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  • British Prisoners of War celebrate their liberation from Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel, 16 April 1945. BU3663.jpg

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

  • Infotafel STALAG XI B Oerbke.jpg

    Photo by RogerWiki via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • International Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 846534.jpg

    Photo by Alan Heardman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. BU3661.jpg

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

  • Scots Troops Free Allied Prisoners From Stalag BU3484.jpg

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

  • The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU3705.jpg

    Photo by Mapham J (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU3861.jpg

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

  • The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU3865.jpg

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

Background

Stalag XI-B and Stalag XI-D / 357 were two German World War II prisoner-of-war camps (Stammlager) located just to the east of the town of Fallingbostel in Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany. The camps housed Polish, French, Belgian, Soviet, Italian, British, Yugoslav, American, Canadian, New Zealander and other Allied POWs.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Stalag XI-B. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-xi-b
Chicago
"Stalag XI-B." World Prisons. Accessed October 16, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-xi-b.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-stalag-xi-b,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Stalag XI-B},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-xi-b},
  urldate = {2026-10-16}
}