Oflag VI-A
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Oflag VI-A
Step-by-step guidance using the Germany system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Photo by Benutzer: Stephan Hense via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Photo by Stephan Hense via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Stephan Hense via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Stephan Hense via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Stephan Hense via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Capacity
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Armand Cachat1901–1996 · politician
- Dolf Dufour1907 · military officer
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Eduard Engles1895–1959 · military officer- Eddy Pesch1902–1949 · military officer
- Machiel van den Heuvel1900–1946 · military officer
Machiel van den Heuvel (7 May 1900 in Haarlemmermeer â 29 June 1946 near Bandung) was a Dutch army officer.
Kazimierz Rzepka1915–1943 · military officer
Lubbe Eden Hinrichs1911–1977 · military officer- Hans Robert von Seydlitz Kurzbach1917–1944 · military officer
Petrus Wilhelmus Best1881–1960 · military personnel
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Valka-Lager
- Klinik fur Forensische Psychiatrie
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q727391)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Oflag VI-A. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/oflag-vi-a
"Oflag VI-A." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/oflag-vi-a.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Oflag VI-A},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/oflag-vi-a},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}