Stalag IV-F

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Stalag IV-F
Hartmannsdorf bei Chemnitz, Saxony
Stalag IV-F is located in Germany
Stalag IV-F
Stalag IV-F
Coordinates50°52′18″N 12°50′10″E / 50.8717°N 12.8362°E / 50.8717; 12.8362
TypePrisoner-of-war camp
Site information
Controlled by Nazi Germany
Site history
In use1941–1945
Garrison information
OccupantsFrench, British, and American 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. ^ a b "Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste)". Moosburg Online. 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

Bibliography

  • Elvio Carnaghi and Andrea Balzarotti, L'inferno nascosto, ed. Zeisciu, Magenta 2022, ISBN 9788887405644

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