List of Wehrmacht POW camps

Model of the prison camp Stammlager Luft 3

Bronze relief main camp XVII A Kaisersteinbruch by Alexandru Ciutureanu , 1939–1999

Daily necessities of Polish prisoners of war in Oflag VII A Murnau

The following list gives an overview of the German prisoner-of-war camps of the Wehrmacht in the Second World War on the territory of the German Reich (arranged according to military districts ) and some occupied areas. According to the latest research, there were a total of 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps. The prisoner-of-war camps were very often on the edge of military training areas of the German Wehrmacht . B. in Lambsdorf, Döllersheim, Stablack, Groß Born, Zeithain, Altengrabow, Fallingbostel, Hövelhof and Hammelburg or within historical fortresses such as Königstein, Torgau, Mainz and Metz.

Storage types

• Dulag (transit camp)
• Frontstalag (front main warehouse)
• Stalag (main camp)
• Oflag (officers' camp )
• Stalag Luft (Luftwaffe main camp)
• Marlag (naval camp)
• Milag (Navy Internment Camp)
• Ilag (internment camp)

List by military districts

Military districts in the German Empire

Military district I

• Stalag IA Stablack (in East Prussia , now Poland )
• Stalag IB Hohenstein (in East Prussia , now Poland )
• Stalag IF Sudauen (Poland)
• Stalag Luft Sudauen (Poland)
• Stalag 56 Prostken (in East Prussia , now Poland )

Military district II

• Stalag II A Neubrandenburg (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania )
• Stalag II B Hammerstein - Schlochau (in Pomerania, today Poland)
• Stalag II C Greifswald (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Stalag II D Stargard (in Pomerania, now Poland)
• Stalag II E Schwerin (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Stalag II F (or Stalag 315 ) Hammerstein - Schlochau (in Pomerania, today Poland)
• Stalag II G (or Stalag 323 ) Groß-Born / Rederitz (in Pomerania, today Poland)
• Stalag II H (or Stalag 302 ) Groß-Born / Barkenbrügge and Groß-Born / Rederitz (in Pomerania, today Poland)
• Oflag II A Prenzlau (in Brandenburg)
• Oflag II B Arnswalde (in Pomerania, now Poland)
• Oflag II C Woldenberg (in Pomerania, now Poland)
• Oflag II D Groß Born (in Pomerania, today Poland)
• Oflag II E Neubrandenburg (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

Military district III

• Stalag III A Luckenwalde (in Brandenburg)
• Stalag III B Fürstenberg / Oder (in Brandenburg)
• Stalag III C Alt Drewitz near Küstrin (in East Brandenburg , today Poland )
• Stalag III D Berlin-Lichterfelde
• Oflag III A Luckenwalde (in Brandenburg)
• Oflag III B Tiborlager near Schwiebus (in East Brandenburg, today Poland)
• Oflag III C Lübben / Spree (in Brandenburg)

Military District IV

• Stalag IV A Elsterhorst (in Saxony )
• Stalag IV B Mühlberg (Elbe) (in Brandenburg )
• Stalag IV C Wistritz near Teplitz (in the Sudetenland , today the Czech Republic )
• Stalag IV D Torgau (in Saxony)
• Stalag IV E Altenburg (in Thuringia )
• Stalag IV F Hartmannsdorf (in Saxony)
• Stalag IV G Oschatz (in Saxony)
• Stalag IV H Zeithain (in Saxony)
• Oflag IV A Hohnstein (in Saxony)
• Oflag IV B Königstein (in Saxony)
• Oflag IV C Colditz (in Saxony)
• Oflag IV D Elsterhorst (in Brandenburg)

