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MAP     OP     THE     MAIN 

PRISON    CAMPS 

IN 

GERMANY 
AND    AUSTRIA 

Bv  Mrs.   POPE-HENNESSY 


New  and  Revised  Edition 
With  Gazetteer 


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GAZETTEES 
AND     INDEX. 


The  yeference  to  the  position  of  the  Camps  on  the  Map  is  given  thus:  "  b  i,"  immediately 
under  each  name.  In  some  cases,  where  a  Camp  is  not  marked  on  the  Map,  but 
described  as  being  close  to  another  Camp  or  Town  which  is  shown,  the  reference 
is  placed  in  brackets. 

The  Army  Corp  is  the  unit  of  prison  administration  in  Germany,  and  for^hat  reason 
the  numbers  of  the  Corps  in  whose  administration  the  respective  Camps  are 
situated  is  given  wherever  possible. 

Camps  where  American  troops  are  known  to  be  included  among  the  prisoners  are 
specially  indicated. 

AIX  or  AACHEN. — A  very  ancient  town  (pop.  150,000)  surrounded  by  gently 
B  I.       sloping,  wooded  hills.    Once  the  favourite  abode  of  Charlemagne,  now  a 
manufacturing  city  with  over  a  hundred  cloth  factories  and   forty-five 
foundries,  machine-shops,  etc.    There  are  nine  hospitals  in  which  British 
prisoners  of  war  have  been  quartered,  i.e.,  Reifmuseum,  Maschinebauschule, 
Mariahilf,  Luisen,  Marien,  Elisabeth  and  Garnison  Hospitals,  and  Reserve 
Lazarets  I  and  II.   All  British  prisoners  of  war  going  to  England  or  Holland 
are  assembled  here  before  leaving  Germany.    8th  Army  Corps. 
ALTDAMM,    Pommern. — Small  town   (pop.    7,300)   at  the   mouth   of  the   Oder 
A  IV.     opposite  Stettin.    Three  camps;    capacity  15,000.    Built  on  a  sandy  drill- 
ground  amidst  pine  woods.     A  few  naval  and  civilian  prisoners  of  war 
here.     The  centre  of  a  large  number  of  working  gangs  employed  in  the 
neighbourhood  on  estates,   in    forestry,    factories,  hotels,  etc.     2nd  Army 
Corps. 

ALTENGRABOW  {see  GRABOW).    a  hi. 

AMBERG. — An  old  town  (pop.  15,700)  on  the  Vils,  surrounded  by  a  well-preserved 

c  III.      wall  and  moat.    The  camp  is  built  on  rising  ground  near  the  new  Bavarian 

Barracks  on  the  outskirts  of  the  city.    Capacity  5,000.    Many  prisoners  go 

out  to  work  in  surrounding  country.    3rd  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

ARYS. — Three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  town  of  Arys.     Camp  situated  on 

AVI.     undulating  ground.     Consists  of  fifty  barracks.     Prisoners  are  employed 

in  building,  agriculture,  etc.    N.C.O.'s  who  do  not  volunteer  for  work  are 

quartered  there.   The  accommodation  is  of  the  earth  barrack  type.   Winter 

climate  very  severe.    20th  Army  Corps. 

AUGUSTABAD. — A  hotel  near  the  Httle  town  of  Neu  Brandenburg  (pop.  12,300), 
A  III.     which  is  enclosed  by  a  wall  25  ft.  high  and  ramparts.    The  hotel  is  situated 

on  the  slope  just  above  the  ToUensee;    fishing  and  bathing  are  allowed 

in  this  lake.    All  British  officers  have  been  moved  from  here.    9th  Army 

Corps. 
BAD  BLENHORST. — Eight  miles  from  the  station  of  Nieuburg  on  the  Weser, 
AH.      not  far  from  Soltau.    The  camp  is  situated  in  a  Kurhaus  in  a  good-sized 

park,  partially  wooded;    tennis-lawns  and  fishing-ponds;    surrounded  by 

the  Liineberger  Heide.     loth  Army  Corps. 

BAD-COLBERG  (see  COLBERG-BAD).    c  11. 

BAUTZEN. — A  town  (pop.  32,800)  situated  on  a  height  above  the  Spree.    The 
B  IV.     prisoners  are  lodged  in  new  artillery  barracks  completed  just  before  the 
war.     12th  Army  Corps. 


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GAZETTEEH 
AND     INDEX. 


The  reference  to  the  position  of  the  Camps  on  the  Map  is  given  thus:  "  b  i,"  immediately 
under  each  name.  In  some  cases,  where  a  Camp  is  not  marked  on  the  Map,  but 
described  as  being  close  to  another  Camp  or  Town  which  is  shown,  the  reference 
is  placed  in  brackets. 

The  Army  Corp  is  the  unit  of  prison  administration  in  Germany,  and  forthat  reason 
the  numbers  of  the  Corps  in  whose  administration  the  respective  Camps  are 
situated  is  given  wherever  possible. 

Camps  where  American  troops  are  known  to  be  included  among  the  prisoners  are 
specially  indicated. 

AIX  or  AACHEN. — A  very  ancient  town  (pop.  150,000)  surrounded  by  gently 
B  I.  sloping,  wooded  hills.  Once  the  favourite  abode  of  Charlemagne,  now  a 
manufacturing  city  with  over  a  hundred  cloth  factories  and  forty-five 
foundries,  machine-shops,  etc.  There  are  nine  hospitals  in  which  British 
prisoners  of  war  have  been  quartered,  i.e.,  Reifmuseum,  Maschinebauschule, 
Mariahilf,  Luisen,  Marien,  Elisabeth  and  Garnison  Hospitals,  and  Reserve 
Lazarets  I  and  II.  All  British  prisoners  of  war  going  to  England  or  Holland 
are  assembled  here  before  leaving  Germany.    8th  Army  Corps. 

ALTDAMM,  Pommern. — Small  town  (pop.  7,300)  at  the  mouth  of  the  Oder 
A  IV.  opposite  Stettin.  Three  camps;  capacity  15,000.  Built  on  a  sandy  drill- 
ground  amidst  pine  woods.  A  few  naval  and  civilian  prisoners  of  war 
here.  The  centre  of  a  large  number  of  working  gangs  employed  in  the 
neighbourhood  on  estates,  in  forestry,  factories,  hotels,  etc.  2nd  Army 
Corps. 

ALTENGRABOW  {see  GRABOW).    a  hi. 

AMBERG. — An  old  town  (pop.  15,700)  on  the  Vils,  surrounded  by  a  well-preserved 
c  III.      wall  and  moat.    The  camp  is  built  on  rising  ground  near  the  new  Bavarian 
Barracks  on  the  outskirts  of  the  city.    Capacity  5,000.    Many  prisoners  go 
out  to  work  in  surrounding  country.    3rd  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

ARYS. — Three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  town  of  Arys.     Camp  situated  on 

AVI.     undulating  ground.     Consists  of  fifty  barracks.     Prisoners  are  employed 

in  building,  agriculture,  etc.    N.C.O.'s  who  do  not  volunteer  for  work  are 

quartered  there.   The  accommodation  is  of  the  earth  barrack  type.   Winter 

climate  very  severe.    20th  Army  Corps. 

AUGUSTABAD. — A  hotel  near  the  little  town  of  Neu  Brandenburg  (pop.  12,300), 

A  III.     which  is  enclosed  by  a  wall  25  ft.  high  and  ramparts.    The  hotel  is  situated 

on  the  slope  just  above  the  Tollensee;    fishing  and  bathing  are  allowed 

in  this  lake.    All  British  officers  have  been  moved  from  here,    gth  Army 

Corps. 

BAD  BLENHORST. — Eight  miles  from  the  station  of  Nieuburg  on  the  Weser, 
AH.      not  far  from  Soltau.    The  camp  is  situated  in  a  Kurhaus  in  a  good-sized 

park,  partially  wooded;    tennis-lawns  and  fishing-ponds;    surrounded  by 

the  Liineberger  Heide.     loth  Arm}'  Corps. 

BAD-COLBERG  {see  COLBERG-BAD).    c  11. 

BAUTZEN. — A  town  (pop.  32,800)  situated  on  a  height  above  the  Spree.    The 
B  IV.     prisoners  are  lodged  in  new  artillery  barracks  completed  just  before  the 
war.     12th  Army  Corps. 


