Stalag Luft 7
Stalag Luft 7 was a World War II Luftwaffe prisoner-of-war camp that was opened on 6 June 1944 near Bankau. (today Bąków) 6 kilometers from Kreuzburg ( today Kluczbork) north of Opole in Silesia Germany (today Poland). In July 1944 the camp held 230 prisoners, all RAF flying crews until they were joined by members of the Glider Pilot Regiment captured at the Battle of Arnhem, (Holland) September 1944. By 1 January 1945, the camp held 1578: a mix of British, Americans, Russian, Polish and Canadian troops.
On January 19, 1945, 1,500 prisoners marched out of camp in bitter cold. They crossed a bridge over the river Oder on 21 January, reached Goldberg on 5 February and loaded onto train. On 8 February they reached Stalag III-A located about 31 km south of Berlin near Luckenwalde, which already held 20,000 prisoners, consisting mainly of soldiers from Britain, Canada, the U.S. and Russia.
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