Oflag VII-D
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|name = Oflag VII-D / Oflag VII-C/Z / Ilag VII/Z
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|location = Tittmoning, Bavaria
|image = Burg Tittmoning Tittmoning-4.jpg
|caption = Tittmoning Castle, which housed the camp
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|map_alt = Tittmoning, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
|map_caption = Tittmoning, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
|type = Prisoner-of-war camp / internment camp
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|used = 1941–1945
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|occupants = Allied POWs
Channel Island internees
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Oflag VII-D was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) located in Tittmoning Castle in south-eastern Bavaria.
Camp history
The camp was opened as Oflag VII-D in February 1941, but in November 1941 became a sub-camp of Oflag VII-C, and was redesignated Oflag VII-C/Z.{{cite web |url= http://www.moosburg.org/info/stalag/laglist.html |title=Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste) |work=Moosburg Online |year=2012 |accessdate=18 April 2012}} During their internment the activities of the prisoners included putting on performances of plays and sketches, including a performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet.{{cite web |url=http://www.mgoodliffe.co.uk/ |title=Home |website=mgoodliffe.co.uk}} In February 1942 the prisoners were transferred to Oflag VII-B in Eichstätt, and the castle then became an internment camp (Internierungslager) for men from the British Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. As a sub-camp of Ilag VII, it was designated Ilag VII/Z. The camp was liberated in May 1945.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://bremnerhome.com/ John Bremner, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders]
{{Main German WWII POW camps 1944-1945}}
Category:World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Germany
Category:1941 establishments in Germany
Category:1945 disestablishments in Germany
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