Oflag XII-A

Timeline

• November 1939 - Polish officers and a small number of orderlies were transported to Hadamar from other collection camps in Poland.
• In June 1942 the Polish officers were transferred to other camps, such as Oflag VII-A Murnau and Oflag VI-B, Dössel. In their place British, French and other Allied officers were transferred to Hadamar from the citadel of Mainz. It was then renumbered Oflag XII-B.
• In 1943, after the withdrawal of Italy from the war, the German army transferred Allied officers from camps in Italy, such as Sulmona, to Hadamar.
• The camp was liberated 26 March 1945 by the United States Army.

  Prominent inmates

• George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, son of Field-Marshal Haig
• Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor, BBC war correspondent