INTERNIERUNGSLAGER (ILAG) IV
Ilag IV existed from late 1943 or early 1944 until the spring of 1945. It was located in Schloss Eisenberg (today Jezeří Castle, in the Czech Republic), in Defense District (Wehrkreis) IV (map 4e). Ilag IV operated under the authority of the Commander of Prisoners of War in Defense District IV (Kommandeur der Kriegsgefangenen im Wehrkreis IV). The camp held Western Allied internees.
The conditions in Ilag IV are unknown, although, generally speaking, the Germans treated Western Allied internees relatively well. The International Committee of the Red Cross, whose representatives had access to the camp, had protecting power–like responsibilities for the internees.
SOURCES
Additional information about Ilag IV 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. 171.
