This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is still being developed with new locations added as we work through the weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946).

The POW Camps in Kansas during World War II included:

*Cawker City, Mitchell County, KS (branch camp under Atlanta, NE)
*Concordia (Camp), Concordia, Cloud County, KS 66901 (base camp)
*Council Grove, Morris County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*El Dorado, Butler County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Elkhart, Morton County, KS (branch camp under Trinidad, CO)
*Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Hays, Ellis County, KS (branch camp under Atlanta, NE)
*Hutchinson, Reno County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Lawrence, Douglas County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Leavenworth (Fort) (US Disciplinary Barracks), Leavenworth County, KS 66027
*Leavenworth (Fort) (US Prison), Leavenworth County, KS
*Neodesha, Wilson County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Ottawa, Franklin County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Peabody, Marion County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Phillips (Camp), Salina, Saline County, KS 16701 (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Riley (Fort), Geary and Riley Counties, KS 66442
*Wadsworth, Leavenworth County, KS (branch camp under Riley, KS)
*Winter General Hospital, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS 66622 (branch camp under Weingarten, MO)

Fort Riley had branch camps in MO.

Enemy alien internment camp:
Leavenworth (Fort) (US Prison), Leavenworth County, KS

Cemeteries:
Fort Leavenworth (US Disciplinary Barracks), Ft Leavenworth, KS
Fort Riley Post Cemetery, Ft. Riley, KS

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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