Stalag VII-A
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Stalag VII-A was the largest prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi Germany during World War II, located just north of the town of Moosburg in southern Bavaria. The camp covered an area of 35 hectares. It serve
ID tag as worn by POWs. Name and service number are on the brown disc.
Key to main gate of Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany
Barrack 3 of the guard of Stalag VII-A in 2013
Stalag Luft III
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Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel.
Stalag VII-A
…insurgents were assigned insufficient food rations, and were aided by other Polish POWs and American POWs. Among the last arrivals were officers from Stalag Luft III who had been force-marched from Sagan in Silesia (now Żagań), Poland). They arrived on 2 February 1945. They were followed by more prisoners marched…
Model of the set used during production of the 1963 film The Great Escape. It depicts a smaller version of a single compound in Stalag Luft III. The model is now at the museum near where the prison camp was located.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau, Kommandant of Stalag Luft III
End of "Harry"
End of "Harry" tunnel showing how close the exit was to the camp fence