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  • Avro Lancaster - Lübeck - British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU5889.jpg

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

  • Avro Lancaster - Lübeck - British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU5892.jpg

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

  • Avro Lancaster Operation Exodus Lubeck May 1945 IWM BU 5897.jpg

    Photo by No 5 Army Film & Photographic Section, Army Film And Photograph Unit : West (Lt) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • BU 005903Lancaster635SqnRAF.jpg

    Photo by No 5 Army Film & Photographic Section, Army Film And Photograph Unit via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • OFLAG X C memorial 05 2025 01.jpg

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

  • OFLAG X C memorial 05 2025 02.jpg

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

  • OFLAG X C memorial 05 2025 03.jpg

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

  • Oflag X-C aerial 1945.jpg

    Photo by photographie aérienne américaine via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

Oflag X-C was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) in Lübeck in northern Germany. The camp was located on the corner of Friedhofsallee and Vorwerkstrasse, close to Lübeck's border with the town of Schwartau (now Bad Schwartau), and is often cited as being located in Schwartau rather than Lübeck. It housed French, British, Polish and other Allied officers.

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

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