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2 unusual facts about Stalag XIII-D


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Stalag XIII-D, a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp in Nürnberg

Józef Kos

When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Kos was one of many Polish men that were rounded up and sent to Stalag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser, which was a prisoner-of-war camp used by Germany and located in Nuremberg.


Lyle Bouck

Bouck and his men were finally imprisoned in Stalag XIII-D in Nuremberg and later in Stalag XIII-C in Hammelburg, where the non-commissioned and enlisted men were split, with the officers sent to Oflag XIII-B.

Stalag XIII-C

The 1960s and 1970s American television program Hogan's Heroes was situated in a fictitious POW Camp called "Stalag 13" located near Hammelburg.


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