Oflag VII-D

Oflag VII-D / Oflag VII-C/Z / Ilag VII/Z
Tittmoning, Bavaria
Oflag VII-D / Oflag VII-C/Z / Ilag VII/Z
Coordinates 48°03′38″N 12°45′48″E / 48.06063°N 12.76328°E / 48.06063; 12.76328
Type Prisoner-of-war camp / internment camp
Site information
Controlled by  Nazi Germany
Site history
In use 1941–1945
Garrison information
Occupants Allied POWs
Channel Island internees

Oflag VII-D was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) located in Tittmoning Castle in south-eastern Bavaria.

Camp history

The camp was opened as Oflag VII-D in February 1941, but in November 1941 became a sub-camp of Oflag VII-C, and was redesignated Oflag VII-C/Z.[1] During their internment the activities of the prisoners included putting on performances of plays and sketches, including a performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet.[2] In February 1942 the prisoners were transferred to Oflag VII-B in Eichstätt, and the castle then became an internment camp (Internierungslager) for men from the British Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. As a sub-camp of Ilag VII, it was designated Ilag VII/Z. The camp was liberated in May 1945.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste)". Moosburg Online. 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.mgoodliffe.co.uk

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