A GUIDE TO COLLECTION 1
Stalag
Prisoners of War of the Germans
Stalag
Prisoners of War of the Germans
A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1
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Types of Camp
Clickable List of Camps
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If you know about someone who was an allied prisoner of war of Germany during the Second World War,
please email details to: powmuseum@outlook.com
and his name - and any details, photos, documents you can provide - will be added to this website.
Please scroll down for:
Types of Camp
Clickable List of Camps
You can help
If you know about someone who was an allied prisoner of war of Germany during the Second World War,
please email details to: powmuseum@outlook.com
and his name - and any details, photos, documents you can provide - will be added to this website.
Please make sure that you begin the email with as much of the following information as possible:
- POW Camp(s):
- Surname:
- Forename(s):
- Nationality:
- Service (eg Navy, Army, Air Force etc):
- Ship/Regiment/Squadron etc:
- When captured:
- Where captured:
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All emails will be answered, but please don’t be offended if you have to wait a little while for a reply, as this website is a voluntary undertaking and sometimes there is a huge amount of work to get through!
Click HERE for details about Copyright of Photographs etc.
Types of Camp
Dulag
Durchgangslager
Collection points or transit camps for prisoners prior to reassignment.
These camps were also intelligence collection centres.
Dulag Luft
Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe
Transit camps for air force prisoners.
Ilag
Internierungslager
Civilian internment camps.
Marlag
Marine-Lager
Naval POW camps.
Milag
Marine-Internierten-Lager
Merchant Seamen internment camps.
Oflag
Offizier-Lager
POW camps for officers.
Stalag
Stammlager
POW camps for non-commissioned servicemen.
Stalag Luft
Luftwaffe-Stammlager
POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews.
You might also be interested in the following (not included in the categories above):
Laghouat Prison Camp
This was a detention centre at Laghouat in Saharan Algeria, maintained during the Second World War by Vichy France and later by the French Committee of National Liberation.The camp was one of nine established by the French in the Sahara, primarily for dissidents, but from 1940 to 1942 it was used as an internment camp for British Empire servicemen under the name Camp des internés britanniques Laghouat ("British Internees Camp Laghouat").
Internment Camps in Switzerland
During the Second World War thousands allied servicemen, escaped prisoners of war, sought sanctuary in Switzerland and many of them were held in these camps.
Dulag
Durchgangslager
Collection points or transit camps for prisoners prior to reassignment.
These camps were also intelligence collection centres.
Dulag Luft
Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe
Transit camps for air force prisoners.
Ilag
Internierungslager
Civilian internment camps.
Marlag
Marine-Lager
Naval POW camps.
Milag
Marine-Internierten-Lager
Merchant Seamen internment camps.
Oflag
Offizier-Lager
POW camps for officers.
Stalag
Stammlager
POW camps for non-commissioned servicemen.
Stalag Luft
Luftwaffe-Stammlager
POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews.
You might also be interested in the following (not included in the categories above):
Laghouat Prison Camp
This was a detention centre at Laghouat in Saharan Algeria, maintained during the Second World War by Vichy France and later by the French Committee of National Liberation.The camp was one of nine established by the French in the Sahara, primarily for dissidents, but from 1940 to 1942 it was used as an internment camp for British Empire servicemen under the name Camp des internés britanniques Laghouat ("British Internees Camp Laghouat").
Internment Camps in Switzerland
During the Second World War thousands allied servicemen, escaped prisoners of war, sought sanctuary in Switzerland and many of them were held in these camps.
List of Camps
Please click on the name of a camp to find information about it. This website is currently being rebuilt and information is still being added, so please re-visit us again if you do not find what you are looking for.
Some camps were re-numbered during the war, and in these cases both numbers are listed.
We hope that this list is complete and accurate, but there may be errors of course.
If you know of any mistakes or you find any links that do not work, please let us know.