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BAYREUTH. — Famous  as  the  siirine  of  Wagner's  operas.    Camp  situated  on  the 
c  III.     outskirts   of  ■^he  town.     A   m'-litary   manoeuvring   ground.     Barracks   of 

wood  to  accomrnodate  5,000.    There  is  a  hospital  in  the  town  in  a  large 

stone  diilx  na'J  ijL  the  g3.mson  compound.    American  prisoners  here.    3rd 

Bavarian  j->.Tiny  Corps.  •  '  - 
BEESKOW. — An  officers'  camp.    Prisoners  housed  in  the  old  castle  of  the  local 
B  IV.     Bishop,  built  in  the  sixteenth  century.    The  buildings  form  a  good-sized 

court.   3rd  Army  Corps. 

BERLIN. — The  capital  of  Prussia  (pop.  3,500,000),  the  third  largest  city  in 
B  III.  Europe.  Several  prison  camps  are  established  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
Berlin,  but  none  in  the  city  itself.  There  is  one  large  hospital.  The 
Alexandrinenstrasse  Lazaret,  a  special  lazaret  for  prisoners  of  war  estab- 
Ushed  in  the  barracks  of  the  ist  Guard  Dragoons;  these  barracks  are 
built  round  a  yard,  and  four  wooden  huts  have  been  added  to  the  accom- 
modation in  the  barrack-yard.  There  is  also  the  Stadtvogtei,  a  prison 
to  which  British  civilians  from  Ruhleben  are  sometimes  sent.    Guard  Corps. 

BEUTHEN. — Pop.  67,700.    The  centre  of  the  important  Upper  Silesian  mining 
cv.       industry.    There  are  two  large  lazarets  here.    British  prisoners  first  sent 
here  in  the  spring  of  1918.    6th  Army  Corps. 

BINGEN. — -On  the  Rhine  (pop.   12,000,  Ithe  centre  of  a  large  wine  trade,  with 

c  III.     good   quays  and  embankments,   and  also  a  renowned   technical   college. 

British  officers  have  recently  been  sent  to  this  town.     i8th  Army  Corps. 

BISCHOFSWERDA.— A  httle  town  (pop.  8,000).    The  officers'  camp  consists  of 

B  IV.  new  cavalry  barracks  situated  some  distance  from  the  town  on  a  hill 
near  pine  woods.  Barracks  not  used  before  the  war.  For  the  moment 
abandoned.    12th  Army  Corps. 

BLANKENBURG. — An  officers'  camp  six  miles  from  Berlin,  consisting  of  three- 
B  III.     storied  houses,  well  built,  lighted  and  heated.    Formerly  a  home  for  gentle- 
women.   Surrounded  by  well-kept  grounds.    3rd  Army  Corps. 

BRANDENBURG. — A  town  (pop.  53,500)  on  the  Havel,  thirty-eight  miles  w.s.w. 

B  III.     of    Berlin.     The    camp    consists    of    an    abandoned    terra-cotta    factory. 

Prisoners  here  are  naval  and  mercantile  marine.    3rd  Army  Corps. 

BREMEN. — An  important  city  (pop.  247,000)  on  both  banks  of  the  Weser;    one 
A  II.      of  the  chief  commercial  centres  in  north  Germany  and  the  headquarters 
of  the  North  German  Lloyd.    There  is  a  newly  built  garrison  hospital  in 
which  prisoners  are  treated,   also  a  working  camp  attached   to  Soltau. 
9th  Army  Corps. 
BURG. — A  town  (pop.  24,100)  with  cloth  factories  founded  by  Hugenots.    The 
B  HI.     officers',  camp  was  an  artillery  mobilisation  centre,  and  consists  of  wagon- 
sheds,  stores  and  stables.    Wooden  huts  have  been  added  to  these  buildings 
and  some  nine  hundred  prisoners  can  be  accommodated  here.    The  exercise 
ground  is  limited.    4th  Army  Corps. 

BURGSTEINFURT.— There  are  no  longer  any  British  prisoners  in  this  camp. 
B  I.        7th  Army  Corps. 

CARLSRUHE. — The  capital  (pop.  100,000)  of  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden.  The 
c  I.  streets  spread  out  fan-wise  from  the  Schloss.  This  town  has  become 
industriahsed  since  1870  and  makes  engines,  railway  carriages,  furniture, 
plated  goods,  etc.  There  is  an  officers'  camp  to  which  the  great  number 
of  newly  captured  British  officers  are  sent.  It  consists  of  wooden  hut- 
ments erected  in  the  grounds  of  the  Schloss.    14th  Army  Corps. 

CASSEL  (Niederzwehren). — This  town  (pop.  153,000)  is  the  headquarters  of  the 
B  II.       nth  Army  Corps.     The  camp  is  place!  on  a  hill  overlooking  the  Fulda 
Valley,  one  mile  from  Niederzwehren,  a  suburb  of  Cassel.    Barracks  of  wood 
accommodating  some  20,000.    Prisoners  employed  in  factories  and  work- 
shops.   American  prisoners  here. 
CELLE  (Scheuen). — Camp  a  few  miles  from  the  town  of  Celle  on  the  Aller,  twenty- 
B  II.      eight   miles   N.E.    of   Hanover.     A   training   centre   for   German   reserves. 
On  sandy  soil  near  pine  woods.    Camp  broken  up  in  the  autumn  of  19 16, 
but  Reserve  Lazaret  I  (St.  Joseph)  reserved  for  eye  cases.    loth  Army  Corps. 
CELLE  SCHLOSS. — A  camp  for  civilians  and  cx-officers  at  Celle  town  established 
B  11.      in  the  old  castle,  which  is  picturesquely  situated  on  a  hill  amongst  fine 
grounds.    It  is  a  large  building,  formerly  belonging  to  the  King  of  Hanover. 
10th  Army  Corps. 


CHEMNITZ.— A   large  and   importanf 'rrfahtiMetliHng''t<3w*ii''  (pop.    287,000)   at 

c  III.  the  base  of  the  Erzgebirge.  The  camp  is  on  a  hill  above  the  town  in  newly 
built  artillery  barracks — -the  Friedrich  August  Kaserne.  Central  steam 
heating  throughout,  as  in  some  other  Saxon  camps.  British  prisoners 
brought  back  from  Russian  Poland  were,  for  the  most  part,  brought  to 
this  camp.  Many  are  employed  in  neighbouring  salt  mines.  19th  Army 
Corps. 

CLAUSTHAL. — The  most  important  place  in  the  Oberharz,  and  a  mining  centre. 

B  II.  Country  bleak  and  sterile.  The  mining  output  includes  gold,  silver,  lead 
and  copper.  There  is  an  officers'  camp  about  two  miles  from  the  town, 
established  in  the  Kurhaus  Pfauenteich,  2,000  ft.  above  sea-level,  in  the  Hartz 
Mountains.    It  is  built  of  wood  with  brick  foundations.    loth  Army  Corps. 

COBLENZ. — The  capital  of  Rhenish  Prussia  (pop.  55,000)  in  a  beautiful  position 
c  I.        at  the  confluence  of  the  Moselle  and  Rhine.   The  centre  of  the  wine  trade. 

There  is  a  hospital  lazaret  here  run  by  Brothers  of  Mercy,  in  which  prisoners 

are  treated.     8th  Army  Corps. 
COLBERG  (BAD). — The  sanatorium  for  thermal  springs  is  now  an  officers' camp. 
c  II.      Temporary    buildings    have    been    added.     Surroundings    attractive    and 

healthy,    nth  Army  Corps. 

COLOGNE. — The  largest  town  (pop.  500,000)  in  Rhenish  Prussia  and  one  of  the 
B  I.  most  important  commercial  places  in  Germany,  with  extensive  harbour 
works  and  wharves  on  the  Rhine.  A  first-class  fortress.  There  is  no  general 
camp  for  prisoners  here,  but  there  are  several  hospitals.  The  majority  of 
the  British  prisoners  are  treated  either  in  the  Garnison  Lazaret  I  or  the 
Kaiserin  Augusta  Schule  Lazaret  VI.  There  is  also  a  prison  for  officers 
undergoing  special  punishment  in  the  Schnurgasse,  a  massive  old  military 
prison.    8th  Army  Corps. 

CONSTANCE. — Pop.  15,000.    Situated  on  the  lake  of  the  same  name.    It  is  the 
D  II.      place  in  which  all  officers  and  men  for  internment  in  Switzerland  are 

concentrated. 

COTTBUS. — A  busy  town  on  the  Spree  (pop.  48,600)  containing  wool,  linen  and 

B  IV.     yarn  factories.     Seventy  miles  S.E.  of  Berlin.    The  camp  is  situated  on 

rising  ground  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town.    The  buildings  radiate  from  a 

central  guard  tower.     There  is  a  Y.M.C.A.   hut.     This  is  a  coal-mining 

district,  and  the  camp  is  under  the  same  command  as  Merzdorf .    3rd  Army 

Corps. 

