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    Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (German: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945). Germany signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established norms relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.
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    1944 map of POW camps in Germany. Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps ( German: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945). Germany signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established norms relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.
    POWs became too weak to do anything but lie in their bunks and dream about food. Most other POW camps throughout the eastern parts of German territory, like Stalag Luft III in Sagan and Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, both in present-day Poland, began to be evacuated in late January and February.
    Several camps where set up throughout Germany and the occupied countries, however the main centre used throughout the war was at Oberursel near Frankfurt. A satellite camp at Wetzlar was set up later in the war to help cope with the large numbers of aircrew captured as the bombing campaign intensified against Germany.
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    By the war's end, the average reached 60,000 POWs per month. The majority of the camps were located in the Midwest, South, and Southwest, and the biggest contingency of POWs — 372,000 — were German. And it was the Germans, Nazi and non-Nazi, who defined camp life more than any other group of captives.
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    German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II - Wikipedia

    Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (German: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945). Germany signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established norms relating to the treatment of prisoners of war. Article 10 required PoWs be lodged in … See more

    • Dulag or Durchgangslager (transit camp) – These camps served as a collection point for POWs prior to reassignment. These camps were intelligence collection centers. See more

    The camp for Allied seamen was run by the Kriegsmarine independently of the Army.
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    • Nichol, John. The Last Escape. ISBN 0-670-03212-3 (The suffering of Allied POWs in the last months of the war.)
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    List of Camps by Military District image

    At the start of World War II, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts (Wehrkreis), which were each assigned Roman numerals. … See more

    The camps for Allied airmen were run by the Luftwaffe independently of the Army.
    Dulag Luft Oberursel, Frankfurt
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