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Oflag VII-A Murnau

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  • Leopold Cehlak-Oflag letter.jpg

    Photo by The original uploader was James562 at Polish Wikipedia. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Muranu zdięcie z oflagu mojego dziadka Ignacego Kmiecia 01.jpg

    Photo by Kudlaty2731 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Muranu zdięcie z oflagu mojego dziadka Ignacego Kmiecia 02.jpg

    Photo by Kudlaty2731 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Muranu zdięcie z oflagu mojego dziadka Ignacego Kmiecia 03.jpg

    Photo by Kudlaty2731 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Murnau Poznan PP.jpg

    Photo by MOs810 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • MWP Murnau.JPG

    Photo by Halibutt via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Oflag VII token money.jpg

    Photo by The original uploader was James562 at Polish Wikipedia. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Obóz dla jeńców wojennych w Murnau (2-138).jpg

    Photo by Unknown photographer via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

Oflag VII-A Murnau was a German Army prisoner-of-war camp for Polish Army officers during World War II. It was located 2 km (1.2 mi) north of the Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1939

Closed 1945

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1939

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Death-row facility

No

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World Prisons. (2026). Oflag VII-A Murnau. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/oflag-vii-a-murnau
Chicago
"Oflag VII-A Murnau." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/oflag-vii-a-murnau.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-oflag-vii-a-murnau,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Oflag VII-A Murnau},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/oflag-vii-a-murnau},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}