CREFELD. — An  important  railway  centre   (pop.   130,000)   containing  the  chief 

B  I.       velvet  and  silk  factories  in  Germany.     Has  now  been  abandoned  as  a 

British  officers'  camp.    There  is  a  lazaret  for  men  here.    8th  Army  Corps. 

CROSSEN  {see  KROSSEN).    b  iv. 

CiJSTRIN. — A  strongly  fortified   town   (pop.    17,600)   at  the  confluence  of  the 

B  IV.  Warthe  and  the  Oder.  Two  of  the  forts  forming  part  of  the  fortress  sur- 
rounding the  town  are  arranged  to  accommodate  officers — Fort  Gorgast 
and  Fort  Zorndorf.    3rd  Army  Corps. 

CZERSK. — Small  town  on  the  Danzig-Schneidemiihl  Railway  in  West  Prussia. 

A  V.  A  camp  for  Russians,  to  which  British  prisoners  have  recently  been  sent. 
17th  Army   Corps. 

DANZIG  (Troyl). — Capital  of  West  Prussia  (pop.  170,000).    Headquarters  of  17th 
A  V.       Army  Corps.    One  of  the  most  important  commercial  towns  in  North  Ger- 
many.   The  prisoners  here  are  housed  in  barges  four  deep  and  four  in 
length,  moored  to  a  flat  stretch  of  land  on  the  bank  of  the  Vistula  River 
opposite  the  city  of  Danzig.    Some  of  these  barges  contain  one  hundred 
to  five  hundred  men.    The  holds  are  lit  by  electricity.    The  administration, 
kitchen,  store-houses,  etc.,  of  the  camp  are  on  land.    There  is  a  Y.M.C.A. 
hut. 
DARMSTADT.— Capital  of  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Hesse  (pop.  87,000).    The  camp 
c  II.      is  four  miles  from  the  town  and  consists  of  brick  buildings  on  the  cavalry 
exercise  ground.   There  are  a  large  number  of  working  commandos  attached 
to  this  camp;    there  is  also  a  camp  hospital  in  which  six  Catholic  Sisters, 
work.    Thei^e  is  a  lazaret  in  the  town.    American  prisoners  here.     i8th 
Army  Corps. 
DEUTSCH  GABEL. — A  camp  on  the  confines  of  Bohp.mia  and  Saxony  for  merchant 
c  IV.     seamen.    Under  Austrian  administration. 


DObELN. — A  small  town  (pop.  '  19,600).'  There  is  an  officers  camp  here 
established  in  barracks  built  of  brick  about  a  mile  from  the  station. 
19th  Army  Corps. 
DOEBERITZ. — A  large  camp  eight  miles  from  Berlin  in  which  prisoners  of  the 
Bin.  Naval  Division  captured  at  Antwerp  in  1914  were  imprisoned.  It  is 
described  as  the  Aldershot  of  Berlin  and  is  close  to  an  important  military 
training  centre.    There  is  a  Y.M.C.A.  hut  here.    Guard  Corps. 

DORTMUND. — The  largest  city  in  Westphalia  (pop.  300,000)  and  the  centre  of 

B  I.       an  important  mining  district.    There  is  a  modern  hospital  for  prisoners 

on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  administered  by  Catholic  Brothers  of  Mercy. 

There  is  also  a  working  camp.    Men  are  housed  in  large  brick  buildings 

and  are  engaged  in  mining  and  in  iron  foundries.    7th  Army  Corps. 

DUISBURG. — An  ancient  town  wliich  has  become  a  large  manufacturing  city 

B  I.        (pop.  229,000).    One  of  the  chief  depots  of  the  Ruhr  coal  traffic,  and  one 

of  the  finest  river  ports  in  Germany.     There  is  an  assembly  camp  for 

prisoners  here,   and  it  is  the  centre  of  many  working  commandos.     7th 

Army  Corps. 

DiJLMEN. — A  small  town   (pop.   7,500)  wdth  a  castle  surrounded  by  estates  of 

B  I.       the  Duke  of  Croy-Dulmen,  the  centre  of  numerous  working  commandos. 

There  is  a  large  assembly  camp  placed  on  high  heather  ground  five  miles 

from  the  town.    The  barracks  are  good.     7th  Army  Corps. 

DOSSELDORF. — A     centre    on    the    Lower     Rhine     (pop.     380,000)   of    great 
B  I.       industrial   importance.    A   great    land  port.    There  is    a  garrison  lazaret 

newly  built  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  in  w^hich  prisoners  are  treated. 

They  also  work  in  the  town.    7th  Army  Corps. 

DYROTZ. — Seven   miles  from  Doberitz,   near  Berlin.     Prisoners  are  housed  in 
B  III.     newly  erected,  well-ventilated  barracks.    There  is  a  recreation  hut  built 
by  the  men  themselves  out  of  British  funds.    Guard  Corps. 

ERFURT. — A   very   ancient   town   on  the   Gera  (pop.  111,500).     The  prisoners' 
B  IT.      barracks  here  are  built  in  the  exercise  ground  in  the  town.     Capacity, 
15,000.     7th  Army  Corps. 

ERLANGEN. — A    university    town    (pop.    15,814).     Hospital    for    officers.     3rd 
c  11.      Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

EUTIN. — The  birthplace  of  Weber.   An  old  tow-n  (pop.  6,200)  on  a  lake  in  Holstein. 
A  II.      Officers'  camp. 

FRANKFURT  A/M. — Important   commercial   city   (pop.  410,000)   on   the   Main 
c  II.      with   large    Jewish   colony.     There   are   several   hospitals   here   in   which 

British  prisoners  have  been  treated.    Reserve  Lazaret  II  and  H  65  are  the 

principal  ones. 

FRANKFURT  A/0. — Pop.  68,200.    Formerly  the  seat  of  a  university  (1506-1811. 

B  IV.  The  camp  lies  on  a  high  sloping  plain  four  miles  from  the  town,  with 
lovely  views.  There  is  a  Y.M.C.A.  hut.  Formerly  the  site  of  the  Grube 
Vaterland  coal-mining  works.    Capacity,  18,000.    3rd  Army  Corps. 

FRIEDBERG. — Pop.  9,500.    Once  a  free  imperial  city.    It  is  twenty-five  miles 

c  II.      north  of  Frankfurt  a.  Main,  w-ithin  sight  of  Nauheim.    Officer  prisoners 

are  quartered  in  stone  barracks  completed  on  outbreak  of  war.    Situated 

on  extreme  outskirts  of  town.    There  is  a  row  of  little  gardens  for  the  use 

of  the  interned,  but  no  trees.    i8th  Army  Corps. 

FREIBURG. — A  beautifully  situated   town   (pop.    80,000)   with  views  over  the 

D  I.       surrounding  country.    The  officers'  camp  is  in  the  old  university  building 

in  the  town,  built  round  a  quadrangle  with  trees  in  it.    14th  Army  Corps. 

FRIEDRICHSFELD. — Sixty  miles  morth  of  Cologne  near  Wesel.   Capacity,  35,000. 

B  I.  There  is  an  open  space  in  the  centre  of  the  camp  for  football  and  tennis; 
also  gardens  with  flower-beds  between  the  barracks;  large  vegetable 
gardens  and  potato  field  run  by  the  prisoners.  It  is  the  centre  of  many 
working  commandos,  mining  and  otherwise.  It  is  also  a  postal  station 
for  a  large  number  of  prisoners  who  have  never  been  in  the  camp  itself. 
7th  Army  Corps. 

FiJRSTENBERG. — A  small  town  fifty  miles  north  of  Berlin.    The  officer  prisoners 

A  III.  arc  quartered  in  a  well-known  summer  hotel  or  Erholungshcim,  witli  a 
good  view  over  the  surrounding  country  and  lake,  a  mile  from  the  town. 
It  has  a  glass  verandah  and  the  grounds  are  considerable.  Walks  are 
permitted.    Close  to  the  main  road.    9th  Army  Corps. 


GARDELEGEN.— An  old  town  with  dUapidate^.  ■w,'ajis  (pbp':-.&,^fic,).iiear  Stendal 
B  III.     on  the  Hne  Hanover-Berhn.    A  large  camp,  to  which  prisoners  have  been 

sent  since  September,    1914.    The  centre  of  many  working  commandos. 

4th  Army  Corps. 