Defense district V

• Stalag VA Ludwigsburg (in Baden-Württemberg )
• Stalag VB Villingen (in Baden-Württemberg)
• Stalag VC Malschbach near Baden-Baden , from February 1942 Offenburg (in Baden-Württemberg)
• Stalag VC / Z Strasbourg (branch camp of Stalag VC) (in Alsace-Lorraine, now France)
• Stalag VD Strasbourg (in Alsace-Lorraine, now France)
• Oflag VA Weinsberg (in Baden-Württemberg)
• Oflag VB Biberach (in Baden-Württemberg)
• Oflag VC Wurzach (in Baden-Württemberg)

Military District VI

The area included the province of Westphalia , the northern Rhine province and the state of Lippe (these areas correspond to today's state of North Rhine-Westphalia ), as well as parts of the province of Hanover with the Emsland and Osnabrück .

• Stalag VI A Hemer / Iserlohn (in North Rhine-Westphalia )
• Stalag VI B Neu-Versen / Emsland (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag VI C Bathorn (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag VI D Dortmund (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Stalag VI F Bocholt (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Stalag VI G Bonn - Duisdorf (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Stalag VI H Arnoldsweiler / Düren (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Stalag VI J SA warehouse Fichtenhain / Krefeld (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Stalag VI K (326) Holte-Stukenbrock Castle / Gütersloh district (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Staumühle prisoner of war camp in Hövelhof near Paderborn (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Oflag VI A Soest (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Oflag VI B Dössel - Warburg (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Oflag VI C Eversheide / Osnabrück (in Lower Saxony)
• Oflag VI D Münster (in North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Oflag VI E Dorsten (in North Rhine-Westphalia)

Military district VII

• Stalag VII A Moosburg (in Bavaria )
• Stalag VII B Memmingen (in Bavaria)
• Oflag VII Laufen (in Bavaria)
• Oflag VII A Murnau am Staffelsee (in Bavaria)
• Oflag VII B Eichstätt (in Bavaria)
• Oflag VII C / H Laufen (in Bavaria)
• Oflag VII C / Z Tittmoning (in Bavaria)

Military District VIII

• Stalag VIII A Görlitz (in Silesia , today in Eastern Saxony )
• Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (in Silesia; today Poland )
• Stalag VIII C Sagan (in Silesia; now Poland)
• Oflag VI Gliwice (in Silesia; now Poland)
• Oflag VIII A Kreuzburg (in Silesia; today Poland)
• Oflag VIII B Silberberg (in Silesia; now Poland)
• Oflag VIII C Juliusburg (in Silesia; now Poland)
• Oflag VIII D Teschen (in Silesia; now Poland)
• Oflag VIII E Johannisbrunn (near Staré Těchanovice ) (in the Sudetenland , now the Czech Republic )
• Oflag VIII F Mährisch Trübau (in the Sudetenland, now the Czech Republic)
• Oflag VIII G Weidenau (in the Sudetenland, now the Czech Republic)
• Oflag VIII H / H Ober Langendorf (in the Sudetenland, now the Czech Republic)
• Oflag VIII H / Z Eulenberg (in the Sudetenland, now the Czech Republic)
• Stalag Luft VIII B Lamsdorf (in Silesia; today Poland)

Military District IX

• Stalag IX A Trutzhain near Ziegenhain (in Hesse )
• Stalag IX B Bad Orb - Wegscheide (in Hessen)
• Stalag IX C Bad Sulza (in Thuringia )
• Oflag IX A / H Spangenberg Castle (in Hesse)
• Oflag IX A / Z Rotenburg an der Fulda (in Hesse)
• Oflag IX B Weilburg (in Hesse)

Defense district X

• Stalag XA Schleswig (in Schleswig-Holstein )
• Stalag XB Sandbostel (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag XC Nienburg / Weser (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag XD (310) Wietzendorf (in Lower Saxony)
• Oflag X Hohensalza (in Wartheland , today Poland)
• Oflag XA Itzehoe (in Schleswig-Holstein)
• Oflag XB Nienburg / Weser (in Lower Saxony)
• Oflag XC Lübeck (in Schleswig-Holstein)
• Oflag XD Hamburg-Fischbek
• Black path camp of the Gestapo in Wilhelmshaven (in Lower Saxony)

Military District XI

April 12, 1945: Units of the 30th US Infantry Division of the 9th US Army liberate Oflag 79 in Braunschweig .

