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Oflag XII-B

German WWII POW camp in Mainz

Oflag XII-B

German WWII POW camp in Mainz

FieldValue
nameOflag XII-B
locationMainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
image[[File:Zitadelle MZ.jpg300pxMainzer Zitadelle]]
captionMainzer Zitadelle, 2005
map_typeGermany 1937
coordinates
map_altMainz, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
map_captionMainz, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
typePrisoner-of-war camp
used19401942
controlledbyNazi Germany
Aquarelle par Louis Fauvarque, lieutenant artilleur français : sa chambrée dans l’OFLAG XII B à Hadamar (peinte en mars 1943 et envoyée à sa famille).

Watercolour by Louis Fauvarque, French artillery lieutenant: his room in OFLAG XII B at Hadamar (painted in March 1943 and sent to his family)]] Oflag XII-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) located in the citadel of Mainz, in western Germany. The fortress had also served as an Oflag in World War I.

Camp history

In June 1940 British, Belgian, Dutch and French senior officers and a small number of orderlies were transported to Mainz from transit camps in France and Belgium after the end of the Battle of France. In June 1942, all inmates were transferred to Oflag XII-A in Hadamar, near Limburg, which was then renumbered Oflag XII-B.

Notable prisoners

  • Sylvain Eugène Raynal (World War I)
  • Salomon Gluck (World War II)
  • Fernand Braudel (World War II)
  • André Clayeux (World War II)
  • André Schulmann (World War II)
  • Paul-Louis Roche (World War II)
  • Jean-Louis Morvan (World War II)
  • Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (World War II)

References

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