Stalag IV-F was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp in Hartmannsdorf, Saxony. It held predominantly French, British and Soviet POWs, but also Serbian, American, Czechoslovak, Belgian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Italian and other Allied POWs.[1]
| Stalag IV-F | |
|---|---|
| Hartmannsdorf bei Chemnitz, Saxony | |
  Stalag IV-F | |
| Coordinates | 50°52′18″N 12°50′10″E / 50.8717°N 12.8362°E |
| Type | Prisoner-of-war camp |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  Nazi Germany |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1941–1945 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Mostly French, British and Soviet POWs, plus Serbian, American, Czechoslovak, Belgian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Italian and other Allied POWs[1] |
Camp history
editOpened in February 1941,[2] the camp held mainly French troops captured during the battle of France, and British captured in North Africa. The POWs were assigned to various Arbeitskommando ("Work detachments") locally. The camp was liberated by American forces in March 1945.[2]
The camp had 790 forced labour units as of April 1944, where conditions were poor, with only a few exceptions.[1]
Several hundreds Poles were imprisoned in the camp after the German suppresion Warsaw Uprising of 1944, with 191 Polish women who fought in the uprising particularly mistreated by the Germans in the camp.[1]
The camp was liberated by American troops on April 14, 1945.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e 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. pp. 420–421. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
- ^ a b "Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste)". Moosburg Online. 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
Bibliography
edit- Elvio Carnaghi and Andrea Balzarotti, L'inferno nascosto, ed. Zeisciu, Magenta 2022, ISBN 9788887405644
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