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  • Oflag 79
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  • Oflag 79 was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers. The camp was located at Waggum near Braunschweig in Germany, also known by the English name of Brunswick. It was located in a three-story brick building that had previously been the home of a German parachute regiment, near the Herman Göring aircraft engine factory.
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  • DE-NI
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  • Braunschweig, Germany,
Name
  • Oflag 79
Type
  • Prisoner-of-war camp
Occupants
  • About 2,500 British & Commonwealth officers
used
  • 1943
Latitude
  • 52.308000
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  • Braunschweig, Germany,
map type
  • Germany 1937
Longitude
  • 10.558100
Location
  • Braunschweig, Germany
abstract
  • Oflag 79 was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers. The camp was located at Waggum near Braunschweig in Germany, also known by the English name of Brunswick. It was located in a three-story brick building that had previously been the home of a German parachute regiment, near the Herman Göring aircraft engine factory.