Stalag II-A / Oflag II-E / NKVD special camp Nr. 9

Germany / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Burg Stargard /
 memorial, Second World War 1939-1945, concentration camp, historical layer / disappeared object
Camp Fünfeichen (German: Lager Fünfeichen) was built during World War II as the German Army Prisoner-of-war camp Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg in 1939, extended by officer camp Oflag II-E in 1940 (since 1944 Oflag-67), and from the Soviet takeover in 1945 until 1949 used as special camp NKVD-camp Nr. 9 of the Soviet secret service NKVD. The camp was located in Fünfeichen, a former estate within the city limits of Neubrandenburg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Today, the site of the camp is a memorial.
Since 1993, the site of the former camp is a memorial, the Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Fünfeichen.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fünfeichen
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Coordinates:   53°31'29"N   13°17'39"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago