Dülmen POW camp was located at Haltern am See in the district of Lembraken/Sythen near Dülmen. Two officers barracks remain near the entrance of the POW camp and have been converted for residential use. The site of the compound has been quarried and is now a lake.

2007年11月19日 · Report of visit by Mr Dresel to Detention Camp at Dülmen. This camp, previously described in a report by Mr Jackson on the 21st October 1915, was visited on the present occasion on the 18th and 19th March, 1916. At the date of the visit 1,051 British out of 4,398 prisoners were found here, about 300 British being absent in working camps.

2014年12月7日 · Perhaps Andy’s trip into Germany followed a common transport route for POWs: to Brussels, through Liege, Aachen and Dusseldorf, before arriving at Dülmen camp. The journey took several days, the men crammed into cattle cars that bumped and shunted along.

Dulmen was considered to be a good camp, where the prisoners were treated reasonably. It was under the command of 7 th Army Corps. Usually the prisoner of war camps were made up of a group of huts which had sleeping quarters, latrines and cook houses.

2009年7月1日 · He wrote that Dulmen was a nicer POW camp because it was a "show" camp, this was one of the camps they would show the Red Cross to prove that they were treating the soldiers well. Most in the early parts of the war didn't stay long at Dulmen, maybe only a …

2012年3月31日 · I am looking for any information on the German Prisoner ofWar Camp at Dulmen. I served in Germanyand if my memory serves me well there was a large Fuel Depot at Dulmen. Wouldthis be the same place or have I got the spellings completely wrong. My daughter-in-law’s great grandfather was taken priso...

Interior view of a Catholic chapel in Dulmen Camp. Note the ornately painted crossbeams. We have over 1.7 million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, such as who made it or used it.

2010年12月26日 · DULMEN.—A small town (pop. 7,500) with a castle surrounded by estates of the Duke of Croy-Diilmen, the centre of numerous working commandos.There is a large assembly camp placed on high heather ground five miles from the town.The barracks are good.7th Army Corps. Here are some pics from the Town & Camp

Ce camp fut au début un camp de triage. Il contenait des prisonniers français, russes, anglais, belges, roumains, portugais, mais aussi de nombreux civils déportés. Le camp fut très vite baptisé "camp de la mort", car les Allemands utilisèrent des "cobayes", c'est-à-dire des détenus qui subissaient des piqûres contre le choléra, la ...

Outdoor group portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW Camp Dulmen. Identified sitting on ground in front is 4716A Private (Pte) Frederick Charles Gaffney, 22nd Battalion from Melbourne, Victoria. Pte Gaffney enlisted at the age of 19 on 11 October 1915 and embarked for overseas on 4 April 1916 aboard HMAT Euripides.