The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945

The Wehrmacht established Dulag 101 on June 13, 1941, from the staff of Frontstalag 101.¹ It received field post number (Feldpostnummer) 37 042 between February 28 and July 27, 1941; the number was struck on October 27, 1944. Dulag 101 soon moved to Poland. Between 1941 and 1943, it operated in various populated localities in the rear area of the Eighteenth Army, specifically in the city of Narva, the town of Volosovo, in the village of Kotly, and in the town of Kingisepp (all map 9a). Dulag 101 was disbanded on August 27, 1944.²

The unit was first subordinate to the 207th Security Division (Sicherungsdivision), and, on August 1, 1942, it was placed under the authority of the Commander of Prisoners of War in Operations Area (Kommandeur der Kriegsgefangenen im Operationsgebiet) IV.

The camp held Soviet prisoners of war. The conditions, particularly during the time when the camp was located in Kotly, were inhumane. Extremely meager and unpalatable food, enormous congestion in a small area, and lack of proper hygiene or medical aid led to mass famine and disease, which in turn produced a high death rate. Abuse by the guards only worsened matters. As in the other camps, the newly arrived prisoners were screened to separate out the Jews and Communists, who were then shot by the guards or Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, SD).³