STALAG XVII-A German POW Camp 1943 Cover PRISONER of WAR Kaisersteinbruch w/note

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STALAG XVII-A German POW Camp 1943 Cover PRISONER of WAR Kaisersteinbruch w/noteIt was sent 10 Aug 1943. It was franked "Free". It was sent from to Aleksandor Tankovic.This cover is in good, but NOT perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. Member USCS & APS (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Approvals service with FREE shipping provided to repeat USA customers.Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (German: Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945).[1]Germany had signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established provisions relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.Article 10 required that PoWs should be lodged in adequately heated and lighted buildings where conditions were the same as for German troops.Articles 27-32 detailed the conditions of labour. Enlisted ranks were required to perform whatever labour they were asked if able to do, so long as it was not dangerous and did not support the German war-effort. Senior Non-commissioned officers (sergeants and above) were required to work only in a supervisory role. Commissioned officers were not required to work, although they could volunteer. The work performed was largely agricultural or industrial, ranging from coal- or potash-mining, stone quarrying, or work in saw mills, breweries, factories, railroad yards, and forests. PoWs hired out to military and civilian contractors were supposed to receive pay. The workers were also supposed to get at least one day a week of rest.Article 76 ensured that PoWs who died in captivity were honourably buried in marked graves.Contents1 Types of Camps2 Nomenclature3 List of Camps by Military District3.1 Military District I (Königsberg)3.2 Military District II (Stettin)3.3 Military District III (Berlin)3.4 Military District IV (Dresden)3.5 Military District V (Stuttgart)3.6 Military District VI (Münster)3.7 Military District VII (Munich)3.8 Military District VIII (Breslau)3.9 Military District IX (Kassel)3.10 Military District X (Hamburger)3.11 Military District XI (Hanover)3.12 Military District XII (Wiesbaden)3.13 Military District XIII (Nuremberg)3.14 Military District XVII (Vienna)3.15 Military District XVIII (Salzburg)3.16 Military District XX (Danzig)3.17 Military District XXI (Posen)3.18 Other Camps4 Luftwaffe Camps5 Kriegsmarine Camps6 References7 External links8 Further readingTypes of CampsAdministration Barrack III in Oflag XD, drawn by Belgian officer POW Léon Gossens, 1944Dulag or Durchgangslager (transit camp) – These camps served as a collection point for POWs prior to reassignment. These camps were intelligence collection centers.Dulag Luft or Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe (transit camp of the Luftwaffe) – These were transit camps for Air Force POWs. The main Dulag Luft camp at Frankfurt was the principal collecting point for intelligence derived from Allied POW interrogationHeilag or Heimkehrerlager (repatriation camps) - Camps for the return of prisoners. Quite often these men had suffered disabling injuries.Ilag/Jlag or Internierungslager ("Internment camp") – These were civilian internment camps.Marlag or Marine-Lager ("Marine camp") – These were Navy personnel