This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is based on weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946). Additional locations based on newspapers, interviews, and other NARA records (at College Park and Regional Archives).

The POW Camps in Colorado during World War II included:

*Ault, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO), now the Armory
*Bob's Creek, Lincoln County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Brighton, Adams and Weld Counties, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Brush, Morgan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Carson (Camp Christopher "Kit"), near Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO, now Fort Carson (base camp)
*Deadman Mountain, Boulder County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Delta, Delta County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Eaton, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Denver County, CO, was US Army General Hospital; built in 1918, renamed in 1920, then renamed Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. Closed June 30, 1996 under the Defence Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) of 1990. Rebuilt in/around 2000.
*Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Fraser, Grand County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Fruita, Mesa County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Galeton, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Gilcrest, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Gould (Camp), Jackson County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Greeley (Camp), Greeley, Weld County, CO (base camp)
*Hale (Camp Irving), Pando, Eagle County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO), dismantled in 1965
*Holly, Prowers County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Johnstown, Larimer and Weld Counties, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Keenesburg, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Kersey, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Kremmling, Grand County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Lamar, Prowers County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Las Animas, Bent County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Logan (Fort John A.), Denver, Denver County, CO
*Longmont, Boulder and Weld Counties, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Loveland, Larimer County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Minturn, Eagle County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Montrose, Montrose County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Morgan (Fort), Morgan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*New Castle, Garfield County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Ovid, Sedgwick County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Palisade, Mesa County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Pando, Eagle County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Pierce, Weld County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Rocky Ford, Otero County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Adams County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Springfield, Baca County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Sterling, Logan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO, sometimes Scottsbluff, NE)
*Sugar City, Crowley County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Trinidad (Camp), Trinidad, Las Animas County, CO (base camp)
*Walden, Jackson County, CO (branch camp under Greeley, CO)
*Walsh, Baca County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)
*Weston (Stonewall), Las Animas County, CO (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Wiggins, Morgan County, CO (branch camp under Carson, CO)

Camp Trinidad had a branch camp in KS.

Camp Greeley had a branch camp in WY.

Camp Carson had a branch camp in NE.

Enemy alien internment camp:
Granada, Prowers County, CO

Cemeteries:
Fort Logan Post Cemetery, Denver, Denver, CO (Now Fort Logan National Cemetery)

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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