German prisoner-of-war camps in World War I

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Map of POW camps in Germany during World War I Camps de soldats et officiers en Allemagne.svg
Map of POW camps in Germany during World War I

During World War I, German prisoner-of-war camps were run by the 25 Army Corps Districts into which Germany was divided. [1] [2] Around 2.4 million men were World War I prisoners of war in Germany.

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Types of camp

Kriegsgefangenenlager (KGFL, "Prisoner of war camps") were divided into:

List of camps by Army Corps districts

British, French and Portuguese prisoners, c.1918 Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0314, Frankreich, portugiesische und britische Gefangene.jpg
British, French and Portuguese prisoners, c.1918
French colonial prisoners from North and West Africa Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1999-002-00, Alliierte Kriegsgefangene.jpg
French colonial prisoners from North and West Africa
French POWs at work at a farm in Westscheid bei Mennighuffen Schaeffer-Kriegsgefangene.jpg
French POWs at work at a farm in Westscheid bei Mennighüffen

Guards Corps (Berlin)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

I Army Corps (Königsberg)

None found.

II Army Corps (Stettin)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

III Army Corps (Berlin)

Kriegsgefangenenlager Crossen, 1914 Bundesarchiv R 67 Bild-02-002, Kriegsgefangenenlager Crossen, Gesamtansicht.jpg
Kriegsgefangenenlager Crossen, 1914
Mannschaftslager
Internierungslager

IV Army Corps (Magdeburg)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Internierungslager
Ruhleben internment camp: detainees queuing for Christmas dinner: painting by Nico Jungman Ruhleben Prison Camp - Christmas Dinner Art.IWMART528.jpg
Ruhleben internment camp: detainees queuing for Christmas dinner: painting by Nico Jungman

V Army Corps (Posen)

Mannschaftslager

VI Army Corps (Breslau)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

VII Army Corps (Münster)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

VIII Army Corps (Coblenz)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

IX Army Corps (Altona)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

X Army Corps (Hannover)

Holzminden officers' camp Holzminden PoW camp Kaserne B.jpg
Holzminden officers' camp
Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett
Internierungslager
Holzminden internment camp Camp d'internement d'Holzminden, Basse Saxe.jpg
Holzminden internment camp

XI Army Corps (Cassel)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

XII Army Corps (Dresden)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

XIII Army Corps (Stuttgart)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

XIV Army Corps (Karlsruhe)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Internierungslager

XV Army Corps (Strasbourg)

Offizierlager

XVI Army Corps (Metz)

XVII Army Corps (Danzig)

Mannschaftslager

XVIII Army Corps (Frankfurt-am-Main)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

XIX Army Corps (Leipzig)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

XX Army Corps (Allenstein)

Mannschaftslager

XXI Army Corps (Saarbrücken)

Offizierlager

I Royal Bavarian Army Corps (Munich)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

II Royal Bavarian Army Corps (Würzburg)

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager

III Royal Bavarian Army Corps (Nürnberg)

Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

Others

Offizierlager
Mannschaftslager
Lazarett

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Notes
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