German PoW Camp - Pacov, okres Pelhrimov, CZ
Posted by: Noe1
N 49° 27.383 E 014° 59.207
33U E 499041 N 5478191
PoW camp at Pacov was established in mid-May 1945,abolished in August 1946.
Waymark Code: WMN00Z
Location: Kraj Vysočina, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/30/2014
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Prison camp at Pacov was established in mid-May 1945, and the last prisoners had left, 10. 8. 1946: The camp was originally planned for 5,000 soldiers, but a total of 45,000 members of the Wehrmacht was finaly interned here. During the existence of the camp there died 284 people, mostly as a result of typhus. Barracks and other facilities of the camp were destroyed soon after its cancellation, preserved is the burial place, where dead prisoners were buried.
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