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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 Maryland during World War II included:
*Andrews Field, Prince George's County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD), now Andrews Air Force Base
*Berlin, Worcester County, MD (branch camp under Somerset, MD)
*Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD (branch camp under Somerset, MD)
*Church Hill, Queen Anne's County, MD (branch camp under Somerset, MD)
*Easton, Talbot County, MD (branch camp under Somerset, MD)
*Edgewood Arsenal (Chemical Warfare Center), Gunpowder, Baltimore County, MD (base camp)
*Flintstone, Allegany County, MD (branch camp under Front Royal Remount Depot, VA)
*Frederick, Frederick County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD)
*Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD)
*Holabird Signal Depot, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD (base camp)
*Hunt (Fort), Sheridan Point, Calvert County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD), cape on Patoxent River near Adelina
*Hurlock, Dorchester County, MD (branch camp under Someret, MD)
*Logan Field, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD (branch camp under Holabird Signal Depot, MD)
*Meade (Fort George G.), near Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (base camp)
*Nanjemoy, Charles County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD)
*Pikesville, Baltimore County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD)
*Ritchie (Camp), Cascade, Frankling and Frederick Counties, MD, now Fort Ritchie
*Somerset (Camp), Westover, Somerset County, MD (base camp)
*Washington (Fort), Prince George's County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD)
*Westminster, Carroll County, MD (branch camp under Meade, MD)
Camp Somerset had a branch camp in VA.
Fort George G. Meade had branch camps (hospitals) in IL and WA.
Enemy alien internment camps:
Fort George G. Meade, near Odenton, Anne Arundel County, MD 20755 (from June 1942 to December 1943)
Cemeteries:
Fort George G. Meade Post Cemetery, Ft. Geo. G. Meade, MD
For more information about these camps, please see:
www.denkmalprojekt.org
Fort George G. Meade Cemetery
www.globalsecurity.org
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.volksbund.de
www.weltkriegsopfer.de
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