Military District I
Stalag IA Stablack
Stalag IB Hohenstein
Stalag IF Sudauen
Stalag Luft I Barth
Military District II
Stalag IIA Neubrandenburg
Oflag IIB Arnswalde
Stalag IIB Hammerstein–Schlochau
Stalag IIC Greifswald
Stalag IID Stargard
Stalag IIE Schwerin
Stalag IIH Raderitz
Stalag Luft II Litzmannstadt
Stalag Luft IV Groß Tychow
Oflag IIA Prenzlau
Oflag IIB Arnswalde
Oflag IIC Woldenberg
Oflag IID Gross Born
Oflag IIE Neubrandenburg
Military District III
Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde
Stalag IIIB Fürstenberg/Oder
Stalag IIIC Alt-Drewitz
Stalag IIID Berlin
Oflag IIIA Luckenwalde
Oflag IIIB Wehrmachtlager Tibor/Zuellichau
Oflag IIIC Luebben/Spree
Military District IV
Stalag IVA Elsterhorst
Stalag IVA Hohnstein
Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe)
Stalag IVC Wistritz bei Teplitz
Stalag IVD Torgau
Stalag IVE Altenburg
Stalag IVF Hartmannsdorf
Stalag IVG Oschatz
Oflag IVA Hohnstein
Oflag IVB Koenigstein
Oflag IVC Colditz
Oflag IVD Elsterhorst
Military District V
Stalag VA Ludwigsburg
Stalag VB Villingen
Stalag VC Wildberg
Stalag VD Strasbourg
Stalag Luft V Halle/Saale
Oflag VA Weinsberg
Oflag VB Biberach
Oflag VC Wurzach
Ilag V Liebenau
Ilag VB Biberach
Ilag VC Wurzach
Military District VI
Stalag VIA Hemer/Iserlohn
Stalag VIB Neu-Versen
Stalag VIC Oberlangen/Emsland
Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug
Stalag VID Dortmund
Stalag VIF Bocholt
Stalag VIG Bonn–Duisdorf
Stalag VIH Arnoldsweiler/Dueren
Stalag VIJ S.A. Lager Fichtenhein/Krefeld and Dorsten
Stalag VIK Stukenbrock
Stalag Luft VI Silute/Heydekrug
Oflag VIA Soest
Oflag VIB Doessel–Warburg
Oflag VIC Eversheide/Osnabrück
Oflag VID Münster
Oflag VIE Dorsten
Military District VII
Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Stalag VIIB Memmingen
Oflag VII Laufen
Oflag VIIA Murnau am Staffelsee
Oflag VIIB Eichstaett
Oflag VIIC Laufen
Oflag VIID Tittmoning
Stalag Luft 7 Bankau
Ilag VII Laufen and Tittmoning
Military District VIII
Stalag VIIIA Görlitz
Stalag VIIIB / 344 Lamsdorf
Stalag VIIIB Teschen
Stalag VIIIC Sagan
Stalag VIIID Teschen
Stalag VIIIE Neuhammer
Stalag VIIIF Lamsdorf
Stalag Luft III Sagan
Stalag Luft VIIIB Lamsdorf
Oflag VIIIA Kreuzburg/Oppeln
Oflag VIIIB Silberberg
Oflag VIIIC Juliusburg
Oflag VIIID/Tittmoning
Oflag VIIIE Johannisbrunn
Oflag VIIIF Mährisch-Trübau
Oflag VIIIG Weidenau/Freiwaldau
Oflag VIIIH Oberlangendorf/Sternberg
Oflag VIIIH/Z Eulenberg/Roemerstadt
Military District IX
Stalag IXA Ziegenhain
Stalag IXB Wegscheide/Bad Orb
Stalag IXC Bad Sulza
Oflag IXA/H Burg Spangenberg
Oflag IXA/Z Rotenburg/Fulda
Oflag IXB Weilburg/Lahn
Oflag IXC Molsdorf
Military District X
Stalag XA Schleswig
Stalag XB Sandbostel
Marlag und Milag Nord Sandbostel
Stalag XC Nienburg/Weser
Oflag X Hohensalza
Oflag XA Itzehoe
Oflag XB Nienburg/Weser
