Oflag X-D
{{Short description|World War II German prisoner-of-war camp}}
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|image = Léon Gossens Oflag XD 1944.jpg
|caption = Drawing of the Administration Barrack III in Oflag X-D by Belgian officer Léon Gossens, 1944
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|map_alt = Fischbek, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
|map_caption = Fischbek, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
|type = Prisoner-of-war camp
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|used = 1941{{spaced ndash}}1945
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Oflag X-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) located in Fischbek, a Stadtteil of Hamburg, Germany.
Camp history
The camp was established in May 1941.{{cite web |url= http://www.moosburg.org/info/stalag/laglist.html |title=Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste) |work=Moosburg Online |year=2012 |access-date=29 April 2012|language=de}} On 22 June 1943, all reserve officers of the Belgian Army held at Oflag II-A in Prenzlau were moved to Oflag X-D Fischbek.{{cite book |last1=Hautecler |first1=Georges |title=Evasions réussies |trans-title=Successful Escapes |url=http://www.freebelgians.be/articles/print.php?id=54 |access-date=29 April 2012 |date=1966 |publisher=Editions Soledi |location=Liège, Belgium |language=fr}} The "A" Squadron of the 8th Hussars of the 7th Armoured Division, 2nd Army reached the camp on 23 April 1945 and arrested the guards. The liberated camp inmates, other Allied prisoners and forced labourers were moved to a repatriation camp in Soltau at a later date, organized by Major Huth.{{Cite report
| author = Dieter Pintatis
| date = 2022-09-01
| title = Ein Bericht zusammengestellt aus deutschen Quellen und Zeitzeugenberichten und militärischen Aufzeichnungen der Engländer.
| url = https://www.nicolai-kirche-elstorf.de/fileadmin/elstorf/Bilder_2023/PDF_2023/Kriegsende_Elstorf_und_Umgebung_Auflage_2022.pdf
| format = PDF
| language = de
| accessdate = 2023-09-03
See also
{{Commons category|Oflag X-D}}
References
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Category:World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Germany
Category:1941 establishments in Germany
Category:1945 disestablishments in Germany
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