German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II
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German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II
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Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps during World War II (1939-1945). Germany signed the Third Geneva Convention of 1929, which established norms relating to the treatment of prisoners of war.
- Article 10 required PoWs be lodged in adequately heated and lighted buildings where conditions were the same as for German troops.
- Articles 27-32 detailed the conditions of labour. Enlisted ranks were required to perform whatever labour they were asked if able to do, so long as
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2020-07-13T08:43:08Z
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2024-09-08T09:32:55Z
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