Oflag XC Lübeck
Oflag XD Fischbek
Military District XI
Stalag XIA Altengrabow
Stalag XIB Fallingbostel
Stalag XIC Bergen-Belsen
Stalag Luft XIB
Oflag XIA Osterode
Military District XII
Stalag XIIA Limburg an der Lahn
Stalag XIIB Frankenthal/Palatinate
Stalag XIIC Wiebelsheim/Rhein
Stalag XIID Trier/Petrisberg (Trèves)
Stalag XIID Waldbreitbach
Stalag XIIE Metz
Stalag XIIF Forbach
Oflag XIIA Hadamar/Limburg an der Lahn
Oflag XIIB Mainz
Military District XIII
Stalag XIIIA Bad Sulzbach
Stalag XIIIB Weiden/Oberpfalz
Stalag XIIIC Hammelburg/Mainfranken
Stalag XIIID Nuremberg-Langwasser
Oflag XIIIA Nuremberg
Oflag XIIIB Hammelburg
Oflag XIIID Nürnberg-Langwasser
Military District XVII
Stalag XVIIA Kaisersteinbruch
Stalag XVIIB Krems–Gneixendorf (formerly Dulag Gneixendorf)
Stalag XVIIC Döllersheim (formerly Dulag Döllersheim)
Stalag XVIID Pupping (formerly Zweiglager Pupping)
Oflag XVIIA Edelbach
Military District XVIII
Stalag XVIIIA Wolfsberg
Stalag XVIIIAZ Spittal
Stalag XVIIIB Oberdrauburg
Stalag XVIIIC Markt-Pongau
Stalag XVIIID Maribor
Oflag XVIIIA Lienz/Drau
Oflag XVIIIB Wolfsberg/Kaernten
Oflag XVIIIC Spittal/Drau
Military District XX
Stalag XXA Thorn
Stalag XXB Marienburg
Military District XXI
Stalag XXIA Schildberg
Stalag XXIB Schubin
Stalag XXIB Thure
Stalag XXIC/H Wollstein
Stalag XXIC/Z Graetz
Stalag XXID Posen
Oflag XXIA Schokken
Oflag XXIB Schoken
Oflag XXIC Schubin/Schokken/Schildberg
Oflag XXIC/Z Grune bei
Other Camps
(Most of these camps were camps on the above list, but re-numbered at some time)
Oflag 6 Tost
Oflag 64 Schubin
Oflag 67 Neubrandenburg
Oflag 79 Waggum, Braunschweig
Stalag Luft Frankfurt am Main
Stalag Luft S Sudauen
Stalag 56 Prostken
Stalag 237
Stalag 301 Friesack, Wutzetz/Brandenburg
Stalag 302 Gross-Born
Stalag 306 Maribor
Stalag 307 Biała Podlaska
Stalag 307 Dęblin
Stalag 308 Neuhammer
Stalag 312 Thorn
Stalag 313 Czarne
Stalag 315 Przemyśl
Stalag 317 Markt-Pongau
Stalag 319 Chełm
Stalag 323 Gross-Born
Stalag 325 Zamość
Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska
Stalag 327 Jarosław
Stalag 328 Lemberg
Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo
Stalag 341 Altengrabow
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf
Stalag 351 Berkenbrugge
Stalag 357 Thorn/Fallingbostel
Stalag 359 Poniatowa
Stalag 366 Siedlce
Stalag 369 Krakau
Stalag 369 Kobierzyn
Stalag 383 Hohenfels
Stalag 371 Stanislau
Stalag 397
Stalag 398
Please click on the name of a camp to find information about it. This website is currently being rebuilt and information is still being added, so please re-visit us again if you do not find what you are looking for.
Some camps were re-numbered during the war, and in these cases both numbers are listed.
We hope that this list is complete and accurate, but there may be errors of course.
