Kronenberg Collection

WORLD WAR II POW OFFICER CAMPS:

MURNAU

THE MURNAU OFFICERS POW CAMP, OFLAG VIIA, WAS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE TOWN MURNAU IN BAVARIA. 6 000 POLISH OFFICERS WERE KEPT THERE TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED ENLISTED MEN. AT THE END OF 1944 800 OFFICERS CAPTURED DURING THE WARSAW UPRISING WERE ADDED AND IN THE BEGINNING OF 1945 400 OFFICERS WERE TRANSFERRED FROM WOLDENBERG. THE CAMP MAIL WAS ACTIVE FROM NOV. 6, 1942 UNTIL THE LIBERATION BY THE ALLIED ARMIES ON APR. 29, 1945.