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 Delaware during World War II included:

*Bethany Beach, Sussex County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)
*Bridgeville, Sussex County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)
*DuPont (Fort Samuel F.), Delaware City, New Castle County, DE (base camp) now a health care center
*Georgetown I, Sussex County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)
*Georgetown II, Sussex County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)
*Harrington, Kent County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)
*Leipsic, Kent County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)
*Lewes, Sussex County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)
*Miles (Fort), Sussex County, DE (base camp)
*New Castle, New Castle County, DE (branch camp under Miles, DE)
*Saulsbury (Fort), Sussex County, DE (branch camp under DuPont, DE)

Fort DuPont has a branch camp in NJ.

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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