Description: GERMAN POW Camp STAMMLAGER XI B 1944 WWII Postal Cover to CHARLEROI, BELGIUM It was sent 19 Apr 1944. It was franked with stamp "no stamp". It was sent from Allemagne.This cover is in good, but NOT perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. Member USCS & APS (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Please contact me if you have specific cover needs. I have thousands for sale, including; navals (USS, USNS, USCGC, Coast Guard, ship, Maritime), military posts, event, APO, hotel, postal history, memorabilia, etc. I offer approvals service with FREE shipping to USA repeat customers.International shipping is just $2. However, if order total exceeds $20, then ebay standard shipping must be used which is $15. This includes tracking. German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1944 map of POW camps in Germany. American Red Cross German POW Camp Map from December 31, 1944 Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (German: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945).[1] 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 adequately heated and lighted buildings where conditions were the same as for German troops. Articles 27-32 detailed the conditions of labour. Enlisted ranks were required to perform whatever labour they were asked if able to do, so long as it was not dangerous and did not support the German war-effort. Senior Non-commissioned officers (sergeants and above) were required to work only in a supervisory role. Commissioned officers were not required to work, although they could volunteer. The work performed was largely agricultural or industrial, ranging from coal- or potash-mining, stone quarrying, or work in saw mills, breweries, factories, railroad yards, and forests. PoWs hired out to military and civilian contractors were supposed to receive pay. The workers were also supposed to get at least one day a week of rest. Article 76 ensured that PoWs who died in captivity were honourably buried in marked graves. Unsurprisingly, Nazi Germany disobeyed these rules, resulting in the deaths of millions of prisoners.[2] Types of camp Administration Barrack III in Oflag XD, drawn by Belgian officer POW Léon Gossens, 1944 Dulag or Durchgangslager (transit camp) – These camps served as a collection point for POWs prior to reassignment. These camps were intelligence collection centers. Dulag Luft or Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe (transit camp of the Luftwaffe) – These were transit camps for Air Force POWs. The main Dulag Luft camp at Frankfurt was the principal collecting point for intelligence derived from Allied POW interrogation Heilag or Heimkehrerlager (repatriation camps) - Camps for the return of prisoners. Quite often these men had suffered disabling injuries. Ilag/Jlag or Internierungslager ("Internment camp") – These were civilian internment camps. Marlag or Marine-Lager ("Marine camp") – These were Navy personnel POW camps. Milag or Marine-Internierten-Lager ("Marine internment camp") – These were merchant seamen internment camps. Oflag or Offizier-Lager ("Officer camp") – These were POW camps for officers. Stalag or Stammlager ("Base camp") – These were enlisted personnel POW camps. Stalag Luft or Luftwaffe-Stammlager ("Luftwaffe base camp") – These were POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews (including officers, e.g. Stalag Luft I). Nomenclature At the start of World War II, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts (Wehrkreis), which were each assigned Roman numerals. The camps were numbered according to the military district. A letter behind the Roman number marked individual Stalags in a military district. e.g. Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II). Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main camp had a suffix of "/H" (for Hauptlager - main camp). e.g. Oflag VII-C/H meant this is the main camp. Oflag VII-C/Z meant this is a sub-camp of a main camp. Some of these sub-camps were not the traditional POW camps with barbed wire fences and guard towers, but merely accommodation centers. List of Camps by Military District Diorama of the German World War II PoW camp Stalag Luft III. Collection of everyday items of Polish prisoners from the Oflag VII-A Murnau. See also: Military district (Germany) Military District I (Königsberg) Stalag I-A Stablack, Preußisch Eylau Stalag I-B Hohenstein Stalag I-C, from June 1943: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug Stalag I-D Montwy Stalag I-E Prostken Stalag I-F Sudauen Military District II (Stettin) Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg Stalag II-B Hammerstein–Schlochau Stalag II-C Greifswald Stalag II-D Stargard Stalag II-E Schwerin Stalag II H Raderitz Oflag II-A Prenzlau Oflag II-B Arnswalde Oflag II-C Woldenberg Oflag II-D Gross Born Oflag II-E Neubrandenburg Military District III (Berlin) Stalag III-A Luckenwalde Stalag III-B Fürstenberg/Oder Stalag III-C Alt-Drewitz Stalag III-D Berlin Oflag III-A Luckenwalde Oflag III-B Wehrmachtlager Tibor/Zuellichau Oflag III-C Lübben/Spree Military District IV (Dresden) Stalag IV-A Elsterhorst Stalag IV-B Mühlberg (Elbe) Stalag IV-C Wistritz bei Teplitz Stalag IV-D Torgau Stalag IV-E Altenburg Stalag IV-F Hartmannsdorf Stalag IV-G Oschatz Oflag IV-A Hohnstein Oflag IV-B Koenigstein Oflag IV-C Colditz Castle Oflag IV-D Elsterhorst Military District V (Stuttgart) Stalag V-A Ludwigsburg Stalag V-B Villingen Stalag V-C Wildberg Stalag V-D Strasbourg Oflag V-A Weinsberg Oflag V-B Biberach Oflag V-C Wurzach Military District VI (Münster) Stalag VI-A Hemer/Iserlohn Stalag VI-B Neu-Versen Stalag VI-C Oberlangen/Emsland Stalag VI-D Dortmund Stalag VI-F Bocholt Stalag VI-G Bonn–Duisdorf Stalag VI-H Arnoldsweiler/Dueren Stalag VI-J S.A. Lager Fichtenhein/Krefeld and Dorsten Stalag VI-K Stukenbrock Oflag VI-A Soest Oflag VI-B Doessel–Warburg Oflag VI-C Eversheide/Osnabrück Oflag VI-D Münster Oflag VI-E Dorsten Military District VII (Munich) Stalag VII-A Moosburg Stalag VII-B Memmingen Oflag VII Laufen Oflag VII-A Murnau am Staffelsee Oflag VII-B Eichstaett Oflag VII-C Laufen Oflag VII-D Tittmoning Military District VIII (Breslau) Stalag VIII-A Görlitz Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf Stalag VIII-C Sagan Stalag VIII-D Teschen Stalag VIII-E/308 Neuhammer Stalag VIII-F Lamsdorf Oflag VIII-A Kreuzburg/Oppeln Oflag VIII-B Silberberg Oflag VIII-C Juliusburg Oflag VIII-D/Tittmoning Castle Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn Oflag VIII-F Mährisch-Trübau Oflag VIII-G Weidenau/Freiwaldau Oflag VIII-H/H Oberlangendorf/Sternberg Oflag VIII-H/Z Eulenberg/Roemerstadt Military District IX (Kassel) Stalag IX-A Ziegenhain Stalag IX-B Wegscheide/Bad Orb Stalag IX-C Bad Sulza Oflag IX-A/H Burg Spangenberg Oflag IX-A/Z Rotenburg/Fulda Oflag IX-B Weilburg/Lahn Oflag IX-C Molsdorf near Erfurt Military District X (Hamburg) Stalag X-A Schleswig Stalag X-B Sandbostel Stalag X-C Nienburg/Weser Oflag X Hohensalza Oflag X-A Itzehoe Oflag X-B Nienburg/Weser Oflag X-C Lübeck Oflag X-D Fischbek Military District XI (Hanover) Stalag XI-A Altengrabow Stalag XI-B Fallingbostel Stalag XI-C Bergen-Belsen Stalag XI-D Oerbke Oflag XI-A Osterode am Harz Military District XII (Wiesbaden) Stalag XII-A Limburg an der Lahn Stalag XII-B Frankenthal/Palatinate Stalag XII-C Wiebelsheim/Rhein Stalag XII-D Trier/Petrisberg (Trèves) Stalag XII-E Metz