GERMERSHEIM.— Pop.  6,000.     Situated  at  the  confluence  of  the  Gneich  and 
c  I.        Rhine.    The  camp  is  a  mile  from  the  town,  which  contains  eleven  hospitals. 
2nd  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

GIESSEN. — Chief  town  in  Upper  Hesse,  on  the  Lahn  (pop.  31,000),  the  seat  of  a 
B  II.  university.  The  prisoners'  camp  stands  on  a  hill  a  mile  and  a-half  above 
the  town  flanked  on  one  side  by  main  highway  and  on  the  other  by  pine- 
woods,  surrounded  by  a  high  board  fence.  Barracks  are  raised  two  to 
three  feet  from  the  ground.  Library,  good  prisoner  of  war  band  and 
Y.M.C.A.  hut.  A  great  many  Canadians  concentrated  here  at  one  time. 
American  prisoners  here.    i8th  Army  Corps. 

GLEIWITZ. — Pop.  66,900.  Situated  in  a  mining  and  manufacturing  district  of 
Silesia.  British  prisoners  sent  there  after  March,  1918.  Accommodation 
in  cavalry  barracks. 

GNADENFREI. — A  Moravian  Colony  in  Silesia,  near  Neisse.  Officers' camp  situated 
c  V.      in  a  school  for  boys  belonging  to  a  religious  brotherhood.    6th  Army  Corps. 

GORLITZ. — A  busy  town  (pop.  85,800)  with  extensive  cloth  and  machinery  fac- 
B  IV.     tories  on  the  Neisse.    The  camp,  with  a  capacity  of  14,000,  is  situated  near 
the  town.    It  is  liable  to  become  muddy,  and  plank  walks  and  roads  have 
been  made  throughout  the  enclosure.    i8th  Army  Corps. 

GOTTINGEN. — Old   university  town  (pop.  37,500).     The  prison  camp  is  situated 
B  II.      on  the  side  of   a  hill  on  the  outskirts  of  Gottingen.     British  prisoners 

sent    away   from  here    November,   1916.    Library.    Classes    and    lectures 

held  in  the  camp  under  Professor  Stange  of  the  University.     loth  Army 

Corps. 
GRABOW. — A  great  working  camp  centre.    Prisoners  employed  on  estates,  in 
A  in.     forestry,   on  railway  line  between  Berlin  and  Lubeck,   in  factories,   etc. 

Camp   consists   of  eight  compounds   of  six  barracks  each.     Formerly   a 

military  camp.    4th  Army  Corps. 

GRAFENWOHR. — In  Bavaria.    Lazaret  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  near  the 
cm.     new  military  drill  ground;    also  camp  for  prisoners.     Buildings  modern 
with  stucco  walls  and  tiled  roofs.    Bavarian  Corps. 

GRAUDENZ. — A  strong    fortress    town    (pop.  40,300)    on    the    Pohsh    frontier, 
A  V.      picturesquely  situated  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Vistula.    British  officers 

have  been  sent  there  since  March,   19 18.    It  was  used  as  a  prison  in  the 

war  of  1870.    American  prisoners  here. 

GRIESHEIM. — A  village  ten  minutes  by  rail  from  Frankfurt  a/M.    Officers  are 
c  II.      quartered  in  school  buildings.    i8th  Army  Corps. 

GUBEN. — Pop.    387,300).     Pleasantly   situated    on   the   Neisse,    with   extensive 
B  IV.     cloth  and  hat  factories.    As  at  Krossen,  the  prison  camp  is  arranged  round 

a  central  guard  tower  with  barracks  radiating  from  it.     It  is  five  miles 

from  the  city.    3rd  Army  Corps. 

GOSTROW. — A  cathedral  town  in  Mecklenburg  (pop.  17,800)  with  an  old  ducal 

A  III.     castle.    The  prison  camp  is  situated  in  pine-woods  three  miles  from  the 

town.     It  consists  of  wooden  barracks  holding  some  25,000  men.     The 

camp  carries  on  its  register  over  50,000  names,  which  proves  that  it  is  a 

centre  for  a  great  number  of  working  commandos.    9th  Army  Corps. 

GUTERSLOH. — A  silk  and  cotton  centre  (pop.  18,300).   The  camp  consists  of  brick 
B II.      buildings   originally   erected    for   a   sanatorium.     Situated   in   pine-wood 

district  on  sandy  soil.     Never  before  occupied.    Large  exercise  ground, 

hockey,  football  and  tennis.    7th  Army  Corps. 

HALLE. — On  the  Saale  (pop.  180,500),  with  a  university  of  great  repute.    It  is 
B  III.     an  industrial  place  of  some  importance  with  manufactures  of  machinery, 

sugar  and  starch.    The  prison  camp  for  officers  is  a  disused  factory  in  the 

manufacturing  district  of  Halle.     Built  round   three  sides  of  a  square. 

Exercise  ground,   100  by  50  yards.    Disused  in   1917,  now  once  more  iu 

use.    4th  Army  Corps. 


HAMELN. — Pop'."2^*,  roTD.'  '0h   the  We's'e?  'uear  the  influx  of  the  Hamel.    An  old 

Bii.      town.    The  Salmon  fishing  here  is  important.    The  prison  camp  is  placed 

on  low  ground  \\'ith  wooded    hills  behind  it.     It  is  a  mile    from  Hameln 

Town,  and  the  parent  camp  of  many  working  camps.    It  consists  of  loo 

barracks,  all  of  the  same  type,   radiating   from  a  central  point.     Theatre 

and  Y.M.C.A.  hall.      loth  Army  Corps. 

HAMMELBURG. — An    ancient    town    in    Bavaria,    picturesquely    placed    on    a 

c  II.      height  of  2,500  ft.  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Saale.    Most  of  the  old  streets 

were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1854.    There  is  an  assembly  camp  for  British 

prisoners  of  war  two  miles  from  the  town.    The  camp  enclosure  is  situated 

on  sloping  ground  on  the  highest  extremity  of  a  large  treeless  military 

reservation  extending  for  several  miles.     American  prisoners   here.     2nd 

Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

HAMBURG. — The   second   city   of   Germany    (pop.    932,000),    one   of   the   most 

A  II.      important  commercial  centres  in  the  world.    There  are  two  hospitals  in 

which  prisoners  are  treated.     Reserve  Lazaret  7,   a  ward  of  the  central 

prison  at  Fiihlsbiittel,  near  the  city.    Resen.'e  Lazaret  3  at  the  Eppendorfer 

Krankenhaus.    Veedel,  a  marine  lazaret.     9th  Army  Corps. 

HAMMERSTEIN. — A  small  town  near  Neu  Stettin  in  West  Prussia.    The  centre 

A  V .      of  many  working  commandos.     7th  Army  Corps. 

HANOVER. — Capital  of  the  Prussian  province  of  Hanover  (pop.  302,000).    Head- 

B  II.      quarters  of  the  loth  Army  Corps.    Industrial  centre  for  machinery,  iron, 

indiarubber  goods,  textiles  and  ledgers.    Prisoners  are  treated  in  Lazaret 

5  in  the  Royal  War  Schools,  a  two-storied  building,  also  at  the  Garrison 

Lazaret.    There  are  several  working  camps  here  attached  to  Hameln. 

HAVELBERG. — Small  town  (pop.  6,200)  with  Romanesque  cathedral.    Near  it 

B  III.     is  placed   the   camp   for  civilian  prisoners,   which   consists   of  hutments 

surrounded  by  high  wire  netting.    There  are  4,500  of  all  nationalities  there. 

Prisoners  from  Ruhleben  are  occasionally  sent  to  this  camp.    Nearly  400 

British  Indians  are  on  the  register.     3rd  Army  Corps. 

HEIDELBERG. — A    university   town    (pop.    56,000)    at   the    confluence    of   the 

cii.      Neckar  and   Rhine.    The    officers   are   quartered    in   large   new  barracks 

never  before  occupied,  four   miles   from   town.    Three  tennis  courts    and 

small  exercise    ground.     Recreation    room    and    electric    light.     Billiard 

table.    Practically  a  transit   camp   for   officers  going  or  hoping  to  go,  to 

Switzerland.     14th  Army  Corps. 

HEILBRONN. — An  important  commercial  and  manufacturing  place  (pop.  40,000) 

c  II.      charmingly  situated  on  both  banka  of  the  Neckar.    The  camp  is  attached 

to  Stuttgart. 
HESEPE.  (see  HAMELN).— A  small  village  with  few   inhabitants.     Surrounding 
B  II.      country   flat,    wooded    and    fertile.    On  the   open   sandy  plain    near  the 
village    there    is   a    compound   of   three   wooden     barracks   for   officers. 
American   prisoners  he^e.    loth  Army  Corps. 
HEILSBURG. — A  big  camp  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  divided  by  a  chaussee, 
A  VI.     the  camp  proper  being  on  one  side  and  the  lazaret  on  the  other.    Consists 
of  fifty  earth  huts.    Centre  of  commandos  engaged  in  agriculture  and  iu 
rebuilding  the  devastated  town  of  Goldap  and  other  places.    7  th  Army 
Corps. 
HEUBERG. — Thi.=i  camp  is  situated  on  high  ground  above  the  Danube,  and  was 
D  I.       formerly  a  large  exercise  ground.    It  is  twenty  five  miles  from  Sigmaringen 
and  3,000  ft.  above  sea  level.    Ten  blocks  each  containing  ten  barracks. 
14th  Army  Corps. 
HEUSTADT. — A  centre  of  working  commandos  in  East  Prussia. 

