizier-Lager ("Officer camp") – These were POW camps for officers.
Stalag or Stammlager ("Base camp") – These were enlisted personnel POW camps.
Stalag Luft or Luftwaffe-Stammlager ("Luftwaffe base camp") – These were POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews.
Nomenclature
At the start of World War II, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts (Wehrkreis), which were each assigned Roman numerals. The camps were numbered according to the military district. A letter behind the Roman number marked individual Stalags in a military district.
e.g.
Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II).
Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main camp had a suffix of "/H" (for Hauptlager - main camp).
e.g.
Oflag VII-C/H meant this is the main camp.
Oflag VII-C/Z meant this is a sub-camp of a main camp.
Some of these sub-camps were not the traditional POW camps with barbed wire fences and guard towers, but merely accommodation centers.
List of Camps by Military District
Diorama of the German World War II PoW camp Stalag Luft III.
Collection of everyday items of Polish prisoners from the Oflag VII-A Murnau.
See also: Military district (Germany)
Military District I (Königsberg)
Stalag I-A Stablack, Preußisch Eylau
Stalag I-B Hohenstein
Stalag I-C, from June 1943: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
Stalag I-D Montwy
Stalag I-E Prostken
Stalag I-F Sudauen
Military District II (Stettin)
Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg
Stalag II-B Hammerstein–Schlochau
Stalag II-C Greifswald
Stalag II-D Stargard
Stalag II-E Schwerin
Stalag II H Raderitz
Oflag II-A Prenzlau
Oflag II-B Arnswalde
Oflag II-C Woldenberg
Oflag II-D Gross Born
Oflag II-E Neubrandenburg
Military District III (Berlin)
Stalag III-A Luckenwalde
Stalag III-B Fürstenberg/Oder
Stalag III-C Alt-Drewitz
Stalag III-D Berlin
Oflag III-A Luckenwalde
Oflag III-B Wehrmachtlager Tibor/Zuellichau
Oflag III-C Lübben/Spree
Military District IV (Dresden)
Stalag IV-A Elsterhorst
Stalag IV-B Mühlberg (Elbe)
Stalag IV-C Wistritz bei Teplitz
Stalag IV-D Torgau
Stalag IV-E Altenburg
Stalag IV-F Hartmannsdorf
Stalag IV-G Oschatz
Oflag IV-A Hohnstein
Oflag IV-B Koenigstein
Oflag IV-C Colditz Castle
Oflag IV-D Elsterhorst
Military District V (Stuttgart)
Stalag V-A Ludwigsburg
Stalag V-B Villingen
Stalag V-C Wildberg
Stalag V-D Strasbourg
Oflag V-A Weinsberg
Oflag V-B Biberach
Oflag V-C Wurzach
Military District VI (Münster)
Stalag VI-A Hemer/Iserlohn
Stalag VI-B Neu-Versen
Stalag VI-C Oberlangen/Emsland
Stalag VI-D Dortmund
Stalag VI-F Bocholt
Stalag VI-G Bonn–Duisdorf
Stalag VI-H Arnoldsweiler/Dueren
Stalag VI-J S.A. Lager Fichtenhein/Krefeld and Dorsten
Stalag VI-K Stukenbrock
Oflag VI-A Soest
Oflag VI-B Doessel–Warburg
Oflag VI-C Eversheide/Osnabrück
Oflag VI-D Münster
Oflag VI-E Dorsten
Military District VII (Munich)
Stalag VII-A Moosburg
Stalag VII-B Memmingen
Oflag VII Laufen
Oflag VII-A Murnau am Staffelsee
Oflag VII-B Eichstaett
Oflag VII-C Laufen
Oflag VII-D Tittmoning
Military District VIII (Breslau)
Stalag VIII-A Görlitz
Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf
Stalag VIII-C Sagan
Stalag VIII-D Teschen
Stalag VIII-E/308 Neuhammer
Stalag VIII-F Lamsdorf
Oflag VIII-A Kreuzburg/Oppeln
Oflag VIII-B Silberberg
Oflag VIII-C Juliusburg
Oflag VIII-D/Tittmoning Castle
Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn
Oflag VIII-F Mährisch-Trübau
Oflag VIII-G Weidenau/Freiwaldau
Oflag VIII-H/H Oberlangendorf/Sternberg
Oflag VIII-H/Z Eulenberg/Roemerstadt
