Naval Camps and Navy Internment Camps

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Marine camp and naval internees camp served in Germany during World War II as a prisoner of war camp of the Navy for prisoner taken members of the enemy naval and merchant shipping.

Prisoners of the Navy and Merchant Shipping

Initially, prisoners from the enemy navies and merchant ships were held captive in several camps in northern Germany. Later, they were in a POW camp main camp XB focused Sandbostel, where in addition to the prisoners in separate camps and Navy personnel and civilian mariners were staying.

Naval Camp (Marlag)

For the ship crews taken captive at sea in World War II , the Wehrmacht set up camps under the administration of the Navy. If the crews were soldiers , they were sent to naval camps (Marlag).

Navy Internment Camp (Milag)

If they were civilian seamen, they were to be released according to the Hague Land Warfare Regulations . If weapons were found on the ship, the seamen were classified as combatants and placed in separate naval internment camps (Milag). More than 5,000 seafarers were captured by the German military on merchant ships during the Second World War.

Relocation from Sandbostel to Westertimke

Under international pressure from the USA, the Swiss government and the International Committee of the Red Cross , the Sandbostel camp was relocated to a former small air force training camp consisting of six barracks and a small airfield in Westertimke in July 1941 . This relocation was completed in July 1942.

The expanded Marlag in Westertimke consisted of around 31 buildings and was divided into three areas. In the west was the area "O" for officers, the area "M" for men was in the eastern part "M" and in between was the administrative area with guard buildings, prison and a large coal store.

The Milag was erected 300 m east of it with around 35 buildings. The officers of the ships were quartered in the northern area and the crews of the merchant ships were quartered in the southern area. The hospital was also arranged in the Milag.

Navy camp

  • Marine Dulag Gotenhafen (Poland)
  • Marlag Sandbostel
  • Marlag and Milag Nord Westertimke
  • Marlag Rügenwalde Rügenwalde (today's Poland)
  • Marlag Stettin (present-day Poland)
  • Marlag Gotenhafen Gotenhafen (Poland)

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