A  VI. 

HOLZMINDEN. — A  town  (pop.  10,200)  containing  a  modern  school  of  engineering. 

B  II.  Up  till  191 7  this  camp  was  for  French  civilian  prisoners  of  war,  male  and 
female.  Since  1917  a  British  officers'  camp  has  been  established  here, 
loth  Army  Corps. 

INGOLSTADT. — A  fortified   town   on   the   Danube   and   the   scene   cf   previous 

D  II.  fighting.  The  town  (pop.  19,000)  was  besciged  by  Gustavus  Adolphus  in 
1632,  and  by  Moreau  in  1800,  The  camp  is  situated  in  a  flying  field  on  the 
edge  of  the  town.  It  is  of  the  barrack  type,  with  a  capacity  for  4,000 
prisoners  of  war.  There  are  two  hospitals  in  the  town.  In  the  surrounding 
fortifications,  i.e.,  in  Fortresses  8,  9  and  to,  officers  are  imprisoned. 
Prince  Karl  is  the  name  of  the  best  of  tliesc  forts,  which  is  situated  on  a 
dry  part  of  the  hill.     14th  Army  Corps. 


jtJLICH  {see  AIX).— A  town  (pop.  6,i?ot))  ^near  th€»OinJ;(jh.  ^'j-cpiji^t.    Seventeen 
Bi.      miles  from  Aix.     Many  British,  priscmers  JwVS^Cxjeq '.^itJCt^eT.  in  hospital 
here.     i8th  Army  Corps. 

KALISCH. — In  West  Prussia.    A  camp  for  Russian  and  Roumanian  prisoners, 
A  V.       to  which  British  prisoners  were  sent  in  April,   1918. 

KARLSRUHE  [see  CARLSRUHE.    c  i.) 

KARLSTEIN. — In  Lower  Austria.    A  village  with  a  mediaeval  castle,  erected  in 
c  IV.      1348   by   the   Emperor  Charles,    standing  on   a   height.     An   internment 
station  for  civilians. 

KATTOWITZ. — A   thriving   industrial   town    (pop.    43,200).     Chief   seat   of   the 
c  V.      coal  trade  of  Upper  Silesia.    A  camp  for  Russian  and  Roumanian  prisoners, 
to  which  British  prisoners  were  sent  in  April,   191 8. 

KATZENAU. — A     concentration      camp     near     Vienna     for     civilians    of    all 
D  IV.     nationalities. 

KEMPTEN. — A  free  town  (pop.  14,800)  of  the  Empire  till  1803.    It  is  picturesquely 
D  II.      placed  on  the    Iller,  and  consists  of  two  portions — the  Altstadt  on  the 

river,  and  the  Neustadt  on  the  hill.     British  prisoners  are  quartered  in 

the  hospital  here.     13th  Army  Corps. 

KONIGSBRUCK. — In  Saxony.    A  camp  of  wooden  hutments  situated  on  sandy 
B  III.     soil  amidst  pine-woods  a  short  distance  from  the  town.    Capacity,  15,000. 
12th  Army  Corps. 

KONIGSTEIN. — A  fortress  high  above  the  Elbe  near  the  Saxo-Bohemia  Frontier. 
c  IV.      Beautiful  position.     Officers.   12th  Army  Corps. 

KREUZNACH. — A  small   town  on   the   Saarbrucken-Mctz  line.     The   prisoners 
c  I.        are  in  a  civilian  hospital  five  or  six  stories  high,  holding  some  600  wounded. 
British  first  heard  of  here  in  19 18.     i8th  Army  Corps. 

KRONACH  {see  ROSENBERG,    cm.) 

KROSSEN. — A  town  on  the  Oder  above  Frankfurt.  Near  the  town  is  a  large 
B  IV.  camp  radiating  from  a  circular  space  in  the  centre  of  which  is  a  large 
mound  surmounted  by  a  tower.  Round  this  mound  are  placed  three 
field-pieces  which  would  control  the  camp  in  case  of  mutiny.  The  com- 
pounds radiate  off  from  this  centre  like  the  spokes  of  a  wheel.  There  is 
a  Y.M.C.A.  hut  here  and  wor?5:shops  for  bootmaking,  etc.  The  camp  is 
well  spoken  of.     3rd  Army  Corps. 

LAHR. — An  industrial  town  (pop.  14,000)  three  miles  from  Offenburg.     British 
c  I.        prisoners  were  first  sent  here  in   1917.    Officers'  camp. 

LANDAU. — A  small  town  (pop.  3,200)  with  large  breweries  on  the  right  bank  of 
c  I.        the  Isar.    The  camp  is  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town  amid  views  of  the 

Hartz  and  Vosges  Mountains.     A  wine-growing  country.     3rd   Bavarian 

Army  Corps. 

LANDSBERG. — An  old  town  (pop.  6,500)  in  the  valley  of  the  Lech.    The  church 
D  II.      contains    wonderful    stained    glass.     There    is    a    lazaret   here    in   which 
prisoners  are  treated,     ist  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

LAND  SHUT. — An    old-fashioned    town    (pop.    19,000)    with     wide     streets     an 
D  III.     gabled  houses  on  the  Isar.    An  old  castle  rises  above  the  town.    American 
prisoners  here.    Officers'  camp. 

LAMSDORF. — In  Silesia.    A  centre  for  working  commandos.    6th  Army  Corps, 
c  V. 

LANGENSALZA — A    busy    town    (pop.    i?,6oo)    containing    cloth    and    cotton 
B  II.      factories.    The  camp  was  opened  in  1914,  and  consists  of  hutments,  each 
holding  250  men.    Capacity,   10,000.    Centre  of  numerous  working'  com- 
mandos.   American  prisoners  here,     nth  Army  Corps. 

LAUBAN.— Town   (pop.    15,500)   with  sixteenth  century  Rathhaus,   on  Silesian 
B  IV.     Mountain  Railway.    The  centre  of  many  working  camps  and  of  locomotive 
works.    5th  Army  Corps. 

LECHFELD. — The  camp  is  situated  in  the  valley  of  the  Lech  one  mile  from  the 
D  II.      village.    It  is  a  compound  of  wooden  and  brick  barracks  placed  on  the 
exercise  ground  of  the  Artillery  and  Flying  Corps.    Three  hours  by  rail 
from  Munich.    Capacity,   10,500.     ist  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 


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LEIPZIG. — One,', of  ihf;  ^iiijiofft 'iTnportant  cofomercial  towns  in  Germany   (pop. 
Bin.     586,700); 'Jhe^(;eii;i;re,  of' tl>e.,pu/orisking  and  book  trade  and  the  seat  of 

an  ancient  university.    Prisoners  are  treated  in  hospitals  here. 
LIMBURG. — An  old  cathedral  town  on  the  Lahn  (pop.  10,500)  of  some  import- 
c  II.      ance  in  the  Middle  Ages.    The  prison  camp  near  the  town  is  celebrated 
as  the  place  in  which  Irish  prisoners  were  concentrated   at  Christmas, 
1914,  for  the  purpose  of  recruiting  for  the  Irish  Brigade.    Now  the  centre 
of  a  number  of  invalid  working  camps  and  hospitals  in  occupied  territory; 
also  the  head  camp  for  a  certain  number  of  men  working  in  occupied 
territory.     Capacity,    12,000.     Limestone   barracks.     American    prisoners 
here.    8th  Army  Corps. 
LiJBECK, — A  busy  commercial  and  industrial  city  (pop.  101,000).    A  land  port 
A  III.     fourteen  miles  from  the  sea.     Exports  wine,   timber  and  tar.     Working 
gangs  of  prisoners  employed  here  at  the  docks,  etc.    There  is  also  a  reserve 
lazaret  here  for  prisoners,  next  to  a  large  German  hospital.     9th  Army 
Corps. 
LUDWIGSBURG. — A    dull    modern    town    (pop.    20,000)    and    a    Wurtemburg 
c  II.      mihtary  depot.    The  large  prison  camp  is  two  miles  from  the  station  on 
high  ground.    A  good  view  is  obtainable;    the  air  dry  and  bracing.    There 
are  gravel  paths,  vegetable  gardens  and  flower-beds  in  the  camps.     13th 
Army  Corps. 
LUDWIGSHAFEN. — A  town  (pop.  70,000)  on  the  opposite  bank  of  the  Rhine 
c  I.        to    Rlannheim.     Famous    for   its    chemical    works.     Officers    have    been 

