List of Prisoner of War Camps in WWII

This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft.

For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany.

During World War I camps were run by the 25 Army Corps Districts into which Germany was divided.

Kriegsgefangenenlager (KGFL, "Prisoner of war camps") were divided into:

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POW camps run by the Germans during World War II. There were around 1,000 Prisoner-of-War camps in Germany during World War II.

Germany was a signatory at the Third Geneva Convention, which established the provisions relative to the treatment of Prisoners of War.

At the start of World War II, 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.

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Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main camp had a suffix of "/H" (for Hauptlager - main camp).

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Some of these sub-camps were not the traditional POW camps with barbed wire fences and guard towers, but merely accommodation centers.

The camps for Allied airmen were run by the Luftwaffe independently of the Army.

The camps for Allied seamen was run by the Kriegsmarine independently of the Army.

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