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

The Wehrmacht established Dulag 150 on April 1, 1941, in Poland, from Frontstalag 150. As of June 1941, the camp deployed to various localities in the Army Group North Rear Area (Heeresgebiet Nord). Specifically, in July 1941, the camp deployed to Dünaburg (today: Daugavpils, Latvia) (map 9b); as of September 6, 1941, it was in Staraia Russa, Russia (9a); and then it moved to Idritsa, Russia (9b). The camp was disbanded on September 20, 1943.³ Dulag 150 received field post number (Feldpostnummer) 25 628 between February 15 and July 30, 1942. The number was struck on October 15, 1943.

Starting in May 1941, the camp was subordinate to Security Division (Sicherungsdivision) 281, and, as of August 1, 1942, to the Commander of Prisoners of War in Operations Area IV (Kommandeur der Kriegsgefangenen im Operationsgebiet IV) and the Sixteenth Army Rear Area Commander (Kommandant rückwärtiges Armeegebiet, Korück, 584).⁴ On April 1, 1943, there were 96 German personnel at the camp, and, on May 1, 1943, there were 69 German personnel.⁵

While deployed in the occupied Soviet Union, the camp held Soviet prisoners of war (POWs). There were several thousand prisoners in the camp in Staraia Russa, while the camp in Idritsa held only a small number. On April 1, 1943, there were only 44 prisoners in the camp, and, on May 1, 1943, there were 91.⁶ The conditions, especially while the camp was in Staraia Russa, were similar to those in other camps for Soviet POWs. Overcrowding, inadequate food and medical care, and deliberate abuse by the guards led to widespread malnutrition and disease and a high mortality rate. As in other camps, the Germans screened newly arrived prisoners to identify Jews and Communists who were then shot by Sicherheitsdienst personnel or the camp guards.⁷