quartered  here  since  1917.    Recently  abandoned. 
MAGDEBURG. — Capital   of   the   Prussian   province   of   Saxony    (pop.    280,000;. 
B  III.     Headquarters  of  the  4th  Army  Corps.    The  camp  is  situated  on  low  ground 
near  the  Elbe.    Officers  are  imprisoned  in  the  Citadel,  an  island  in  the 
river  consisting  of  the  Wagen  Haus,  railway  storehouse  and  Scharnhorst, 
the  semi-circular  part  of  an  old  fortress.    There  is  also  a  lazaret  here  for 
men  which  was  formerly  a  theatre  and  dance  hall. 
MAINZ. — A  fortified  cathedral  town  (pop.  110,000)  on  the  Rhine.    The  barracks 
c  I.        are  partly  new  and  partly  of  historic  age.    They  are  placed  round  a  large 
recreation  ground  situated  on  a  hill  in  the  middle  of  the  town  overlooking 
the  valley  of  the  Rhine,  and  command  extensive  views.    There  are  some- 
times as  many  as  700  officers  here.     i8th  Army  Corps. 
MANNHEIM.— A  town  (pop.  200,000)  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Rhine,  connected 
c  I.        by  a  bridge  with  Ludwigshafen  (which  see).    The  prison  camp  is  situated 
on  sandy  soil  near  a  big  manoeuvring  field  two  miles  from  Mannheim. 
Barracks  laid  out  for  10,000  prisoners.    Wooden  huts  and  other  buildings. 
In  February,  1917,  it  was  used  as  a  clearing  or  exchange  camp  for  British 
prisoners  of  war  going  to   Switzerland  and   England.     There  is  a  clock- 
tower  in  the  centre  of  the  camp,  also  a  library  and  reading  hall.   Gardening 
in  the  open  spaces.     14th  Army  Corps. 
MARIENBURG. — A  centre  for  working  commandos  in  East  Prussia. 
A  v. 

MERSEBURG.— An  ancient  cathedral  town   on  the   Saale   (pop.   21,000).     The 

B  III.     prison  camp  consists  of  eight  compounds  of  three  barracks  each,  divided 

by  wire.    Capacity,  25,000.     It  is  placed  on  the  Infantry  drill  ground  a 

short  distance  from  the  town,  and  is  an  assembly  camp  from  which  men 

are  drafted  out  to  working  camps.    4th  Army  Corps. 

MERZDORF. — See  COTTBUS,  from  which  it  is  three  miles  distant.    Prisoners 

B  IV.     attempting  to  escape  have  been  frequently  sent  to  this  camp.    3rd  Army 

Corps. 
MESCHEDE. — An    ancient   town    (pop.    3,400)    with    an    early    Gothic    church. 
B  II.      Camp  of  wooden  hutments  situated  on  a  hill  near  railway  station  just 
outside  the  town.     Beautifully  situated  and  healthy.     Capacity,    10,000. 
American  prisoners  here.     8th  Army  Corps. 
METZ. — A  cathedral  city,  the  capital  of  German  Lorraine  (pop.  68,000)  and  a 
c  I.        first-class    fortress.      Headquarters    of    the    i6th    Army    Corps.      British 
officers  and  men  in  hospital  here  (St.  Clement's). 

MINDEN. — Old  cathedral  town  (pop.  26,500)  lying  on  both  banks  of  the  Weser 

B  II.      forty  miles  from  Hanover.    The  camp  is  three  miles  from  the  town  and 

is  surrounded  by  farms.     It  consists  of  a  big  square  with  six  blocks  of 

huts.    Capacity,   18,000.     Many  N.C.O.'s  were  concentrated  here  at  one 

time.    7th  Army  Corps. 

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MOnCHEBERG. — Between   Berlin   and  ^Qu^trin.;  jt'K'e '.Rvecji^  ;cjir/ip,    four   acres 
B  IV.     in  extent,   is  in  the  town  and' is'sut/(jnnded*D*n*  t^ifct?  sJdes  by  houses. 

American  prisoners  here.     3rd  Army  Corps. 

MiJNDEN. — A  pleasant,   old-fashioned   httle  town   (pop.    11,500)   on  the  banks 

R  II.      of  the  Weser.    The  prison  is  a  factory  building,  formerly  the  Union  Oil 

Works.    It  is  built  of  brick,  and  is  a  mile  from  the  town.    It  has  contained 

as  many  as  600  officers  at  a  time.     New  barracks  were  constructed  in 

1917;    there  is  also  a  lazaret  here. 

MUN.STER  (Westfalen). — Capital   (pop.  g  1,000)  of  Westphalia,  a  cathedral  city 

B  I.        and  the  seat  of  a  university  and  headquarters  of  the  7th  Army  Corps. 

It  is  on  the  banks  of  the  Dortrannd-Ems  Canal.    There  are  four  prison 

camps   in   the   neighbourhood,    known    as    Munster-  I,    II,    III    and    TV. 

Miinster  I  is  some  distance  from  the  city,  in  open  country.    The  camp  is 

placed  on   clay  soil   and  is   liable  to   become  very   muddy.     There  is  a 

Y.M.C.A.   hut  and  a   large  lazaret.      Munster  II    (Rennbahn)   is  on  the 

racecourse,  the  grandstand  of  which  is  used  for  administrative  purposes, 

Catholic  chapel  and  theatre.      Miinster  II  is  a  block  of  brick  barracks, 

built  for  German  troops.     Many  prisoners  are  engaged  in  coal-mining  in 

Camps  II  and  III.    Munster  IV  is  said  to  be  reserved  for  Russian  prisoners. 

MUNICH. — The  capital  of  Bavaria   (pop.   596,000).    A  large  war  school  in  the 
D  II.      Mars  Platz  is  used  as  a  hospital,  and  there  is  a  hospital  known  as  Lazaret 
B.     ist  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

MUNSTER  (Hanovr).— A  camp  near  Soltau  on  the  Tiineberger  Heide.    It  has 
A  II.      been  in  use  since  1914.     loth  Army  Corps. 

NEISSE.— A  pleasant  town  (pop.  30,000^  with  a  military  academy.    The  camp 
c  V        is  in  the  centre  of  the  town  and  consists  of  barracks  and  parade  ground. 
The  riding  ring  is  used  as  a  chapel.    There  are  also  two-storied  log  huts" 
built  on  the  parade  ground.     Officers'  camp.     6th  Army  Corps. 

NEUBERG. — A  small  town   (pop.   2,900)   which  is  a  great  ironworks  centre  in 
D  II.      Lower  Bavaria. 

NEU    BRANDENBURG.— A    Kur    Hotel   on   the   Tollensee.     Already   described 

A  III.     under  the  heading  AUGUSTABAD. 

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NEUHAMMER. — The  clearing  camp  for  Upper  Silesia.    One  hundred  thousand 
c  V.       men  are  carried  on  the  register  here.     Many  prisoners  of  war  on  these 

lists  have  never  been  to  the  parent  camp,  but  go  straight  to  working 

camps  under  its  administration      6th  Army  Corps. 

NEUMUNSTER. — A   town    (pop.    34,700)    in    Holstein   with    considerable    cloth 
A  II.      factories.    Prisoners  employed  in  the  vicinity.    9th  Army  Corps. 

NEUNKIRCHEN.— A  small  town  on  the  railway  near  Saarbrucken.    The  officers 
cm.     are  quartered  in  the  house  of  Catholic  monks.    21st  Army  Corps. 

NIEDERZWEHREN.— See  CASSEL.    b  11. 

NUREMBERG. — An  ancient  town  (pop.  130,000)  in  Bavaria.    The  large  camp  is 

c  II.      three  miles  from  town  on  the  side  of  a  hill,  and  was  the  old  training  ground 

of  the  Nuremberg  Garrison.    The  barracks  form  the  sides  of  a  quadrangle. 

There  is  a  reserve  lazaret,  in  which  prisoners  are  treated  in  Nuremberg 

in  the  grounds  of  the  Artillery  Barracks.     3rd  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

OHRDRUF. — Camp   built   on   a  hill   near   the   permanent   practice   ground   of 

B II.      German  troops.     Clay  soil.     Capacity,    15,000.     A  lazaret  is  on  the  hill 

near  the  barracks.     American  prisoners  here,     nth  Army  Corps. 

