FRONTSTAMMLAGER (FRONTSTALAG) 136
The Wehrmacht formed Frontstalag 136 on August 17, 1940, in Defense District (Wehrkreis) IV and, beginning in August 1940, was deployed in France.1 On March 27, 1941, the Germans disbanded the unit and used its personnel to create AGSSt 2, 6, 7, and 8.2 The unit received field post number (Feldpostnummer) 20 586 between April 28 and September 14, 1940. The number was struck between February 16 and July 18, 1942. While deployed in France, the camp was under the Armed Forces Commander of France (Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Frankreich).
Frontstalag 136 held French prisoners of war. Specific information on the conditions in the camp are not available, but indications are that they were satisfactory and complied with the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
SOURCES
Primary source material about Frontstalag 136 is located in BA-MA, RW6—Allgemeines Wehrmachtamt/Chef des Kriegsgefangenenwesens.
Additional information about Frontstalag 136 can be found in the following publications: 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. 77; and Georg Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945. Vol. 7: Die Landstreitkräfte 131-200 (Osnabrück: Biblio, 1973), p. 25.
