OFFIZIERLAGER (OFLAG) VII C/Z
The Wehrmacht established Oflag VII C/Z (map 4f) on July 25, 1940, in the castle at Tittmoning. Oflag VII C/Z was a subcamp (Zweiglager) of Oflag VII C/H in Laufen, 18.7 kilo-meters (11.6 miles) to the southeast.
Oflag VII C/Z held British officers and their orderlies (batmen) whom the Germans transferred from Oflag VII C/H. The peak population was about 220. The conditions were satisfactory. Various kinds of sporting and artistic activities were available, and the prisoners received Red Cross parcels to supplement their rather meager rations. On February 1, 1941, the Wehrmacht redesignated the camp as Oflag VII D.
SOURCES
Information about Oflag VII C/Z 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. 11; Gianfranco Mattiello, Prisoners of War in Germany 1939–1945 (Camps, Nationalities, Monthly Population) (Lodi: self-published, 2003); Georg Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945, Vol. 3: Die Landstreitkräfte 6-14 (Frankfurt/Main: Biblio, 1970), p. 74.
