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Oflag 79

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  • British POWs at Oflag 79 in Brunswick during April 1945.jpg

    Photo by Anderson W G (Lt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU5939.jpg

    Photo by Anderson W G (Lt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU5985.jpg

    Photo by Anderson W G (Lt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU5992.jpg

    Photo by Anderson W G (Lt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

Oflag 79 was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers. The camp was located at Waggum near Braunschweig in Germany, also known by the English name of Brunswick. It was located in a three-story brick building that had previously been the home of a German parachute regiment, near the Hermann Göring aircraft engine factory.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

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