If you know of any mistakes or you find any links that do not work, please let us know.
Military District I
Stalag IA Stablack
Stalag IB Hohenstein
Stalag IF Sudauen
Stalag Luft I Barth
Military District II
Stalag IIA Neubrandenburg
Oflag IIB Arnswalde
Stalag IIB Hammerstein–Schlochau
Stalag IIC Greifswald
Stalag IID Stargard
Stalag IIE Schwerin
Stalag IIH Raderitz
Stalag Luft II Litzmannstadt
Stalag Luft IV Groß Tychow
Oflag IIA Prenzlau
Oflag IIB Arnswalde
Oflag IIC Woldenberg
Oflag IID Gross Born
Oflag IIE Neubrandenburg
Military District III
Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde
Stalag IIIB Fürstenberg/Oder
Stalag IIIC Alt-Drewitz
Stalag IIID Berlin
Oflag IIIA Luckenwalde
Oflag IIIB Wehrmachtlager Tibor/Zuellichau
Oflag IIIC Luebben/Spree
Military District IV
Stalag IVA Elsterhorst
Stalag IVA Hohnstein
Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe)
Stalag IVC Wistritz bei Teplitz
Stalag IVD Torgau
Stalag IVE Altenburg
Stalag IVF Hartmannsdorf
Stalag IVG Oschatz
Oflag IVA Hohnstein
Oflag IVB Koenigstein
Oflag IVC Colditz
Oflag IVD Elsterhorst
Military District V
Stalag VA Ludwigsburg
Stalag VB Villingen
Stalag VC Wildberg
Stalag VD Strasbourg
Stalag Luft V Halle/Saale
Oflag VA Weinsberg
Oflag VB Biberach
Oflag VC Wurzach
Ilag V Liebenau
Ilag VB Biberach
Ilag VC Wurzach
Military District VI
Stalag VIA Hemer/Iserlohn
Stalag VIB Neu-Versen
Stalag VIC Oberlangen/Emsland
Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug
Stalag VID Dortmund
Stalag VIF Bocholt
Stalag VIG Bonn–Duisdorf
Stalag VIH Arnoldsweiler/Dueren
Stalag VIJ S.A. Lager Fichtenhein/Krefeld and Dorsten
Stalag VIK Stukenbrock
Stalag Luft VI Silute/Heydekrug
Oflag VIA Soest
Oflag VIB Doessel–Warburg
Oflag VIC Eversheide/Osnabrück
Oflag VID Münster
Oflag VIE Dorsten
Military District VII
Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Stalag VIIB Memmingen
Oflag VII Laufen
Oflag VIIA Murnau am Staffelsee
Oflag VIIB Eichstaett
Oflag VIIC Laufen
Oflag VIID Tittmoning
Stalag Luft 7 Bankau
Ilag VII Laufen and Tittmoning
Military District VIII
Stalag VIIIA Görlitz
Stalag VIIIB / 344 Lamsdorf
Stalag VIIIB Teschen
Stalag VIIIC Sagan
Stalag VIIID Teschen
Stalag VIIIE Neuhammer
Stalag VIIIF Lamsdorf
Stalag Luft III Sagan
Stalag Luft VIIIB Lamsdorf
Oflag VIIIA Kreuzburg/Oppeln
Oflag VIIIB Silberberg
Oflag VIIIC Juliusburg
Oflag VIIID/Tittmoning
Oflag VIIIE Johannisbrunn
Oflag VIIIF Mährisch-Trübau
Oflag VIIIG Weidenau/Freiwaldau
Oflag VIIIH Oberlangendorf/Sternberg
Oflag VIIIH/Z Eulenberg/Roemerstadt
Military District IX
Stalag IXA Ziegenhain
Stalag IXB Wegscheide/Bad Orb
Stalag IXC Bad Sulza
Oflag IXA/H Burg Spangenberg
Oflag IXA/Z Rotenburg/Fulda
Oflag IXB Weilburg/Lahn
Oflag IXC Molsdorf
