Oflag II-A
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Photo by Maison Joseph Halleux, SOCIÉTÉ BELGE D'ÉDITION via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Les auteurs du livre sont Henri DECARD (pseudonyme d'Henri DEPAGE) et Jean REMY via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Marcel Keukeleire via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Marcel Keukeleire via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Duvivier.Michel via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Charles Binamé via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Duvivier.Michel via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Duvivier.Michel via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Background
Oflag II-A was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located in the town of Prenzlau, Brandenburg, 93 kilometres (58 mi) north of Berlin. It housed mainly Polish and Belgian officers. The camp, located just south of Prenzlau on the main road to Berlin, and was originally built in 1936 as a barracks for Artillery Regiment 38. It was opened as a POW camp in September 1939 and housed mainly Belgian and Polish officers. With an area of about 7 hectares (17 acres) the camp was divided into two compounds: Lager A which contained four three-storey prisoner blocks, and an administration and canteen block, and Lager B which contained various garages and workshops, some of which were used as additional prisoner accommodation.
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- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
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