Oflag XII-B was a German
World War II
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prisoner-of-war camp
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There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. P ...
for
officer
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s (''
Offizierlager'') located in the
citadel of Mainz, in western
Germany
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. The fortress had also served as an ''Oflag'' in
World War I
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.
Camp history
In June 1940 British, Belgian, Dutch and French senior officers and a small number of
orderlies
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were transported to Mainz from transit camps in
France
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and
Belgium
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after the end of the
Battle of France
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. In June 1942, all inmates were transferred to
Oflag XII-A in
Hadamar
Hadamar is a small town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.
Hadamar is known for its Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry/Centre for Social Psychiatry, lying at the edge of town, in whose outlying buildings is also found the Hadamar Memo ...
, near Limburg, which was then renumbered Oflag XII-B.
Notable prisoners
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Sylvain Eugène Raynal
Sylvain Eugène Raynal (3 March 1867 – 13 January 1939) was a French military officer.
Biography
The Fort Vaux was commanded by Raynal who started the war in charge of the 7th Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs.
He was injured in the shoulder ...
(World War I)
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Salomon Gluck
Abraham Salomon Glück (5 November 1914 – c. 20 May 1944) was a French physician and a member of the French Resistance.
Biography
His ancestors
His father was a direct descendant of Hasidic Masters, going back to the Magid Dov Ber of M ...
(World War II)
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Fernand Braudel
Fernand Braudel (; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian and leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects: ''The Mediterranean'' (1923–49, then 1949–66), ''Civilization and Capitalism'' ...
(World War II)
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André Clayeux (World War II)
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André Schulmann (World War II)
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Paul-Louis Roche (World War II)
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Jean-Louis Morvan (World War II)
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Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor
Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (5 November 1905 – 8 May 1993), was an Anglo-Irish peer, journalist, war correspondent, and author. He worked under the name Edward Ward.
Early life
The son of Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor, by ...
(World War II)
See also
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Oflag
An Oflag (from german: Offizierslager) was a type of prisoner of war camp for officers which the German Army established in World War I in accordance with the requirements of the 1899 Hague Convention, and in World War II in accordance with the r ...
*
List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany For lists of German prisoner-of-war camps, see:
* German prisoner-of-war camps in World War I
* German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II
Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (german: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World Wa ...
References
* {{cite web , url=http://www.moosburg.org/info/stalag/laglist.html , title=Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste) , work=Moosburg Online , year=2012 , accessdate=29 April 2012
External links
World War I British officer in Mainz Citadel
Oflags