Oflag XIII B: German Army, World War II, Prisoner of Camp, Langwasser, Nuremberg, I, Stalag C, Non Commissioned Officer, A

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Oflag XIII-B was a German Army World War II Prisoner-of-war camp camp for officers, originally in Langwasser near Nuremberg. In 1943 it was moved to 3 km south of Hammelburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Hammelburg was a large German Army training camp, set up in 1873. Part of this camp had been used as a POW camp during for Allied army personnel in World War I. After 1935 it was a training camp and military training area for the newly reconstituted German Army. In World War II the German Army used parts of camp Hammelburg for Oflag XIII-B. It consisted of stone buildings. Stalag XIII-C for other ranks and NCOs was located close by.