SAMMELLAGER PILLAU
The German Third Army (AOK 3) established Sammellager Pillau in Pillau, East Prussia (now Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) (see map 4c) in October 1939. The camp closed in November 1939. The navy may also have used the site, but documentary evidence is lacking.
SOURCES
There is very little information on this camp, but what there is can be found in Witold Zurawski: “Niemieckie obozy dla jenców wojennych (1939–1945). VII. I Okreg Wojskowy Wehrmachtu-Królewiec (cz. I), (Deutsche Kriegsgefangenenlager (1939–1945). VII. Der Wehrkreis I Königsberg (Teil I)),” in: Historyczno-Badawczy Biuletyn Filatelistyczny 28 no. 2, 86–94.
