Historical Camp Photos

1910 - through WWII

Most of these photos are from files sent to us by Mariusz Winiecki.  The buildings pictured were photographed at different times and are labeled as such.  A few are historical photos taken from the internet and are identified as Oflag 64 buildings.  Until the late 1930s, the site was an educational center for boys.  At the beginning of WWII, the site became a POW camp for Polish soldiers and was called Stalag XXIB.  Beginning 1940, French and British POWs occupied the camp which was then called Oflag XXIB.  In June of 1943, the camp was redesignated as Oflag 64 and was occupied primarily by American POWs.  The camp was vacated in January 1945.

1910 entry gate with the "hospital" in the background, known then as the minor edifice of the Provincial Protective-Educational Centre

1910 "hospital" and "White House" buildings or minor and main edifices of the Provincial Protective-Educational Centre

1910 "White House" known then as the main edifice of the Provincial Protective-Educational Centre
1910 "White House" or main edifice
1910 "hospital" or minor edifice of the Provincial Protective-Educational Centre
1910 "hospital" or minor edifice
1920 chapel
1928 chapel
1928 "hospital" and "White House", known as the minor and main edifices, used as a boys school at that time
1928 "White House" or main edifice
1928 "hospital" or minor edifice
1928 pond used by
Oflag 64 ice skaters during their captivity, located across the street from the main camp
1930 garden area
1930s vocational building
1940s sports activity area viewed from the "White House"
1940s sports activity area used by French POWs at the camp, the White House is in the distance
1940s chapel
1942 or 43 main gate
1942-43 inside barracks of Oflag 64, then called Oflag XXIB and occupied by British POWs
1942-43 inside barracks, porcelain stove visible on the right, barracks bunks and general layout
1943-45 Oflag 64 chapel
1943-45 Oflag 64 building
1943-45 Kommandant's quarters

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