Stalag XII-F Forbach Oflag XII-A Hadamar/Limburg an der Lahn Oflag XII-B Mainz Military District XIII (Nuremberg) Stalag XIII-A Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Oberpfalz Stalag XIII-B Weiden/Oberpfalz Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg/Mainfranken Stalag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser Oflag XIII-A Nuremberg-Langwasser Oflag XIII-B Hammelburg Oflag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser Military District XVII (Vienna) Stalag XVII-B Monument at Andersonville Prison Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruch Stalag XVII-B Krems–Gneixendorf. Formerly named Dulag Gneixendorf Stalag XVII-C Döllersheim. Previously named Dulag Döllersheim Stalag XVII-D Pupping. Previously named Zweiglager Pupping, renamed Stalag 237, Stalag 397, and finally Stalag 398 Pupping Oflag XVII-A Edelbach Military District XVIII (Salzburg) Stalag XVIII-A Wolfsberg Stalag XVIII-A/Z Spittal Stalag XVIII-B Oberdrauburg Stalag XVIII-C Markt Pongau Stalag XVIII-D Maribor Oflag XVIII-A Lienz/Drau Oflag XVIII-B Wolfsberg/Kaernten Oflag XVIII-C Spittal/Drau Military District XX (Danzig) Stalag XX-A Thorn (Poland) [1] Stalag 312 (also known as Stalag XX-C) Thorn (Poland) Same as above Stalag XX-B Marienburg (Poland) [2] Military District XXI (Posen) Stalag XXI-A Schildberg (Poland) Stalag XXI-B Schubin (Poland) Stalag XXI-B Thure (Poland) Stalag XXI-C/H Wollstein (Poland) Stalag XXI-C/Z Graetz Stalag XXI-D Posen (Poland) Oflag XXI-A Schokken (Poland) Oflag XXI-B Schoken (Poland) Oflag XXI-C Schubin/Schokken/Schildberg (Poland) Oflag XXI-C/Z Grune bei Lissa (Poland) Other Camps Oflag 6 Tost (Poland) Oflag 53 Pagėgiai (Lithuania) Oflag 60 Širvintos (Lithuania) Oflag 64 Schubin Oflag 79 Waggum, Braunschweig Stalag 56 Prostken (Poland) Stalag 133 Rennes (France) Stalag 302 Gross-Born Stalag 307 Biała Podlaska (Poland) Stalag 307 Dęblin (Poland) Stalag 313 Czarne (Poland) Stalag 315 Przemyśl (Poland) Stalag 319 Chełm (Poland) Stalag 323 Gross-Born Stalag 324 Grodno (Belarus) Stalag 325 Zamość (Poland) Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska (Poland) Stalag 327 Jarosław (Poland) Stalag 328 Lemberg (Poland) Stalag 329 Winniza (Ukraine) Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo (Poland) Stalag 336 Kaunas (Lithuania) Stalag 339 Kyiv-Darniza (Ukraine) Stalag 342 Maladetschna (Belarus) Stalag 343 Alytus (Lithuania) Stalag 344 Vilnius (Lithuania) Stalag 351 Berkenbrugge Stalag 355 Khmelnytskyi Ukraine Stalag 357 Kopernikus (Poland) Stalag 359 Poniatowa (Poland) Stalag 361 Šiauliai (Lithuania) Stalag 366 Siedlce (Poland) Stalag 367 Częstochowa (Poland) Stalag 369 Krakau (Poland) Stalag 369 Kobierzyn (Poland) Stalag 371 Stanislau (Poland) Stalag XX-A (301) Friesack, Wutzetz/Brandenburg, (Germany) Luftwaffe Camps The camps for Allied airmen were run by the Luftwaffe independently of the Army. Dulag Luft Oberursel, Frankfurt Stalag Luft I Barth [3] Stalag Luft II Litzmannstadt (Poland) Stalag Luft III Sagan [4] Stalag Luft IV Groß Tychow (Poland) [5] Stalag Luft V Halle/Saale Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug Stalag Luft VII Bankau Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf Stalag Luft XI-B Kriegsmarine Camps The camp for Allied seamen was run by the Kriegsmarine independently of the Army. Marlag und Milag Nord Westertimke
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Postal History: POW
Place of Origin: United States
Color: Blue
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Year of Issue: 1941-1950
Era: WWII
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Country: Germany
Topic: Military, War
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