Oflag XXI-C was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers located in Warthegau, a western province of Poland that had been incorporated into the German Reich in 1939.
It was originally established near Schokken, present day Skoki, 30km (18 miles) north of Poznań. Then it was moved to Schildberg, present day Ostrzeszów, 29km south of Ostrów Wielkopolski, taking over buildings previously used as a camp for wounded and sick Britis...
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Oflag XXI-C was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers located in Warthegau, a western province of Poland that had been incorporated into the German Reich in 1939.
It was originally established near Schokken, present day Skoki, 30km (18 miles) north of Poznań. Then it was moved to Schildberg, present day Ostrzeszów, 29km south of Ostrów Wielkopolski, taking over buildings previously used as a camp for wounded and sick British non-commissioned officers and called Stalag XXI-A. This camp was unique among POW camps in that it used several buildings in the center of the small town, from which the remaining Polish inhahabitants had been removed. These buildings were not adjacent to each other and were surrounded by barbed-wire fences.
Oflag XXI-C was a camp for Norwegian officers arrested in Norway in 1942 and 1943. Originally most soldiers and officers had been released after the end of the Norwegian campaign, but as resistance activities increased, the officers were...
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