Oflag X-D was a German
World War II
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prisoner-of-war camp
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There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...
for
officer
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s (''
Offizierlager'') located in
Fischbek, a ''
Stadtteil
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'' of
Hamburg
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,
Germany
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.
Camp history
The camp was established in May 1941. On 22 June 1943, all reserve officers of the Belgian Army held at
Oflag II-A in
Prenzlau
Prenzlau (; ) is a town in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany, the administrative seat of Uckermark District. It is also the centre of the historic Uckermark region.
Geography
The town is located on the Ucker river, about north of Berlin. ...
were moved to Oflag X-D Fischbek. The "A" Squadron of the 8th Hussars of the
7th Armoured Division,
2nd Army reached the camp on 23 April 1945 and arrested the guards. The liberated camp inmates, other Allied prisoners and forced labourers were moved to a repatriation camp in Soltau at a later date, organized by Major Huth.
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See also
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L'Obstinée
L'Obstinée was a Masonic Lodge founded in the German prisoner-of-war camp Oflag XD during World War II. Together with the Lodges Liberté chérie and "Les frères captifs d'Allach", it was one of the very few lodges founded within a Nazi concent ...
'',
Masonic Lodge
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It is also a commonly used term for a building where Freemasons meet and hold their meetings. Every new l ...
*
List of prisoner-of-war 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 () during World War II (1939-1945).
The most c ...
*
Raymond Troye
References
Oflags
World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Germany
1941 establishments in Germany
1945 disestablishments in Germany
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