Stalag IV-F

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 / 50.8717; 12.8362
Type Prisoner-of-war camp
Site information
Controlled by  Nazi Germany
Site history
In use 1941-1945
Garrison information
Occupants French and British troops

Stalag IV-F was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp in Hartmannsdorf bei Chemnitz, Saxony.

Camp history

Opened in February 1941,[1] 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.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste)". Moosburg Online. 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.


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