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List Of POW Camps In Germany
For lists of German prisoner-of-war camps, see: * German prisoner-of-war camps in World War I * German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (german: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945). Germany had signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established provisions relating to the treatment of prisone ... {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Prisoner-of-war Camps In World War I
During World War I, German prisoner-of-war camps were run by the 25 Army Corps Districts into which Germany was divided. Around 2.4 million men were World War I prisoners of war in Germany. Types of camp ''Kriegsgefangenenlager'' (KGFL, "Prisoner of war camps") were divided into: * ''Mannschaftslager'' ("Enlisted Men's Camp") for private soldiers and NCOs. * ''Offizierslager'' ("Officer Camp") for commissioned officers. * ''Internierungslager'' ("Internment Camp") for civilian enemy aliens. * ''Lazarett'', military hospital for POWs. List of camps by Army Corps districts Guards Corps (Berlin) ;Mannschaftslager * Döberitz. A large camp from Berlin holding Russian, Polish, French, and British prisoners, including men of the Royal Naval Division captured at the Siege of Antwerp. * Dyrotz near Wustermark. ;Lazarett * Berlin. Located on ''Alexandrinenstrasse''. I Army Corps (Königsberg) None found. II Army Corps (Stettin) ;Mannschaftslager * Altdamm. Three camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