OSNABRUCK. — A  cathedral  town  (pop.  65,000)  on  the  Hase,  and  the  centre  of 
B  II.      extensive  ironworks.    The  prisoners  are  quartered  in  Artillery  barracks. 

The  riding  school  is  used  as  a  concert  room  and  there  are  tennis-courts 

in  the  yard.     loth  Army  Corps. 

OSTERADE. — The  barracks  here  is  inside  the  enclosure  of  a  locomotive  works. 
A  VI.     It  is  under  the  administration  of  Preussich  Holland.    Prisoners  are  allowed 
to  attend  religious  service  in  town  on  Sundays.    20th  Army  Corps. 

PADERBORN. — An  ancient  cathedral  town   (pop.   29,400)  where  Charlemagne 
B  II.     i  once  held  a  Diet.     There  are  a  number  of  lazarets  here  but  no  camp. 
Among  the  names  of  those  in  which  British  prisoners  have  been  treated 
are  Bruderhaus,  Kaiserhof,  St.  Vincents.    7th  Army  Corps. 


PARCHIM. — J^'j:c,\m)'l{pgp:.''iol^io)  ;Oi/'the  3Ilde.  The  birthplace  of  the  great 
A  III.  Moltke/The^JDrisbn  ba'mp  reseciiblcs'nliother  Mecklenburg  camp — Giistrow. 
Capacity,  25,000.  Both  Gustrow  and  Parchim  are  used  as  distributing 
camps.  Parchim  Camp  is  built  on  a  former  cavalry  drill  ground,  and  is 
situated  on  sandy  soil  amidst  pine-woods  in  an  enclosure  three  miles  in 
circumference.  It  is  three  miles  from  the  station.  At  times  there  are 
45,000  men  on  the  register,  some  of  them  working  in  occupied  territory. 
Large  library  here.    9th  Army  Corps. 

PFORZHEIM.—- Pop.   27,200.     Centre  of  large  manufactures  of  gold  and  silver 
c  II.      articles.    Officers  sent  here  early  in  1918. 

PREUSSISCH  HOLLAND. — In  East  Prussia.  The  camp  is  situated  on  a  sloping 

A  V.      hill.    A  rail-track  divides  the  main  camp  from  the  guards'  bari-ack.    It  is 

well  planned  and  well  constructed.     Capacity,    15,000,   though  at  times 

carrying  over  35,000  names  on  its  register.    A  very  severe  winter  climate. 

20th  Army  Corps. 

PUCHHEIM. — Thirteen   miles   from   Munich.     The  prisoners'   compound   was   a 
D  II.      flying  field.    A  stucco  wall  now  surrounds  the  camp.    Capacity,   12,000. 
ist  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

QUEDLINBURG. — An  old   town    (pop.   28,000)   with   walls,    towers,   moats  and 
B  III.     interesting  timber  houses.    Noted  now  for  its  nurseries  and  cloth  factories. 
The  prison  camp  is  near  the  railroad  two  and  a-half  miles  from  the  town. 
It  consists  of  eight  compounds  of  six  barracks  each.    Capable  of  accommo- 
dating 1,500  men  apiece.    4th  Army  Corps. 

RAABS. — An  internment  camp  for  civilians  in  Austria, 

D  IV, 

RASTATT. — A  town  in  Baden  (pop.  14,000).  The  large  palace  there  is  con- 
c  I.  spicuous  for  its  high  tower  crowned  by  a  gilt  figure  of  Jupiter.  There 
is  a  civilian  prisoners'  camp  here,  where  French  women  and  children 
are  interned.  During  1918  it  has  been  used  as  a  military  transit  camp 
for  numbers  of  British  prisoners,  both  officers  and  men.  Some  of  th-e 
prisoners  are  housed  in  the  casemates  of  the  old  fortress.  American 
prisoners  here.     14th  Army  Corps. 

RATISBON    (Regensburg), — An  old   town  on   the   Danube   in   which   there   are 
c  III.     hospitals  in  which  prisoners  are  treated.    Bavarian  Corps. 

ROSENBERG. — The  fortress  of  Rosenberg  is  situated  on  a  hill  above  the  town 
B  III.;  of  Kronach.    Officers  are  concentrated  in  two  wings  of  this  high  citadel. 
1 8th  Army  Corps. 

RUHLEBEN. — Six  miles  from  Berlin.    A  civilian  camp  situated  on  the  racecourse, 

B  III.     formerly  used  as  a  trotting  track.    Four  thousand  five  hundred  civilians 

were    concentrated    here   in   stables   and    lofts   on    the    racecourse.     The 

nuinber  has  now  been  reduced  by  exchange  to  2,500.    There  is  a  Y.M.C.A. 

hut.    4th  Army  Corps 

SAARBRUCKEN.— An   officers'   camp  at  a  railway  junction   near  Metz.     The 
CI.        prisoners  are  housed  in  a  well-built  school  building.     2ist  Army  Corps. 

SAARLOUIS. — Another  officers'   camp  on   the  railway-line   near   Saarbrucken 
c  2  St  Army  Corps. 

SAGAN. — A  busy  little  town  on  the  Bober  (pop.  15,100).    The  prison  camp  is  of 
B  IV.     the  usual  barrack  type,  built  of  wood  on  stone  foundations.     Capacity, 

6,000.    It  is  five  miles  from  the  town  on  a  flat  sandy  plain  surrounded  by 

forests.    5th  Army  Corps. 

SALZWEDEL. — One  of  the  oldest  places  in  the  Mark  (pop.  14,400).    This  large 
A  III.     camp  of  wooden  huts  is  thirty-five  miles  from  Stendal.    loth  Army  Corps. 

SCHEUEN.— 5fe  CELLE.     b.  ii. 

SCHNEIDEMUEHL.^ — Pop.  26,100.    An  important  railway  junction.    The  camp 
A  v.      is  ])laccd  three  miles  from  the  city  on  higher  ground.    It  is  situated  on 

sandy  soil  surrounded  by  woods.    Capacity,   40,000  to  50,000  prisoners. 

The  centre  of  many  working  camps.    Barracks  are  of  the  earth  variety. 

2nd  Army  Corps. 

SCHWARMSTEDT.— Officers'    camp    near    Hanover.      Now    abandoned,      loth 
A  II.      Army  Corps. 


SCHWEIDNITZ. — A  prettily  situated  toW.jptop.,' 31:360)2;  gii-tliQ  Weistritz.     It 

c  IV.     was  used  as  a  place  of  internmerrt-'iti'  iS.y^.t'Tke  I&uilding^'ili'  which  the 

officers    are   interned    was    once   a   lazaret  and    consists    of   usual   brick 

barracks.    A  church  is  in  the  garden  of  about  an  acre.    Half  a  mile  from 

station  and  two  hours  by  train  from  Breslau.     6th  Army  Corps. 

SENNELAGER  (Senne  I,  II,  III). — A  large  camp  near  Paderbom,  Westphalia, 
B  II.  fifty  miles  S.W.  of  Hanover.  It  is  situated  on  open  sandy  country  of 
heather,  pine  and  bogland.  Used  as  a  summer  training  camp  for  soldiers. 
The  camp  is  divided  into  three  separate  portions.  There  is  a  Y.M.C.A. 
hut  at  Senne  III.  At  one  time  there  was  a  fourth  camp  reserved  for 
civilians  where  English  fishermen  were  interned.  Near  Lippspringe  a 
health  resort  six  miles  from  Senne,  a  shooting  gallery  and  assembly  hall 
have  been  turned  into  sanatorium  for  prisoners.     7th  Army  Corps. 

SKALMIERSCHiJTZ.- — This   place   is   five    miles   from   Ostrovo   on   the   PoUsh 
Biv.      Frontier.    It  is  a  very  large  camp  for  Russians  and  Roumanians,  to  which 

British  prisoners   were   sent  in   March,    1918.     American   prisoners  here. 

5th  Army  Corps. 

SOLTAU. — A  little  town  (pop.  5,200)  on  the  Stendal-Bremen  line.    It  is  a  centre 
A  II.      for  working  commandos  and  is  said  to  accommodate  30,000  men,   but 
sometimes  it  carries  50,000  on  its  register.     loth  Army  Corps. 

SPANDAU. — A  town  (pop.  85,000)  at  the  confluence  of  the  Spree  and  the  Havel, 
B  III.     close  to  Berlin.      Prisoners  are  treated  in  Reserve  Lazaret  II.    ]\Ien  work 
in  the  chemical  factory  here.    3rd  Army  Corps. 

