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 Michigan during World War II included:

*Allegan, Allegan County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Au Train, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
*Barryton, Mecosta County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Blissfield, Lenawee County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Caro, Tuscola County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Coloma, Berrien County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Croswell, Sanilac County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Custer (Fort George A.), Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MI (base camp), state land since 1971, National Guard
*Dundee, Monroe County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Evelyn (Camp), near Wetmore, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL), origianlly CCC
*Freeland, Saginaw County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Fremont, Newaygo County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Grant, Newaygo County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Grosse Ile Township, Wayne County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Hart, Oceana County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Mattawan, Van Buren County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Mass, Ontonagon County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
*Milan (USFR), Monroe and Washtenaw Counties, MI
*Odessa Lakes, Tuscola County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Owosso, Shiawassee County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI
*Pori, Houghton County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
*Raco, Chippewa County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
*Romulus Army Air Field, Wayne County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Shelby, Oceana County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Sidnaw (Camp), Houghton County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
*Sparta, Kent County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Wayne (Fort), Detroit, Wayne County, MI
*Waterloo (Camp), Jackson County, MI (branch camp under Custer, MI)
*Wetmore, Alger County, MI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)

Cemeteries:
Fort Custer Post Cemetery, Ft. Custer, MI

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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