Stalag XVIII-A
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Stalag XVII-A Wolfsberg and Stalag XVIII-A/Z Spittal were World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camps located at Wolfsberg and Spittal in south-eastern Austria, then part of Germany.
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[edit] Timeline
- October 1939 Polish officer prisoners arrived from the invasion of Poland It was then called Oflag XVIII-B.
- March 1941 Camp redesignated Stalag XVIII-A. French and Belgian arrive, transferred from another camp.
- July - August1941 British and Commonwealth prisoners arrive from Battle of Greece and Battle of Crete. They had come via a transit camp in Saloniki, Greece.
- October 1941 Soviet prisoners arrive, but they were kept in separate enclosure.
- December 1941 typhus epidemic, mainly among Soviet prisoners.
- 1942 new barracks built, 400 British NCOs moved to Spittal sub camp.
- March 1943 Lazarett (camp hospital) built at Spittal sub-camp.
- November 1943, after Italian armistice, Italian and Commonwealth prisoners arrive from Italy.
- June 1944 200 NCOs transferred to Stalag XVIII-C, Markt-Pongau.
- July 1944 Total count: 38,831 all nationalities - 825 in main camp, rest in Work Groups (Arbeitskommandos), of this 10,667 British and Commonwealth.
- December 1944 camp bombed by USAF. 61 prisoners killed.
- April 1945 all fit prisoners from camps and neighboring work groups marched eastward to Stalag XVIII-C in Markt-Pongau.
- May 1945 camp liberated by British 8th Army.
- June 1945 camp becomes British Intelligence detention center for ex-Nazis - until mid 1947..
[edit] Escapes
There were several attempts to escape, primarily from Arbeitskommandos.
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