Oflag XII-B

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.

Oflag XII-B
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
Mainzer Zitadelle, 2005
Site information
Type	Prisoner-of-war camp
Controlled by	Nazi Germany
Location
Oflag XII-B Mainz, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
Coordinates	49.99344°N 8.27422°E / 49.99344; 8.27422
Site history
In use	1940 – 1942

Aquarelle par Louis Fauvarque, lieutenant artilleur français : sa chambrée dans l’OFLAG XII B à Hadamar (peinte en mars 1943 et envoyée à sa famille). Watercolour by Louis Fauvarque, French artillery lieutenant: his room in OFLAG XII B at Hadamar (painted in March 1943 and sent to his family)

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)
• André Clayeux (World War II)
• André Schulmann (World War II)
• Paul-Louis Roche (World War II)
• Jean-Louis Morvan (World War II)
• Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (World War II)

See also

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

References

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

External links

• World War I British officer in Mainz Citadel