Stalag Luft IV

This POW camp was opened in May 1944. The Allied prisoners were threated badly. Some 6000 prisoners of Stalag Luft IV were forced to march towards the west on 6 February 1945. Many of them perished due to sickness, hunger and exhaustion. Others were murdered by their guards. This march is known as the "Black march".

The camp today:
A memorial is standing on the site of the former camp in memory of the victims of the national socialism.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons