Talk:Stalag XI-A

Arbeitskommandos
The German word Arbeitskommando refers to the organizational unit of workers assigned to a task. It does not naturally refer to a camp or a place. I'm aware that Nazi usage can differ from standard German, but unless someone can provide a source, I am doubtful here. If you look at the German Wikipedia's article on this camp, it speaks of 1700 Arbeitskommandos, and with 60000 inmates you don't have 1700 subcamps. This needs to be researched again. --Doric Loon (talk) 10:57, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Italian transfer
An interesting detail from my own family history (but that is not a published source, so I can't put it into the article): when Italy surrendered to Germany in 1943, many British soldiers who had been held as PoWs by the Italians were transferred to German custody and brought to Stalag XI-A. In box of old papers I have just found a card which Great Uncle Bobby sent home, and the camp number is printed at the bottom. I could upload a scan of that to illustrate the article, if other people besides myself think it is interesting. --Doric Loon (talk) 11:04, 3 April 2021 (UTC)