ARMEE-GEFANGENENSAMMELSTELLE (AGSSt) 59
The Wehrmacht formed AGSSt 59 on September 25, 1944. It received field post number (Feldpostnummer) 31 703 on October 10.1 The unit was under the Nineteenth Army Rear Area Commander (Kommandant rückwärtiges Armeegebiet, Korück, 536). AGSSt 59 was located in Strassburg (today: Strasbourg) (map 4f) in October and November 1944 and then in various locations in western Germany. While in Strassburg, it absorbed Dulag Strassburg.
The camp held French and American prisoners. Conditions were generally satisfactory.
The last order pertaining to the camp was dated January 7, 1945, with the remark “missing.” The field post number was struck on March 20. [End Page 64]
SOURCES
Primary source material about AGSSt 59 is located in BA-MA (RH 49/3 and RH 49/93) and WASt.
Additional information about AGSSt 59 can be found in the following publication: Gianfranco Mattiello and Wolfgang Vogt, Deutsche Kriegsgefangenen- und Internierten-Einrichtungen 1939–1945. Handbuch und Katalog: Lagergeschichte und Lagerzensurstempel, vol. 2 (Koblenz: self-published, 1987), p. 37.
NOTES
1. BA-MA, RH 49/3: Armee-Kriegsgefangenensammelstelle; Mattiello and Vogt, Deutsche Kriegsgefangenen- und Internierten-Einrichtungen, p. 37.
