Part of Lists of Prisoner-of-War Camps section in the Prisoner-of-war camp article.
A list of PoW camps run by the Germans during WWII. These camps housed captured members of the Allied armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft.
Germany was a signatory at the Third Geneva Convention which established the provisions relative to the treatment of Prisoners of War.
- Article 10 required that PoWs should be lodged in adequately heated and lighted buildings where conditions were the same as German troops.
- Articles 27-32 detailed the conditions of labor. Enlisted ranks were required to perform whatever labor they were asked and able to do, so long as it was not dangerous and did not support the German war effort. Senior Non-commissioned officers (sergeants and above) were required to work only in a supervisory role. Commissioned officers were not required to work, although they could volunteer. The work performed was largely agricultural or industrial, ranging from coal or potash mining, stone quarrying, or work in saw mills, breweries, factories, railroad yards, and forests. PoWs hired out to military and civilian contractors were supposed to receive pay. The workers were also supposed to get a least one day a week of rest.
- Article 76 ensured that PoWs who died in captivity were honourably buried in marked graves.
Types of Camps
- Dulag or Durchgangslager (transit camp) – These camps served as a collection point for POWs prior to reassignment.
- Stalag or Stammlager (base camp) – These were enlisted personnel POW camps.
- Oflag or Offizier-Lager (officer camp) – These were POW camps for officers.
- Stalag Luft or Luftwaffe-Stammlager (Luftwaffe base camp) – These were POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews.
- Marlag or Marine-Lager (marine camp) – These were Navy personnel POW camps.
- Milag or Marine-Internierten-Lager (marine internment camp) – These were merchant seamen internment camps.
- Ilag/Jlag or Internierungslager (internment camp) – These were civilian internment camps.
Nomenclature
At the start of WWII, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts (Wehrkreis), which were each assigned Roman numerals. The camps were numbered according to the military district. A letter behind the Roman number marked individual Stalags in a military district.
e.g.
- Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II).
Sub-camps had an suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main camp had a suffix of "/H" (for Hauptlager - main camp).
e.g.
- Oflag VII-C/H meant this is the main camp.
- Oflag VII-C/Z meant this is a sub-camp of a main camp.
Some of these sub-camps were not the traditional POW camps with barbed wire fences and guard towers, but merely accommodation centers.
List of Camps by Military District
Miltary District I
- Stalag I-A Stablack
- Stalag I-B Hohenstein (Poland)
- Stalag I F Sudauen (Poland)
- Stalag Luft I Barth
Miltary District II
Miltary District III
Miltary District IV
Miltary District V
Miltary District VI
- Stalag VI-A Hemer/Iserlohn
- Stalag VI-B Neu-Versen
- Stalag VI-C Bathorn /Emsland
- Stalag VI-D Dortmund
- Stalag VI-F Bocholt
- Stalag VI-G Bonn-Duisdorf
- Stalag VI-H Arnoldsweiler /Dueren
- Stalag VI-J S.A. Lager Fichtenhein /Krefeld
- Oflag VI Tost/Oppeln
- Oflag VI-A Soest
- Oflag VI-B Doessel -Warburg
- Oflag VI-C Eversheide /Osnabruck
- Oflag VI-D Münster
- Oflag VI-E Dorsten
Miltary District VII
Miltary District VIII
- Stalag VIII-A Görlitz
- Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf
- Stalag VIII-C Sagan
- Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf
- Oflag VIII-A Kreuzburg/Oppeln
- Oflag VIII-B Silberberg
- Oflag VIII-C Juliusburg
- Oflag VIII-D Teschen/Gleiwitz
- Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn
- Oflag VIII-F Mährisch-Trübau
- Oflag VIII-G Weidenau /Freiwaldau
- Oflag VIII-H/H Oberlangendorf /Sternberg
- Oflag VIII-H/Z Eulenberg /Roemerstadt
Miltary District IX
- Stalag IX-A Ziegenhain
- Stalag IX-B Wegscheide /Bad Orb
- Stalag IX-C Bad Sulza
- Oflag IX-A/H Burg Spangenberg
- Oflag IX-A/Z Rotenburg/Fulda
- Oflag IX-B Weilburg /Lahn
Miltary District X
Miltary District XI
- Stalag XI-A Altengrabow
- Stalag XI-B Fallingbostel
- Stalag Luft XI-B
- Oflag XI-A Osterode
Miltary District XII
Miltary District XIII
- Stalag XIII-A Bad Sulzbach
- Stalag XIII-B Weiden/Oberpfalz
- Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg /Mainfranken
- Stalag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser
- Oflag XIII A Nuremberg
Miltary District XVII
- Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruch
- Stalag XVII-B Krems-Gneixendorf
- Stalag Luft XVII-B
- Oflag XVII-A Doellersheim
Miltary District XVIII
- Stalag XVIII-A Wolfsberg
- Stalag XVIII-AZ Spittal
- Stalag XVIII-B Oberdrauburg
- Stalag XVIII-C Markt-Pongau
- Stalag XVIII-D Marburg
- Oflag XVIII-A Lienz /Drau
- Oflag XVIII-B Wolfsberg/Kaernten
- Oflag XVIII-C Spittal/Drau
Miltary District XX
Other Camps
- Stalag Luft Frankfurt am Main
- Stalag Luft S Sudauen (Poland)
- Stalag 56 Prostken (Poland)
- Oflag 64 Schubin
- Stalag 302 Gross-Born
- Stalag 307 Biała Podlaska (Poland)
- Stalag 307 Dęblin (Poland)
- Stalag 313 Czarne (Poland)
- Stalag 315 Przemyśl (Poland)
- Stalag 319 Chełm (Poland)
- Stalag 323 Gross-Born
- Stalag 325 Zamość (Poland)
- Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska (Poland)
- Stalag 327 Jarosław (Poland)
- Stalag 328 Lemberg (Poland)
- Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo (Poland)
- Stalag 351 Berkenbrugge
- Stalag 359 Poniatowa (Poland)
- Stalag 366 Siedlce (Poland)
- Stalag 369 Krakau (Poland)
- Stalag 369 Kobierzyn (Poland)
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