Military District X
Stalag XA Schleswig
Stalag XB Sandbostel
Marlag und Milag Nord Sandbostel
Stalag XC Nienburg/Weser
Oflag X Hohensalza
Oflag XA Itzehoe
Oflag XB Nienburg/Weser
Oflag XC Lübeck
Oflag XD Fischbek
Military District XI
Stalag XIA Altengrabow
Stalag XIB Fallingbostel
Stalag XIC Bergen-Belsen
Stalag Luft XIB
Oflag XIA Osterode
Military District XII
Stalag XIIA Limburg an der Lahn
Stalag XIIB Frankenthal/Palatinate
Stalag XIIC Wiebelsheim/Rhein
Stalag XIID Trier/Petrisberg (Trèves)
Stalag XIID Waldbreitbach
Stalag XIIE Metz
Stalag XIIF Forbach
Oflag XIIA Hadamar/Limburg an der Lahn
Oflag XIIB Mainz
Military District XIII
Stalag XIIIA Bad Sulzbach
Stalag XIIIB Weiden/Oberpfalz
Stalag XIIIC Hammelburg/Mainfranken
Stalag XIIID Nuremberg-Langwasser
Oflag XIIIA Nuremberg
Oflag XIIIB Hammelburg
Oflag XIIID Nürnberg-Langwasser
Military District XVII
Stalag XVIIA Kaisersteinbruch
Stalag XVIIB Krems–Gneixendorf (formerly Dulag Gneixendorf)
Stalag XVIIC Döllersheim (formerly Dulag Döllersheim)
Stalag XVIID Pupping (formerly Zweiglager Pupping)
Oflag XVIIA Edelbach
Military District XVIII
Stalag XVIIIA Wolfsberg
Stalag XVIIIAZ Spittal
Stalag XVIIIB Oberdrauburg
Stalag XVIIIC Markt-Pongau
Stalag XVIIID Maribor
Oflag XVIIIA Lienz/Drau
Oflag XVIIIB Wolfsberg/Kaernten
Oflag XVIIIC Spittal/Drau
Military District XX
Stalag XXA Thorn
Stalag XXB Marienburg
Military District XXI
Stalag XXIA Schildberg
Stalag XXIB Schubin
Stalag XXIB Thure
Stalag XXIC/H Wollstein
Stalag XXIC/Z Graetz
Stalag XXID Posen
Oflag XXIA Schokken
Oflag XXIB Schoken
Oflag XXIC Schubin/Schokken/Schildberg
Oflag XXIC/Z Grune bei
Other Camps
(Most of these camps were camps on the above list, but re-numbered at some time)
Oflag 6 Tost
Oflag 64 Schubin
Oflag 67 Neubrandenburg
Oflag 79 Waggum, Braunschweig
Stalag Luft Frankfurt am Main
Stalag Luft S Sudauen
Stalag 56 Prostken
Stalag 237
Stalag 301 Friesack, Wutzetz/Brandenburg
Stalag 302 Gross-Born
Stalag 306 Maribor
Stalag 307 Biała Podlaska
Stalag 307 Dęblin
Stalag 308 Neuhammer
Stalag 312 Thorn
Stalag 313 Czarne
Stalag 315 Przemyśl
Stalag 317 Markt-Pongau
Stalag 319 Chełm
Stalag 323 Gross-Born
Stalag 325 Zamość
Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska
Stalag 327 Jarosław
Stalag 328 Lemberg
Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo
Stalag 341 Altengrabow
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf
Stalag 351 Berkenbrugge
Stalag 357 Thorn/Fallingbostel
Stalag 359 Poniatowa
Stalag 366 Siedlce
Stalag 369 Krakau
Stalag 369 Kobierzyn
Stalag 383 Hohenfels
Stalag 371 Stanislau
Stalag 397
Stalag 398
There were more camps than those listed above.
Click HERE to see a more comprehensive list.
Click HERE to see a more comprehensive list.