Bowmanville POW camp
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Bowmanville POW camp
Step-by-step guidance using the Canada system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
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Background
The Bowmanville POW camp, also known as Camp 30, was a Canada administered POW camp for German soldiers during World War II located on 2020 Lambs Road in the community of Bowmanville, Ontario in Clarington, Ontario, Canada. In September 2013, the camp was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. In 1943, prisoners Otto Kretschmer and Wolfgang Heyda were the subject of an elaborate escape named Operation Kiebitz.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
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Facility profile
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Death-row facility
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Conditions
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
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Notable inmates
Otto Kretschmer1912–1998 · naval officerOtto Kretschmer (1 May 1912 â 5 August 1998) was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War. From September 1939 until his capture in March 1941 he sank 47 ships, including one warship, for a record total of 274,333 tons.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Data completeness
22%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4951354)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Bowmanville POW camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bowmanville-pow-camp
"Bowmanville POW camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bowmanville-pow-camp.
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