SPROTTAU. — The  prison  camp  is  three   miles   from   the  station,   on  a  sandy 
B  IV.     plain.    It  is  a  working-camp  centre.    Close  by  is  a  lazaret  of  forty  barracks 
for  tubercular  prisoners.     5th  Army  Corps. 

STARGARD. — Old   town    (pop.    27,500)    surrounded    by    a   well-preserved    wall 
A  IV.     with  handsome  towers  and  gateway.    British  prisoners  are  treated  in  the 

hospitals  here.     There  is  also  a  camp  with  basket-weaving  workshops, 

etc.    2nd  Army  Corps. 

STENDAL. — Cathedral  town  (pop.  27,200)  on  the  Uchte,  founded  in  the  twelfth 
B  III.     century.    The  prison  camp  is  one  mile  N.E.  of  the  city  and  is  situated  on 

sandy  soil.    Capacity,  15,000.    The  centre  of  a  number  of  working  camps. 

7th  Army  Corps. 

STETTIN.— The  capital  of  Pomerania  (pop.  236,000).    Headquarters  of  the  2nd 
A  IV.     Corps.     A  commercial  and  manufacturing  town  of  great  importance  on 

the  banks  of  the  Oder.    Officers  and  men  treated  in  sanatorium     Prisoners 

employed  in  the  town. 

STRALKOWO. — Town  on  the  PoUsh  Frontier.    The  prison  camp  is  three  miles 

B  v.      from  station.    Russians  and  Roumanians  have  been  here  for  some  time, 

but  British  prisoners  were  only  sent  here  in  March,  1918.    5th  Army  Corps. 

STRALSUND. — This    town    (pop.    34,000)    Hes    opposite    the   island    of    Riigen, 
A  III.     where   a   number  of  prisoners   are   employed.     Prisoners   treated  in  the 
hospital  here.     2nd  Army  Corps. 

STRASSBURG.— The   capital   of   Alsace    (pop.    170,000).     Headquarters   of   the 
c  I.        15th  Army  Corps  and  the  seat  of  a  university,  and  a  strongly  fortified 
town.     It  contains  tobacco  factories,   breweries,  engine  works,   foundries 
and  tanneries.    Officer  prisoners  have  been  sent  here. 

STROHEN. — Officers'  camp  now  abandoned.     loth  Army  Corps. 

B  II 

STUTTGART. — Capital  of  Wurtemburg  (pop.  286,000).    One  camp  in  the  city  in 
c  II.      an  abandoned  factory  building.     Another  camp  is  in  a  disused  factory 

on  a  slope  overlooking  the  town,  three  miles  from  Stuttga'H:.     13th  Army 

Corps. 

THORN. — An  old   fortified   town   (pop.   47,000)   on  the  Vistula.     Prisoners  are 
A  v.      treated  in  the  hospitals  here.    2nd  Army  Corps. 

TORGAU. — A  town   (pop.    15,000)   on  the   Elbe.     Officers  are  interned   in  the 
B  III.     Briickenkopf  Barracks  and  in   Fort   Zinna.     The   barracks  are   old   and 
built  close  to  the  river.    4th  Army  Corps. 

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TUCHEL. — A  .tarnp- In; "West  "Pr.ussia  f.or' Russians  and  Roumanians,   to  which 
A  V.       British  pti^diie'rs* '^J'sr.G' s'e;ni , in  if)  S.,  'American  prisoners  here,    yth  Army 
Corp  . 

TREVES  {or  TRIER). — Said  to  be  the  oldest  town   (pop.   45,000)  in  Germany. 

c  I.  It  has  a  famous  cathedral,  and  the  walls  of  the  town  are  of  red  sandstone, 
and  it  is,  placed  amongst  vine-clad  hills.  Officer  prisoners  are  treated  in 
the  Reserve  Lazaret  IV  (Horn  Kaserne).     8th  Army  Corps. 

ULM. — An  old  city  on  the  Danube  (pop.  56,000).    The  prison  camp  is  on  the 

D  II.      outskirts  of  the  town  and  is  of  the  usual  baiTack  type.    There  is  a  garrison 

hospital  on  a  hill  overlooking  the  town,  with  a  spacious  garden. 

VILLINGEN. — An  officers'  camp  in  the  Black  Forest  2,500  ft.  above  sea  level, 
I.       consisting    of    disused    barracks    built    round    a    quadrangle.      American 
prisoners  here.      14th  Army  Corps. 

WAHMBECK. — A  summer  resort  and  an  old-fashioned  hotel  for  people  of 
moderate  means.  The  officers,  who  are  mostly  of  the  merchant  service, 
are  allowed  to  swim  in  the  river.     loth  Army  Corps. 

WEILBURG. — A  little  town  (pop.  3,700)  with  a  castle  situated  on  a  rocky 
eminence.  The  officers'  camp  consists  of  a  three-storied  school-house 
in  pretty  surroundings.  Garden  plots  are  allotted  to  prisoners.  Lawn- 
tennis  courts.      1 8th  Army  Corps. 

WAHN. — Situated  on  rising  ground  twenty  miles  S.E.  of  Cologne.    The  camp, 

B  I.  which  formerly  was  the  Wahner  Heide  Artillery  practice  camp,  lies  in 
open  country  and  forms  a  sort  of  loosely  jointed  village.  It  carries  35,000 
men  on  its  register  and  was  formerly  a  parent  camp  for  working  camps 
in  the  district.  Barracks  are  set  aside  for  prisoners  who  have  tried  to 
cross  the  frontier.     8th  Army  Corps. 

WEINGARTEN. — Forty-two  kilometres  from  Heidelberg   on  the  way  to  Karls- 

D  II.      ruhe.    Officers'  camp.     14th  Army  Corps. 

WERL. — Franciscan  monastery  built  in  191 3,  an  acre  of  ground  in  front  and  a 
cloister  garden  behind  for  R.C.  officers,     yth  Army  Corps. 

WESEL. — A  fortress  town  (pop.  22,500)  situated  at  the  confluence  of  the  Rhine 
B  I.       and  Lippe.     There  is  a  prison  used  for  officers  here  and  two  hospitals. 

7th  Army  Corps. 
WITTENBERG. — The  cradle  of  the  Reformation.  A  town  (pop.  22,700)  with 
B  III.  a  Luther  Museum,  fifty-nine  miles  S.W.  of  Berlin,  on  the  Elbe.  The 
prison  camp  is  situated  on  a  sandy  plain  ten  and  a-half  acres  in  extent, 
at  a  place  called  Klein  Wittenberg,  2  miles  from  the  city.  It  consists  of 
eight  sections  or  compounds.     Capacity,   13,000.    4th  Army  Corps. 

WURZBURG. — A  cathedral  town  (pop.  85,000)  on  the  Main.    The  prison  camp 
c  II.      is  of  the  usual  barrack  type,  outside  the  town  on  the  summit  of  a  high 
hill.    In  the  town  the  Schiller  Schule  is  requisitioned  for  a  hospital.    The 
citadel  here  is  used  as  an  officers'  camp.    2nd  Bavarian  Army  Corps. 

ZERBST. — An  old  town  (pop.  20,000)  surrounded  by  walls,  with  a  large  Schloss 
B  III.  and  handsome  gabled  houses.  The  prison  camp  lies  two  miles  north  of 
the  city  at  a  moderate  elevation.  It  carries  100,000  on  its  register,  the 
majority  of  whom  are  engaged  in  industry  and  agriculture  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood. The  capacity  of  the  prisoners'  barracks  on  the  Infantry  drill 
ground  is  estimated  at  15,000.     4th  Army  Corps. 

ZITTAU. — A  manufacturing  town   (pop.   37,100).     One  of  the  principal  cotton- 
c  IV.     spinning  places  in  Saxony. 

ZOSSEN. — Twenty   miles   south   of   Berlin,    with   which   it   is   connected   by   a 
B  III.     military  railway  running  parallel   to  the  ordinary  line.     It  is   generally 
used  as  a  camp  for  non-European  prisoners.     3rd  Army  Corps. 

ZWEIBRUCKEN. — A  small   town    (pop.    13,700)   twenty-two   miles   from   Saar- 
c  1.       briicken,  to  which  British  officers  were  first  sent  in  1916.   21st  Army  Corps, 

ZWICKAU. — Wood   barracks.         Capacity,  10,000.     Several   acres  of  vegetable 
c  III.     gardens  inside  the  confines  of  the  camp.     19th  Army  Corps. 


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including  pos  tage 


NISBET    'S    CO.,    LTD. 


4794« 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CAUFORNIA  LIBRARY 


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U.C.  BERKELEY  UBRARIES 


CQ228b5231 


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