ARMAGH Posted 24 December , 2012 Share Posted 24 December , 2012 POW camp Sagen Germany Where about in Germany was Sagen Camp? Was this camp also used in WW2? I am sure someone on this site will know. Many thanks & Merry Xmas to all Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 24 December , 2012 Share Posted 24 December , 2012 Sagan was the home of Stalag Luft III - as in the Great Escape. I don't know what was there in WW1 It is now the modern day Polish city of Zagan Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel9 Posted 24 December , 2012 Share Posted 24 December , 2012 Joe, No. 137 on this map - http://www.gutenberg-e.org/cgi-bin/dkv/gutenberg/zoomer_steuer.cgi?pn=d1 John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 24 December , 2012 Share Posted 24 December , 2012 Joe, Sagan had a prisoner of war camp during the Great War. It had a capacity of 6,000 prisoners, and was located about 5 miles from the town, on a flat sandy pkain surrounded by forests. My information comes from an excellent new book "Tracing Your Prisoner of War Ancestors, The First World War", by Sarah Paterson, published by Pen & Sword. T his contains, amongst other items, lists of pow camps in Germany, Austria, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Mention is also made of camps in Holland, Switzerland, Bulgaria and East Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 24 December , 2012 Author Share Posted 24 December , 2012 Many thanks to all members for your help in finding Sagan. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flintwich Posted 24 December , 2012 Share Posted 24 December , 2012 Sagan was the home of Stalag Luft III - as in the Great Escape. I don't know what was there in WW1 It is now the modern day Polish city of Zagan Alan Also where the "Wooden Horse" was used in WW2 escape Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 25 December , 2012 Author Share Posted 25 December , 2012 Also where the "Wooden Horse" was used in WW2 escape Al Thanks Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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