From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oflag II-E Neubrandenburg was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp located in Fünfeichen near Neubrandenburg, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a province in northern Germany.
[edit] Timeline
- Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive were placed in Stalag II-A. After some time the officers were separated out and placed initially in the garages of the adjoining German Army armored division. Then a separate camp was built for them on the west side of the highway....
- May and June 1940 Dutch and Belgian prisoners arrived from the Battle of France, followed by French.
- In 1941 more officer prisoners arrived from the Balkans Campaign mostly British Yugoslavian. Serbs and Greeks
- By February 1944 most of the officers had been transferred to other Oflags. Only Dutch officers and a few Soviet officers remained. The camp was renumbered Oflag-67
- 28 April 1945 the camp was liberated by a Soviet armored division.
[edit] More information
- Official prisoner census 1 December 1944:
- 1322 Netherlands officers; 372 Netherlands non-commissioned officers; 169 Soviet officers
[edit] Sources
[edit] See also
