Fitzsimons General Hospital - Aurora, CO
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Outspoken1
N 39° 44.676 W 104° 50.258
13S E 513911 N 4399423
Fitzsimons operated a WWII POW camp for German and Italian prisoners who were ill with tuberculosis.
Waymark Code: WMM77C
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2014
Views: 9
The POW camp sat on the southeast corner of the grounds of Fitzsimons General Hospital. The facility consisted of quickly built, non-insulated prisoner barracks, mess hall, guards barracks and lavatory/showers. The only plumbing was in the lavatory/showers. There was no central heat; the only heat was from stoves in the barracks. The area was surrounded by a stockade topped with barbed wire with three guard towers. The POW camp was razed in 1947. (from (
visit link) , pg. 18).
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