DURCHGANGSLAGER (DULAG) 413
The Wehrmacht formed Dulag 413 on September 14, 1943, in Defense District (Wehrkreis) XIII. It deployed to Nisch (Serbian: Niš), in occupied Serbia (map 8). In December 1943, the unit was replaced by Dulag 161 and returned to Defense District ХIII, where it was disbanded.1 Dulag 413 received field post number (Feldpostnummer) 04 766 on September 30, 1943. The number was struck on December 21, 1943. The camp was under the command of the Prisoner of War District Commander Z (Kriegsgefangenen-Bezirkskommandant Z) in Belgrade.
The camp commandant in September–November 1943 was Oberstleutnant Rudolf Bischoff (previously deputy commandant of Oflag XIII B) and the deputy commandant was Major der Reserve Johann Sir (previously deputy commandant of Stalag XIII D).2
Dulag 413 held Italian military prisoners. The prisoners were supposed to be sent to the eastern front for forced labor. Specific information about the conditions in the camp is not available, but, in general, the Germans treated Italian prisoners harshly.
SOURCES
Primary source material about Dulag 413 is located in BA-MA (RW 6) and BArch B (162/16750).
Additional information about Dulag 413 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. 61.