POW camps.Milag or Marine-Internierten-Lager ("Marine internment camp") – These were merchant seamen internment camps.Oflag or Offizier-Lager ("Officer camp") – These were POW camps for officers.Stalag or Stammlager ("Base camp") – These were enlisted personnel POW camps.Stalag Luft or Luftwaffe-Stammlager ("Luftwaffe base camp") – These were POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews.NomenclatureAt the start of World War II, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts (Wehrkreis), which were each assigned Roman numerals. The camps were numbered according to the military district. A letter behind the Roman number marked individual Stalags in a military district.e.g.Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II).Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main camp had a suffix of "/H" (for Hauptlager - main camp).e.g.Oflag VII-C/H meant this is the main camp.Oflag VII-C/Z meant this is a sub-camp of a main camp.Some of these sub-camps were not the traditional POW camps with barbed wire fences and guard towers, but merely accommodation centers.List of Camps by Military DistrictDiorama of the German World War II PoW camp Stalag Luft III.Collection of everyday items of Polish prisoners from the Oflag VII-A Murnau.See also: Military district (Germany)Military District I (Königsberg)Stalag I-A Stablack, Preußisch EylauStalag I-B HohensteinStalag I-C, from June 1943: Stalag Luft VI, HeydekrugStalag I-D MontwyStalag I-E ProstkenStalag I-F SudauenMilitary District II (Stettin)Stalag II-A NeubrandenburgStalag II-B Hammerstein–SchlochauStalag II-C GreifswaldStalag II-D StargardStalag II-E SchwerinStalag II H RaderitzOflag II-A PrenzlauOflag II-B ArnswaldeOflag II-C WoldenbergOflag II-D Gross BornOflag II-E NeubrandenburgMilitary District III (Berlin)Stalag III-A LuckenwaldeStalag III-B Fürstenberg/OderStalag III-C Alt-DrewitzStalag III-D BerlinOflag III-A LuckenwaldeOflag III-B Wehrmachtlager Tibor/ZuellichauOflag III-C Lübben/SpreeMilitary District IV (Dresden)Stalag IV-A ElsterhorstStalag IV-B Mühlberg (Elbe)Stalag IV-C Wistritz bei TeplitzStalag IV-D TorgauStalag IV-E AltenburgStalag IV-F HartmannsdorfStalag IV-G OschatzOflag IV-A HohnsteinOflag IV-B KoenigsteinOflag IV-C Colditz CastleOflag IV-D ElsterhorstMilitary District V (Stuttgart)Stalag V-A LudwigsburgStalag V-B VillingenStalag V-C WildbergStalag V-D StrasbourgOflag V-A WeinsbergOflag V-B BiberachOflag V-C WurzachMilitary District VI (Münster)Stalag VI-A Hemer/IserlohnStalag VI-B Neu-VersenStalag VI-C Oberlangen/EmslandStalag VI-D DortmundStalag VI-F BocholtStalag VI-G Bonn–DuisdorfStalag VI-H Arnoldsweiler/DuerenStalag VI-J S.A. Lager Fichtenhein/Krefeld and DorstenStalag VI-K StukenbrockOflag VI-A SoestOflag VI-B Doessel–WarburgOflag VI-C Eversheide/OsnabrückOflag VI-D MünsterOflag VI-E DorstenMilitary District VII (Munich)Stalag VII-A MoosburgStalag VII-B MemmingenOflag VII LaufenOflag VII-A Murnau am StaffelseeOflag VII-B EichstaettOflag VII-C LaufenOflag VII-D TittmoningMilitary District VIII (Breslau)Stalag VIII-A GörlitzStalag VIII-B LamsdorfStalag VIII-C SaganStalag VIII-D TeschenStalag VIII-E/308 NeuhammerStalag VIII-F LamsdorfOflag VIII-A Kreuzburg/OppelnOflag VIII-B SilberbergOflag VIII-C JuliusburgOflag VIII-D/Tittmoning CastleOflag VIII-E JohannisbrunnOflag VIII-F Mährisch-TrübauOflag VIII-G Weidenau/FreiwaldauOflag