The camp comprised two buildings located in the town. The main camp was located on Naundorfer Strasse, about 275 metres (300 yd) south-west of the railway station. Originally a small print factory it was requisitioned for use as a POW camp in May 1941. For most of the war the camp held only around 800 POWs,[1] as most were assigned to Arbeitslager ("Work Camps") in factories, mines, railway yards, and farms, up to 160 kilometres (100 mi) away.[2] There was also an administration building on the corner of Wolfersdorff and Puschkin Strassen, formerly a school for Army NCOs, with a small compound of wooden huts that housed around 20 POWs assigned to clerical duties.[1]
A sub-camp, Stalag IV-D/Z, was opened in May 1942, located in Annaburg about 20 km (12 mi) north of Torgau.[3] From March 1944 it was designated as a Heilag (short for Heimkehrerlager), a repatriation camp for POWs waiting to be either exchanged or returned home on medical grounds.[4]
After the war, the Soviet secret police agency NKVD established its Special Camps Nos. 8 and 10 in Fort Zinna and in the nearby Seydlitz barracks. Germans and some Soviet citizens were interned here or served sentences passed by the Soviet military tribunals. The East German People's Police used the Fort Zinna prison from 1950 to 1990 as a penitentiary. In the 1950s it primarily housed political prisoners.
The Torgau Documentation and Information Center (DIZ), founded in 1991 and now under the administration of the Saxon Memorial Foundation for the commemoration of the victims of political despotism, researches and presents the history of the Torgau prisons in the permanent exhibition "Traces of Injustice".[5]
^ abJohnson, Graham (2010). "Guide to Stalag IV-D, Torgau". Guides to PoW Camps. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
^Johnson, Graham (2010). "List of IV-D Arbeitskommando". Guides to PoW Camps. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
^"Stalag 4D/Z". The Wartime Memories Project. 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
^"Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste)". Moosburg Online. 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
^"Torgau at the Center of the Military Penal System".
January 01, 1970
stalag, german, world, prisoner, camp, located, town, torgau, saxony, about, north, east, leipzig, torgau, saxonycoordinates51, 5603, 9898, 5603, 9898typeprisoner, campsite, informationcontrolled, nazi, germanysite, historyin, use1941, 1945garrison, informatio. Stalag IV D was a German World War II prisoner of war camp located in the town of Torgau Saxony about 50 km 31 mi north east of Leipzig Stalag IV DTorgau SaxonyStalag IV DCoordinates51 33 37 N 12 59 23 E 51 5603 N 12 9898 E 51 5603 12 9898TypePrisoner of war campSite informationControlled by Nazi GermanySite historyIn use1941 1945Garrison informationOccupantsMainly French and British POWs Contents 1 Camp history 1 1 Post World War II 2 Notable prisoners 3 See also 4 ReferencesCamp history editThe camp comprised two buildings located in the town The main camp was located on Naundorfer Strasse about 275 metres 300 yd south west of the railway station Originally a small print factory it was requisitioned for use as a POW camp in May 1941 For most of the war the camp held only around 800 POWs 1 as most were assigned to Arbeitslager Work Camps in factories mines railway yards and farms up to 160 kilometres 100 mi away 2 There was also an administration building on the corner of Wolfersdorff and Puschkin Strassen formerly a school for Army NCOs with a small compound of wooden huts that housed around 20 POWs assigned to clerical duties 1 A sub camp Stalag IV D Z was opened in May 1942 located in Annaburg about 20 km 12 mi north of Torgau 3 From March 1944 it was designated as a Heilag short for Heimkehrerlager a repatriation camp for POWs waiting to be either exchanged or returned home on medical grounds 4 The camps were liberated in late April 1945 when US and Soviet forces met on the Elbe at Torgau Post World War II edit Main article NKVD special camps in Germany 1945 49 After the war the Soviet secret police agency NKVD established its Special Camps Nos 8 and 10 in Fort Zinna and in the nearby Seydlitz barracks Germans and some Soviet citizens were interned here or served sentences passed by the Soviet military tribunals The East German People s Police used the Fort Zinna prison from 1950 to 1990 as a penitentiary In the 1950s it primarily housed political prisoners The Torgau Documentation and Information Center DIZ founded in 1991 and now under the administration of the Saxon Memorial Foundation for the commemoration of the victims of political despotism researches and presents the history of the Torgau prisons in the permanent exhibition Traces of Injustice 5 Notable prisoners editAlbert MullardSee also editList of prisoner of war camps in GermanyReferences edit a b Johnson Graham 2010 Guide to Stalag IV D Torgau Guides to PoW Camps Retrieved 6 December 2011 Johnson Graham 2010 List of IV D Arbeitskommando Guides to PoW Camps Retrieved 6 December 2011 Stalag 4D Z The Wartime Memories Project 2011 Retrieved 6 December 2011 Kriegsgefangenenlager Liste Moosburg Online 2011 Retrieved 6 December 2011 Torgau at the Center of the Military Penal System Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stalag IV D amp oldid 1151652736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
