Network

"Wehrkreis VI" ("Military District VI")

The Esterwegen Memorial is a founding member of the network “Memorials and institutions commemorating prisoners of war in the former ‘Wehrkreis VI Muenster’”, abbreviated to “Network Wehrkreis VI". The military district, which existed until 1945 and had its headquarters in Muenster/Westphalia, was divided into the military replacement districts of Muenster, Dortmund, Duesseldorf and Cologne.

With the beginning of the attack on Poland in September 1939, the Wehrmacht set up a dense network of prisoner of war camps in the occupied territories and in the "Reich" itself, which was divided into so-called Wehrkreise. The prisoner of war camps in the Emsland and in the county of Bentheim were also part of this system. In addition to the main camps (Stalags) VI B Versen and VI C Bathorn with their branch camps (Oberlangen, Wesuwe, Fullen, Groß Hesepe, Dalum, Wietmarschen, Alexisdorf) and the officers' camps (Oflags) Oberlangen and Wesuwe, the associated “Wehrkreis VI Muenster” also included the prisoner of war camps mentioned below.

Further information on the respective camps is provided by the respective network members and the listed internet resources:

Stalag VI A Hemer:

Stalag VI D Dortmund:

Historical Association Ar.Kod.M e.V.

Publication on the prisoner of war camp by Regina Mentner (2021)

Blog "Bunker Dortmund"

Stalag VI F Bocholt:

Information from historian Marius Lange

Stalag VI G Bonn-Duisdorf:

Bonn History Workshop

Stalag VI H Arnoldsweiler/Dueren:

City of Dueren

Culture. Landscape. Digital. (KuLaDig)

Stalag VI J SA-Lager Fichtenhain/Krefeld:

Villa Merlaender (Robert Muschalla)

Stalag VI K (326) Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock:

Stalag 326 (VI K) Senne Memorial Association

Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe  (LWL)

Working group Flowers for Stukenbrock e.V. 

Oflag VI A Soest:

History Workshop French Chapel Soest 

Working group of NS Memorials and places of remembrance in NRW e.V. 

Oflag VI B Doessel-Warburg:

City of Warburg

Information on Oflag at web.archive.org

Information about the Oflag of photographer Christof Störmer 

Oflag VI C Eversheide/Osnabrueck:

Anti-war barrack Atter-Osnabrueck e.V.

Oflag VI D Muenster:

City of Muenster 

Oflag VI E Dorsten:

Dorsten Lexicon (Wolf Stegemann) 

Supraregional

Soviet war cemeteries in Germany

Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Sovjet Ereveld Leusden

Stichting Sovjet Ereveld

Soviet prisoners of war - An international research and documentation project

Max Weber Netzwerk Osteuropa