Military District IX (Kassel)
Stalag IX-A Ziegenhain
Stalag IX-B Wegscheide/Bad Orb
Stalag IX-C Bad Sulza
Oflag IX-A/H Burg Spangenberg
Oflag IX-A/Z Rotenburg/Fulda
Oflag IX-B Weilburg/Lahn
Oflag IX-C Molsdorf near Erfurt
Military District X (Hamburger)
Stalag X-A Schleswig
Stalag X-B Sandbostel
Stalag X-C Nienburg/Weser
Oflag X Hohensalza
Oflag X-A Itzehoe
Oflag X-B Nienburg/Weser
Oflag X-C Lübeck
Oflag X-D Fischbek
Military District XI (Hanover)
Stalag XI-A Altengrabow
Stalag XI-B Fallingbostel
Stalag XI-C Bergen-Belsen
Stalag XI-D Oerbke
Oflag XI-A Osterode am Harz
Military District XII (Wiesbaden)
Stalag XII-A Limburg an der Lahn
Stalag XII-B Frankenthal/Palatinate
Stalag XII-C Wiebelsheim/Rhein
Stalag XII-D Trier/Petrisberg (Trèves)
Stalag XII-E Metz
Stalag XII-F Forbach
Oflag XII-A Hadamar/Limburg an der Lahn
Oflag XII-B Mainz
Military District XIII (Nuremberg)
Stalag XIII-A Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Oberpfalz
Stalag XIII-B Weiden/Oberpfalz
Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg/Mainfranken
Stalag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser
Oflag XIII-A Nuremberg-Langwasser
Oflag XIII-B Hammelburg
Oflag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser
Military District XVII (Vienna)
Stalag XVII-B Monument at Andersonville Prison
Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruch
Stalag XVII-B Krems–Gneixendorf. Formerly named Dulag Gneixendorf
Stalag XVII-C Döllersheim. Previously named Dulag Döllersheim
Stalag XVII-D Pupping. Previously named Zweiglager Pupping, renamed Stalag 237, Stalag 397, and finally Stalag 398 Pupping
Oflag XVII-A Edelbach
Military District XVIII (Salzburg)
Stalag XVIII-A Wolfsberg
Stalag XVIII-A/Z Spittal
Stalag XVIII-B Oberdrauburg
Stalag XVIII-C Markt Pongau
Stalag XVIII-D Maribor
Oflag XVIII-A Lienz/Drau
Oflag XVIII-B Wolfsberg/Kaernten
Oflag XVIII-C Spittal/Drau
Military District XX (Danzig)
Stalag XX-A Thorn (Poland) [1]
Stalag 312 (also known as Stalag XX-C) Thorn (Poland) Same as above
Stalag XX-B Marienburg (Poland) [2]
Military District XXI (Posen)
Stalag XXI-A Schildberg (Poland)
Stalag XXI-B Schubin (Poland)
Stalag XXI-B Thure (Poland)
Stalag XXI-C/H Wollstein (Poland)
Stalag XXI-C/Z Graetz
Stalag XXI-D Posen (Poland)
Oflag XXI-A Schokken (Poland)
Oflag XXI-B Schoken (Poland)
Oflag XXI-C Schubin/Schokken/Schildberg (Poland)
Oflag XXI-C/Z Grune bei Lissa (Poland)
Other Camps
Oflag 6 Tost (Poland)
Oflag 53 Pagėgiai (Lithuania)
Oflag 60 Širvintos (Lithuania)
Oflag 64 Schubin
Oflag 79 Waggum, Braunschweig
Stalag 56 Prostken (Poland)
Stalag 133 Rennes (France)
Stalag 302 Gross-Born
Stalag 307 Biała Podlaska (Poland)
Stalag 307 Dęblin (Poland)
Stalag 313 Czarne (Poland)
Stalag 315 Przemyśl (Poland)
Stalag 319 Chełm (Poland)
Stalag 323 Gross-Born
Stalag 324 Grodno (Belarus)
Stalag 325 Zamość (Poland)
Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska (Poland)
Stalag 327 Jarosław (Poland)
Stalag 328 Lemberg (Poland)
Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo (Poland)
Stalag 336 Kaunas (Lithuania)
Stalag 339 Kyiv-Darniza (Ukraine)
Stalag 342 Maladetschna (Belarus)
Stalag 343 Alytus (Lithuania)
Stalag 344 Vilnius (Lithuania)
Stalag 351 Berkenbrugge
Stalag 355 Khmelnytskyi Ukraine
Stalag 357 Kopernikus (Poland)
Stalag 359 Poniatowa (Poland)
Stalag 361 Šiauliai (Lithuania)
Stalag 366 Siedlce (Poland)
Stalag 367 Częstochowa (Poland)
Stalag 369 Krakau (Poland)
Stalag 369 Kobierzyn (Poland)
Stalag 371 Stanislau (Poland)
Stalag XX-A (301) Friesack, Wutzetz/Brandenburg, (Germany)