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

The Germans formed Dulag 181 in Germany on June 12, 1942, from Frontstalag 181. It deployed to various locations in Ukraine, including Zaporozh’e (map 9f), Stalino (today: Donets’k) (9f), where it replaced Dulag 162, and Zugres (today Zuhres) (9d). From September to December 1942, the [End Page 98] camp was deployed in Maikop (9h). In the spring of 1943, the camp deployed to Kerch (9h), and, in the spring of 1944, it was in Sevastopol’ (9h). The unit received field post number (Feldpostnummer) 00 894 between July 15, 1942, and January 24, 1943. The number was struck on July 8, 1944. The Germans disbanded the camp on June 16, 1944.¹ As of August 11, 1942, the camp was subordinate to the Seventeenth Army Rear Area Commander (Kommandant rückwärtiges Armeegebiet, Korück, 550).²

Dulag 181 held Soviet prisoners of war (POWs). The conditions were similar to those in other camps for Soviet POWs. Meager and poor-quality food rations, overcrowding, and lack of proper medical care led to widespread malnutrition and disease, which led to a high mortality rate. Deliberate abuse by the guards exacerbated the prisoners’ suffering. As in other such camps, the Germans screened newly arrived prisoners to separate out Jews and political commissars, who were then shot near the camp by the guards or Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, SD).³