VIII-H/H Oberlangendorf/SternbergOflag VIII-H/Z Eulenberg/RoemerstadtMilitary District IX (Kassel)Stalag IX-A ZiegenhainStalag IX-B Wegscheide/Bad OrbStalag IX-C Bad SulzaOflag IX-A/H Burg SpangenbergOflag IX-A/Z Rotenburg/FuldaOflag IX-B Weilburg/LahnOflag IX-C Molsdorf near ErfurtMilitary District X (Hamburger)Stalag X-A SchleswigStalag X-B SandbostelStalag X-C Nienburg/WeserOflag X HohensalzaOflag X-A ItzehoeOflag X-B Nienburg/WeserOflag X-C LübeckOflag X-D FischbekMilitary District XI (Hanover)Stalag XI-A AltengrabowStalag XI-B FallingbostelStalag XI-C Bergen-BelsenStalag XI-D OerbkeOflag XI-A Osterode am HarzMilitary District XII (Wiesbaden)Stalag XII-A Limburg an der LahnStalag XII-B Frankenthal/PalatinateStalag XII-C Wiebelsheim/RheinStalag XII-D Trier/Petrisberg (Trèves)Stalag XII-E MetzStalag XII-F ForbachOflag XII-A Hadamar/Limburg an der LahnOflag XII-B MainzMilitary District XIII (Nuremberg)Stalag XIII-A Sulzbach-Rosenberg, OberpfalzStalag XIII-B Weiden/OberpfalzStalag XIII-C Hammelburg/MainfrankenStalag XIII-D Nuremberg-LangwasserOflag XIII-A Nuremberg-LangwasserOflag XIII-B HammelburgOflag XIII-D Nuremberg-LangwasserMilitary District XVII (Vienna)Stalag XVII-B Monument at Andersonville PrisonStalag XVII-A KaisersteinbruchStalag XVII-B Krems–Gneixendorf. Formerly named Dulag GneixendorfStalag XVII-C Döllersheim. Previously named Dulag DöllersheimStalag XVII-D Pupping. Previously named Zweiglager Pupping, renamed Stalag 237, Stalag 397, and finally Stalag 398 PuppingOflag XVII-A EdelbachMilitary District XVIII (Salzburg)Stalag XVIII-A WolfsbergStalag XVIII-A/Z SpittalStalag XVIII-B OberdrauburgStalag XVIII-C Markt PongauStalag XVIII-D MariborOflag XVIII-A Lienz/DrauOflag XVIII-B Wolfsberg/KaerntenOflag XVIII-C Spittal/DrauMilitary District XX (Danzig)Stalag XX-A Thorn (Poland) [1]Stalag 312 (also known as Stalag XX-C) Thorn (Poland) Same as aboveStalag XX-B Marienburg (Poland) [2]Military District XXI (Posen)Stalag XXI-A Schildberg (Poland)Stalag XXI-B Schubin (Poland)Stalag XXI-B Thure (Poland)Stalag XXI-C/H Wollstein (Poland)Stalag XXI-C/Z GraetzStalag XXI-D Posen (Poland)Oflag XXI-A Schokken (Poland)Oflag XXI-B Schoken (Poland)Oflag XXI-C Schubin/Schokken/Schildberg (Poland)Oflag XXI-C/Z Grune bei Lissa (Poland)Other CampsOflag 6 Tost (Poland)Oflag 53 Pagėgiai (Lithuania)Oflag 60 Širvintos (Lithuania)Oflag 64 SchubinOflag 79 Waggum, BraunschweigStalag 56 Prostken (Poland)Stalag 133 Rennes (France)Stalag 302 Gross-BornStalag 307 Biała Podlaska (Poland)Stalag 307 Dęblin (Poland)Stalag 313 Czarne (Poland)Stalag 315 Przemyśl (Poland)Stalag 319 Chełm (Poland)Stalag 323 Gross-BornStalag 324 Grodno (Belarus)Stalag 325 Zamość (Poland)Stalag 325 Rawa Ruska (Poland)Stalag 327 Jarosław (Poland)Stalag 328 Lemberg (Poland)Stalag 333 Ostrów-Komorowo (Poland)Stalag 336 Kaunas (Lithuania)Stalag 339 Kyiv-Darniza (Ukraine)Stalag 342 Maladetschna (Belarus)Stalag 343 Alytus (Lithuania)Stalag 344 Vilnius (Lithuania)Stalag 351 BerkenbruggeStalag 355 Khmelnytskyi UkraineStalag 357 Kopernikus (Poland)Stalag 359 Poniatowa (Poland)Stalag 361 Šiauliai (Lithuania)Stalag 366 Siedlce (Poland)Stalag 367 Częstochowa (Poland)Stalag 369 Krakau (Poland)Stalag 369 Kobierzyn (Poland)Stalag 371 Stanislau (Poland)Stalag XX-A (301) Friesack, Wutzetz/Brandenburg, (Germany)Luftwaffe Camps

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