Oflag II-A

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|location=Prenzlau, Germany

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|map_alt=Prenzlau, Germany, (pre-war borders, 1937)

|map_caption=Prenzlau, Germany, (pre-war borders, 1937)

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|used=September 1939-April 1945

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|occupants=Mostly Polish and Belgians officers

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Oflag II-A was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located in the town of Prenzlau, Brandenburg, {{Convert|93|km}} north of Berlin. It housed mainly Polish and Belgian officers.

The camp, located just south of Prenzlau on the main road to Berlin, and was originally built in 1936 as a barracks{{cite web |url= http://users.skynet.be/bertinj/Oflags.blog/archives/2008/11/entry_97.html |title= Oflag II A Prenzlau - Plan du Camp |work=Oflags.be |year=2008 |accessdate=28 November 2011|language=fr}} for Artillery Regiment 38.{{cite web |url= http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Kasernen/Wehrkreis02/KasernenPrenzlau-R.htm |title=Standort Prenzlau |work=Lexikon der Wehrmacht |year=2007 |accessdate=28 November 2011|language=de}}{{cite web |url= http://users.skynet.be/bertinj/Oflags.blog/archives/cat_oflagiiaprenzlau.html |title=Oflag II A Prenzlau |work=Oflags.be |year=2008 |accessdate=28 November 2011|language=fr}}

It was opened as a POW camp in September 1939 and housed mainly Belgian and Polish officers. With an area of about {{Convert|7|ha}} the camp was divided into two compounds: Lager A which contained four three-storey prisoner blocks, and an administration and canteen block, and Lager B which contained various garages and workshops, some of which were used as additional prisoner accommodation. The camp was surrounded by a double barbed-wire fence with seven watchtowers.

On 17 March 1945, a group of evacuated sick Polish officers from the Oflag II-C camp reached Oflag II-A.{{cite journal|last=Zientarski|first=Andrzej|year=1986|title=Jeńcy wojenni na Pomorzu Zachodnim na przełomie 1944–1945 roku|journal=Rocznik Lubuski|location=Zielona Góra|language=pl|volume=XIV|page=328}}

On 12 April 1945 two bombs dropped by a Russian aircraft hit Block B killing eight POWs, and injuring several others. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the morning of 28 April 1945.