Stalag XIII-D

Stalag XIII-D Nürnberg Langwasser was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp built on what had been the Nazi parade grounds in Nürnberg, northern Bavaria.

Timeline

* September 1939 - An Internment Camp for enemy civilians was created within the buildings of the Sturmabteilung camp at the parade grounds. Within a couple of months, the civilans were moved out and prisoners from the Invasion of Poland arrived.
* May 1940 - After the Invasion of Norway and then Battle of France prisoners arrived in large numbers, until they totalled 150,000 from all occupied countries, except Britain. British prisoners were held in separate camps all over Germany. Part of the facilities were used as Oflag XIII-A for officers.
* August 1940 - most enlisted men were shipped to other camps Stalag XIII-A, Stalag XIII-B and Stalag XIII-C. Only those remained who were already employed in local industry and were housed in individual Arbeitskommandos.
* June 1941 started the massive influx of Soviet prisoners from Operation Barbarossa
* August 1943 the camp was severely damaged during an Allied air-raid. 23 wooden huts were burnt down. Miraculously only two Soviet prisoners were killed in the camp. However, in this and subsequent bombing attacks, many prisoners were killed in individual Arbeitskommandos.
* Autumn 1944 and spring 1945 the camp population grew enormously with the arrival of prisoners evacuated from camps in the east in front of the advance of the Red Army. These included many Americans and British airmen from Stalag Luft 3.
* 12 April 1945 large numbers were marched to Stalag VII-A
* 16 April 1945 the camp was liberated by advance elements of the United States Army

ources

* [http://dotstar.us/pow2/The%20Nuremberg%20POW%20camps%201939%20-%201945.htm Brief history of Nurnberg POW camps]
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kriegsgefangenenlager/Stammlager-R.htm Official list of Stalags] in German.

ee also

* Stalag