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* May 1940 - a [[POW]] camp was established in wooden huts at the south end of the training gound. The first prisoners included Belgian, Dutch and French soldiers taken during the [[Battle of France]] |
* May 1940 - a [[POW]] camp was established in wooden huts at the south end of the training gound. The first prisoners included Belgian, Dutch and French soldiers taken during the [[Battle of France]] |
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* May-June 1941 - [[Yugoslavia]]n, predominantly [[Serbia]]n prisoners arrived from the [[Balkans Campaign]]. |
* May-June 1941 - [[Yugoslavia]]n, predominantly [[Serbia]]n prisoners arrived from the [[Balkans Campaign]]. |
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* June-July 1941 - [[Australia]]n and other [[British Commonwealth]] soldiers arrive, captured during the [[Battle of Crete]]. |
* June-July 1941 - [[Australia]]n and other [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] soldiers arrive, captured during the [[Battle of Crete]]. |
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* June-July 1944 - American soldiers arrived that had been captured during the [[Battle of Normandy]]. |
* June-July 1944 - American soldiers arrived that had been captured during the [[Battle of Normandy]]. |
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* January 1945 - American soldiers arrived from the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. |
* January 1945 - American soldiers arrived from the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. |
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Revision as of 08:02, 3 June 2007
Stalag XIII-C was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp built on what had been the German Army training camp Hammelburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
Hammelburg was a large German Army training camp, set up in 1893. Part of this camp had been used as a POW camp during for Allied army personnel in World War One. After 1935 it was a training camp and military training area for the newly reconstituted German Army. In World War Two the German Army used parts of camp Hammelburg for Stalag XIII-C, a camp for other ranks and NCOs. Oflag XIII-B was located close by.
As was usual for Stalags, many of the prisoners were located in Arbeitslager on farms or adjacent to factories or other industrial operations. The camp served as the base for distribition of International Red Cross packages and mail. A Lazarett (hospital) cared for prisoners that were sick or had ben injured in industrial accidents or air-raids. A number of enlisted men and NCOs were housed in the adjacent Oflag to provide necessary services.
Timeline
- May 1940 - a POW camp was established in wooden huts at the south end of the training gound. The first prisoners included Belgian, Dutch and French soldiers taken during the Battle of France
- May-June 1941 - Yugoslavian, predominantly Serbian prisoners arrived from the Balkans Campaign.
- June-July 1941 - Australian and other British Commonwealth soldiers arrive, captured during the Battle of Crete.
- June-July 1944 - American soldiers arrived that had been captured during the Battle of Normandy.
- January 1945 - American soldiers arrived from the Battle of the Bulge.
- March 1945 - many prisoners arrived in deplorable condition after marching 500 miles from Stalag VIII-D in severe winter conditions
- 6 April 1945 - camp is liberated by Combat Command B of the U.S. 14th Armored Division
This popular TV series of the 1960s and 1970s was located in a fictitious POW Camp called "Stalag 13". There was no relationship to the actual Stalags XIII-A, -B or -C.