Oflag XII-B

Oflag XII-B
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
Mainzer Zitadelle, 2005
Oflag XII-B
Coordinates	49°59′36″N 8°16′27″E / 49.99344°N 8.27422°E / 49.99344; 8.27422
Type	Prisoner-of-war camp
Site information
Controlled by	Nazi Germany
Site history
In use	1940 – 1942

Oflag XII-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) located in the citadel of Mainz, in western Germany. The fortress had also served as an Oflag in World War I.

Camp history[]

In June 1940 British, Belgian, Dutch and French senior officers and a small number of orderlies were transported to Mainz from transit camps in France and Belgium after the end of the Battle of France. In June 1942, all inmates were transferred to Oflag XII-A in Hadamar, near Limburg, which was then renumbered Oflag XII-B.

Notable prisoners[]

• Sylvain Eugène Raynal (World War I)
• Salomon Gluck (World War II)
• Fernand Braudel (World War II)
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• Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (World War II)

See also[]

• Oflag
• List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany

References[]

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• "Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste)". Moosburg Online. 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

External links[]

• World War I British officer in Mainz Citadel