Oflag V-B
| Oflag V-B | |
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| Biberach an der Riss, Baden-Württemberg | |
 Oflag V-B
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| Coordinates | 48°06′29″N 9°46′37″E / 48.10805°N 9.77694°E |
| Type | Prisoner-of-war camp |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |
 Nazi Germany
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| Site history | |
| In use | 1940-1942 |
Oflag V-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager), in operation from 1940 until 1942. It was located in Biberach in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg.
The camp was originally built as barracks for German Army infantry early in 1939 and consisted of concrete single storey buildings on a plateau north-west of the town. It was named "Lindele". In good weather there was a fine view of the Alps to the south.
In May 1940 the first British and Commonwealth officers captured in the battle of France arrived. The Senior British Officer was Major-General V. M. Fortune. The camp was clean and living conditions were satisfactory. The first officers from the battle of Greece arrived on 16 June 1941. They were surprised at the good conditions after several weeks of travel and grim conditions in transit camps.
In October 1941 the British officers were transferred to Oflag VI-B in Warburg. For three months after their removal the camp was used as a transit camp for Soviet prisoners. It was then used as a temporary camp for French and Serbian officers.
In September 1942 the camp became Lager Lindele ("Lindele Camp"), and was used as an Ilag ("Internment Camp") adopting the code Ilag V-B for about 1,200 family civilian internees deported from the Channel Islands. The camp containing men, women and children. Around 2,000 civilian Channel Islanders were interned in different camps in Germany as a reprisal for the deportation of German nationals from the Kingdom of Iran to Camp 10 in Loveday, South Australia.
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