Stalag XIII-C

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Stalag XIII-C was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp built on what had been the German Army training camp Hammelburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.

Hammelburg was a large German Army training camp, set up in 1893. Part of this camp had been used as a POW camp during for Allied army personnel in World War I. After 1935 it was a training camp and military training area for the newly reconstituted German Army. In World War II the German Army used parts of camp Hammelburg for Stalag XIII-C, a camp for other ranks and NCOs. Oflag XIII-B was located close by.

As was usual for Stalags, many of the prisoners were located in Arbeitslager on farms or adjacent to factories or other industrial operations. The camp served as the base for distribution of International Red Cross packages and mail. A Lazarett (hospital) cared for prisoners that were sick or had been injured in industrial accidents or air-raids. A number of enlisted men and NCOs were housed in the adjacent Oflag to provide necessary services.

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[edit] "Hogan's Heroes"

This popular TV series of the 1960s and 1970s was located in a fictitious POW Camp called "Stalag 13". There was no relationship to the actual Stalags XIII-A, -B or -C.

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