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Occupancy

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Year opened

1941

Operational

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1941

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Death-row facility

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Ivan Skugarev
    1895–1964 · military officer
  • Ivan Shepetov
    1902–1943 · military personnel

    Ivan Mikhailovich Shepetov (Russian: Иван Михайлович Шепетов; 11 July 1902 – 21 May 1943) was a Soviet infantry officer who enlisted in the Red Army as a Civil War volunteer in 1918 and rose to command the 96th Mountain Rifle Division in the months following the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

  • Yakov Tonkonogov
    1897–1985 · military officer
  • Vasiliy Prokhorov
    1900–1943 · military officer
  • Hristofor Alaverdov
    1895–1942 · military personnel
  • Anatoly Vinogradov
    Anatoly Vinogradov
    1912–1975 · military personnel
  • Mikhail Timofeyevich Romanov
    Mikhail Timofeyevich Romanov
    1891–1941 · military personnel

    Mikhail Timofeyevich Romanov (Russian: Михаил Тимофеевич Романов; 3 November 1891 – 13 December 1941) was a Red Army major general.

  • Dmitry Karbyshev
    Dmitry Karbyshev
    1880–1945 · military officer

    Dmitry Mikhaylovich Karbyshev (Russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев; October 26 [O.S.

  • Ivan Presnyakov
    1893–1943 · military officer

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@misc{worldprisons-hammelburg-pow-camp,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Hammelburg POW camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hammelburg-pow-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}