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Map of POW camps in Germany during World War I

During World War I, German prisoner-of-war camps were run by the 25 Army Corps Districts into which Germany was divided.[1][2] Around 2.4 million men were World War I prisoners of war in Germany.

Types of camp

Kriegsgefangenenlager (KGFL, "Prisoner of war camps") were divided into:

List of camps by Army Corps districts

British, French and Portuguese prisoners, c.1918
French colonial prisoners from North and West Africa
French POWs at work at a farm in Westscheid bei Mennighüffen

Guards Corps (Berlin)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

I Army Corps (Königsberg)

None found.

II Army Corps (Stettin)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

III Army Corps (Berlin)

Kriegsgefangenenlager Crossen, 1914
Mannschaftslager
Internierungslager

IV Army Corps (Magdeburg)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Internierungslager
Ruhleben internment camp: detainees queuing for Christmas dinner: painting by Nico Jungman

V Army Corps (Posen)

Mannschaftslager

VI Army Corps (Breslau)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

VII Army Corps (Münster)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

VIII Army Corps (Coblenz)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

IX Army Corps (Altona)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

X Army Corps (Hannover)

Holzminden officers' camp
Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett
Internierungslager
Holzminden internment camp

XI Army Corps (Cassel)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

XII Army Corps (Dresden)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

XIII Army Corps (Stuttgart)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

XIV Army Corps (Karlsruhe)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Internierungslager

XV Army Corps (Strasbourg)

Offizierlager

XVI Army Corps (Metz)

XVII Army Corps (Danzig)

Mannschaftslager

XVIII Army Corps (Frankfurt-am-Main)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

XIX Army Corps (Leipzig)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

XX Army Corps (Allenstein)

Mannschaftslager

XXI Army Corps (Saarbrücken)

Offizierlager

I Royal Bavarian Army Corps (Munich)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

II Royal Bavarian Army Corps (Würzburg)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

III Royal Bavarian Army Corps (Nürnberg)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

Others

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

Fictional prison camps

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Steuer (2008) Ch.13, pp.3-6
  2. ^ Pope-Hennessy, Una (1920). Map of the Main Prison Camps in Germany and Austria, with Gazetter and Index. London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ Steuer (2008) Ch.11, p.6
  4. ^ "Danzig Prisoner of War Camp in WWI". irishbrigade.eu. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  5. ^ "History of the Fortress". kronach.de. 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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