AFHI Virtual Museum - The Story of Stalag Luft III

Stalag Luft III was located 100 miles southeast of Berlin in what is now Poland. The POW camp was one of six operated by the Luftwaffe for downed British and American airmen.

Compared to other prisoner of war camps throughout the Axis world, it was a model of civilized internment.

The Geneva Convention of 1929 on the treatment of prisoners of war was complied with as much as possible, but it was still war, still prison, and still grim. With a madman on top, there was the ever-present threat that authority above the Luftwaffe could change things on a whim.

Security & the Prospects of Escape

Stalag Luft III's Escape Policy and camp security procedures related to escapes.

To learn more about the camp's escape policy, click on the Play button under window on the right.

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Memoirs from the camp's Commandant

To hear the recollections of the camp's Commondant, click on the Play button on the right. The video segment will play in the window above.

Memoirs

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Royal Air Force Document	The Fence Surrounding the Camp	A Typical Room
Aerial Reconnaissance Photo of Stalag Luft III	Roll Call	Kriegie Exercise
South Camp Newspaper	Kriegie Art	Logbooks
I.O.U's	Clipped Wings	German I.D. Cards
German Bullets	Funeral	South Camp Burial