KRIEGSGEFANGENEN-AUFFANGLAGER (AUFLAG) 2
The Wehrmacht established Auflag 2 on May 31, 1940, in Defense District (Wehrkreis) VI. On May 1, 1941, the unit was reorganized as AGSSt 22. The unit’s field post number (Feldpostnummer) was 30 959. The unit deployed to various localities in France. While there, Auflag 2 was first subordinate to the Eighteenth Army Rear Area Commander (Kommandant rückwärtiges Armeegebiet, Korück, 583) and then, as of October 21, 1940, to the First Army Rear Area Commander (Korück 588).
The camp was probably used for the reception and short-term imprisonment of French prisoners of war. Few details about the camp during its deployment are available.
SOURCES
Primary source material about Auflag 2 is located in the BA-MA, RH 49/4: Auffanglager.
Additional information about Auflag 2 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. 39.
