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Lubusz Voivodeship

powiat żagański

Dulag Kunau – Prisoner of War Transit Camp Memorial

Lubusz Voivodeship

powiat żagański

Dulag Kunau – Prisoner of War Transit Camp Memorial

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Dulag Kunau – Prisoner of War Transit Camp Memorial

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Location: Iłowa, powiat żagański, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

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In 1939, after the aggression of Nazi Germany on Poland, thousands of Polish soldiers were taken prisoner. Prisoners were first sent to the so-called transit camps. dulags (German: Durchgangslager). After initial registration, they were sent to permanent camps (so-called stalags, short for German: Stammlager), which in many cases were established next to the temporary ones. The camp in Konin Żagański (German: Kunau) existed already at the end of September 1939 and operated until the spring of 1940. From Dulag Kunau, soldiers were gradually transferred to the Stalag VIIIC camp in Żagań (German: Sagan).

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The conditions created by the Wehrmacht in Konin were bad and differed significantly from the recommendations of international war law (Convention Relating to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, signed …

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Prisoners from the liquidated camp in Kunau were sent to Zgorzelec (Görlitz) and Żagań. Soldiers transferred from Kunau to Sagan had identical living conditions: they slept in tents, and only …

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Location: Iłowa, powiat żagański, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

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