Oflag II-A

Oflag II-A was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located in the town of Prenzlau, Brandenburg, 93 kilometres (58 mi) north of Berlin.

Oflag II-A
Prenzlau, Germany
Oflag II-A
Coordinates53.3021°N 13.8209°E / 53.3021; 13.8209
TypePrisoner-of-war camp
Site information
Controlled by Nazi Germany
Site history
In useSeptember 1939-April 1945
Battles/warsWorld War II

The camp, located just south of Prenzlau on the main road to Berlin, and was originally built in 1936 as a barracks[1] for Artillery Regiment 38.[2][3]

It was opened as a POW camp in September 1939 and housed mainly Belgian and Polish officers. With an area of about 7 hectares (17 acres) the camp was divided into two compounds : Lager A which contained four three-storey prisoner blocks, and an administration and canteen block, and Lager B which contained various garages and workshops, some of which were used as additional prisoner accommodation. The camp was surrounded by a double barbed-wire fence with seven watchtowers.[1]

In March 1945 two bombs dropped by a Russian aircraft hit Block B killing eight POWs, and injuring several others. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the morning of 12 April 1945.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Oflag II A Prenzlau - Plan du Camp". Oflags.be (in French). 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  2. "Standort Prenzlau". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. "Oflag II A Prenzlau". Oflags.be (in French). 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
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