Oflag IV-D

Oflag IV-D was a World War II German Army prisoner-of-war camp located in Elsterhorst (now Nardt) near Hoyerswerda, then part of Lower Silesia, 44 km (27 mi) north-east of Dresden. It held mostly French, but also Belgian, Polish, Serbian,[1] British and other Allied officers.

Oflag IV-D
Nardt near Hoyerswerda
Map of Oflag IV-D
Oflag IV-D is located in Germany
Oflag IV-D
Oflag IV-D
Coordinates51.4514°N 14.1944°E / 51.4514; 14.1944
TypePrisoner-of-war camp
Site information
Controlled by Nazi Germany
Site history
In use1940–1945
Battles/warsWorld War II
Garrison information
OccupantsFrench, Belgian, Polish, Serbian, British and other Allied prisoners of war

History
Stamp of Oflag IV-D

In June 1940, part of Stalag IV-A was separated and made into an Oflag for Belgian, British, and French officers taken prisoner during the Battle of France. Also a separate part of the camp was set aside as a hospital for prisoners Reserve Lazarett 742. There was a resistance movemenet in the camp.[1] Several escape attempts occurred. On March 29–30, 1941, some 30 officers escaped through a tunnel.[1] In September 1943 many British Commonwealth officers from the North Africa campaign. that had been held in Italian prisoner of war camps were transferred to Oflag IV-D[2]

In February 1945, many prisoners were evacuated in death marches in various destinations, whereas some 600 sick officers and French officers-physicians were left in the camp.[1] On April 20, 1945 the camp was liberated by the Red Army.[1]

Notable inmates

See also

References
  1. Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  2. story of British prisoner Archived March 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Urban, Renata (2021). "Polscy olimpijczycy w niemieckich obozach jenieckich". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). Opole. 44: 36. ISSN 0137-5199.

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