• Stalag XI A Altengrabow (in Saxony-Anhalt)
• Stalag XI B Fallingbostel (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag XI C (311) Bergen-Belsen (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag Luft XI B Fallingbostel
• Stalag XI D (321) Oerbke (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag 357 Oerbke
• Oflag XI A Osterode (in Lower Saxony)
• Oflag XI B Braunschweig (in Lower Saxony)
• Oflag 79 Braunschweig

Military District XII

• Stalag XII A Limburg an der Lahn (in Hesse)
• Stalag XII B Frankenthal / Pfalz (in Rhineland-Palatinate )
• Stalag XII C Wiebelsheim / Hunsrück (in Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Stalag XII D Trier - Petrisberg (in Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Stalag XII E Metz - Metz Fortress (in Alsace-Lorraine , now France )
• Stalag XII F Saarburg - Ulanenkaserne (11.1940-5.1941) (in Alsace-Lorraine , today France)
• Stalag XII F Bolchen (5.1941-10.1943) (in Alsace-Lorraine , today France)
• Stalag XII F Forbach (10.1943-11.1944) (in Alsace-Lorraine , now France)
• Stalag XII F Freinsheim (11.1944-3.1945) (in Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Oflag XII A Hadamar (in Hessen)
• Oflag XII B Mainz - Citadel Mainz (in Rhineland-Palatinate)

Military District XIII

All Stalag XIII were in what was then postcode area 13 (Nuremberg and the surrounding area)

• Stalag XIII A Sulzbach-Rosenberg (in Bavaria )
• Stalag XIII B Weiden in the Upper Palatinate (in Bavaria)
• Stalag XIII C Hammelburg / Mainfranken (in Bavaria)
• Stalag XIII D Nuremberg -Langwasser (in Bavaria)
• Oflag XIII A Nuremberg (in Bavaria)

Military district XVII

• Stalag XVII A Kaisersteinbruch (in Burgenland )
• STALAG XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf (in Lower Austria )
• Oflag XVII A Döllersheim (in Lower Austria)
• Stalag Luft XVII B Krems (in Lower Austria)

Military district XVIII

• Stalag XVIII A Wolfsberg (in Carinthia )
• Stalag XVIII A / Z Spittal an der Drau (in Carinthia)
• Stalag XVIII B Oberdrauburg (in Carinthia)
• Stalag XVIII C Markt Pongau (in the Salzburg region )
• Stalag XVIII D Marburg an der Drau (in Lower Styria ; today Slovenia )
• Oflag XVIII A Lienz (in Tyrol )
• Oflag XVIII B Wolfsberg (in Carinthia)
• Oflag XVIII C Spittal an der Drau (in Carinthia)

Military district XX

• Stalag XX A Thorn (in Danzig-West Prussia , today Poland)
• Stalag XX B Marienburg (in Danzig-West Prussia, today Poland)
• Stalag XX C (312) Thorn (in Danzig-West Prussia, today Poland)

Military District XXI

• Stalag XXI A Schildberg (in Wartheland , today Poland )
• Stalag XXI B Schubin (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Stalag XXI B Turek (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Stalag XXI C / H Wollstein (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Stalag XXI C / Z Grätz (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Stalag XXI D Posen (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Oflag XXI A Schokken (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Oflag XXI B Schokken (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Oflag XXI C Schubin (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Oflag XXI C / Z Grune near Lissa (today: Leszno-Gronowo ) (in Wartheland, today Poland)
• Oflag 64 Schubin (in Wartheland, today Poland)

