Stalag X-B

Stalag X-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp located near Sandbostel in Lower Saxony in north-western Germany. Between 1939 and 1945 several hundred thousand POWs of 55 nations passed through the camp. Due to the bad conditions in which they were housed, thousands died there of hunger, disease, or were killed by the guards. Estimates of the number of dead range from 8,000 to 50,000.

In late 2004, a non-profit group called Gedenkstätte Lager Sandbostel was founded, and in 2007 a temporary memorial was erected. About one third of the original camp exists today, with 22 historical buildings intact in the former Soviet section of the camp. The memorial is open to the public for most of the year and has an informative website in nine languages, including English.

Address
Greftstraße 3, Sandbostel, Germany

Established
1939