Stalag II-D Stargard was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp located near Stargard, today Stargard Szczecinski, in western Pomerania, 30 km east of Szczecin.
On 25 February 1945 most of the prisoners were forced to march westward in advance of the Soviet offensive and endured great hardships before they were freed by Allied troops in April 1945 .
The lower ranks prisoners at this camp fared much better than those in many other camps f...
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Stalag II-D Stargard was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp located near Stargard, today Stargard Szczecinski, in western Pomerania, 30 km east of Szczecin.
On 25 February 1945 most of the prisoners were forced to march westward in advance of the Soviet offensive and endured great hardships before they were freed by Allied troops in April 1945 .
The lower ranks prisoners at this camp fared much better than those in many other camps further south. They worked predominately on farms and had the possibility to obtain better nourishment.
It was relatively easy to escape from a farm, but much more difficult to evade recapture. Prisoners working on farms did not have the essential assistance that was provided in Oflags by teams of dedicated specialists who forged documents and prepared maps. Without these it was extremely difficult to traverse hundreds of miles past frequent checks by the Nazi police.
Gabriel Regnier, a French prisoner, describes his failed attempt 23 March...
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