Other camps

General government for the occupied Polish territories

• Stalag 307 Biała Podlaska
• Stalag 307 Dęblin
• Stalag 315 Przemyśl
• Stalag 319 Chełm
• Stalag 325 Zamosch
• Stalag 327 Jaroslau
• Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo
• Stalag 359 Poniatowa
• Stalag 366 Siedlce
• Stalag 369 Krakow
• Stalag 369 Kobierzyn
• Stalag 371 Stanislau (formerly Eastern Poland , now Ukraine )
• Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska (formerly Eastern Poland, now Ukraine)
• Stalag 328 Lemberg (formerly Eastern Poland, today Ukraine)

Soviet Union

Russia

• Stalag 372 Pskow (German Pleskau )

Ukraine

• Stalag 329 Vinnitsa
• Stalag 355 Khmelnytskyi
• Stalag 358 Zhitomir (see memorial )
• Stalag 364 Nikolayev

Others

• Stalag 350 Riga ( Latvia )
• Stalag 351 Priimetsa ( Estonia )
• Stalag 352 Masjukowtschina near Minsk ( Belarus )
• Stalag 354 Barawucha near Polotsk (Belarus)

Air Force camp

• Dulag Luft Oberursel (Taunus) (in Hesse)
• Stalag Luft 1 Barth (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania )
• Stalag Luft 2 Litzmannstadt (in Wartheland , today Poland)
• Stalag Luft 3 Sagan (in Silesia , now Poland)
• Stalag Luft 4 Beinia (in Silesia, now Poland)
• Stalag Luft 4 Groß Tychow (in Pomerania , today Poland)
• Stalag Luft 5 Wolfen (in Saxony-Anhalt )
• Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug in Memelland (in East Prussia , today Lithuania )
• Stalag Luft 7 Moritzfelde near Wehlau (East Prussia, today Russia ( Kaliningrad Region ))

Camp in the military districts

• Stalag Luft Sudauen (Poland)
• Stalag Luft VIII B Lamsdorf (in Silesia , now Poland)
• Stalag Luft XI B Fallingbostel (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag 357 (XI D) Oerbke (in Lower Saxony)
• Stalag Luft XVII B Krems (in Lower Austria)

Navy camp

• Marine Dulag Gotenhafen (in Danzig-West Prussia)
• Marlag Sandbostel (in Lower Saxony)
• Marlag and Milag Nord Westertimke (in Lower Saxony)
• Marlag Rügenwalde Rügenwalde (in Pomerania , now Poland)
• Marlag Stettin Stettin (in Pomerania, now Poland)
• Marlag Gotenhafen Gotenhafen (in Danzig-West Prussia, today Poland)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US researchers: 42,500 camps during the Nazi era in Der Tagesspiegel, March 3, 2013.
2. ↑ Stalag III C at Tourist-Information Küstrin, accessed on November 21, 2014
3. ^ Initiative for a historical place of learning in Lichterfelde Süd
4. ↑ List of prisoner-of-war camps in what is now Lower Saxony on the website of the Lower Saxony Memorial Fund Foundation of the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
5. ^ Military district XI - Hanover
6. ^ List of German prisoner of war camps
7. ^ List of German prisoner of war camps
8. ^ List of German prisoner of war camps
9. ^ List of German prisoner of war camps
10. ^ Mario Bandi: deutschlandfunk.de: The metal of war or: 100 letters from Pleskau . Deutschlandfunk , Feature , September 12, 2014
11. ↑ ^{a b} list of prisoner-of-war camps on the Moosburg-Online website .

literature

• Gianfranco Mattiello; Wolfgang Vogt: German prisoner of war and internment institutions 1939-1945. Handbook and catalog, camp history and camp censorship stamp , vol. 1 main camp (Stalag) , vol. 2 Oflag, BAB, Dulag . Milan (self-published) 1986 a. 1987.
• Rolf Keller , Silke Petry (ed.): Soviet prisoners of war on the job 1941-1945: Documents on living and working conditions in Northern Germany , Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3835312272 .