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 New Jersey during World War II included:

*Belle Mead, Somerset County, NJ (base camp)
*Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ (branch camp under Dix, NJ)
*Caven Point Army Depot, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ (branch camp under Kilmer, NJ), now a US Army Reserve Base
*Centerton, Salem County, NJ (branch camp under Dix, NJ)
*Dias Creek, Cape May County, NJ (branch camp under Dix, NJ)
*Dix (Fort), Burlington County, NJ 08640 (base camp)
*Glassboro, Gloucester County, NJ (branch camp under Dix, NJ)
*Jersey City Quartermaster Supply Depot, Hudson County, NJ (base camp), see Somerville
*Kilmer (Camp), New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ (base camp)
*Monmouth (Fort), Monmouth County, NJ
*Parvin State Park, Salem County, NJ (branch camp under Dix, NJ, sometimes DuPont, DE)
*Port Johnson Terminal, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ
*Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, Middlesex County, NJ 08840
*Somerville, Quartermaster Supply Depot, Somerset County, NJ 08876 (base camp)
*Tilton General Hospital, Fort Dix, Burlington County, NJ

Cemeteries:
Finn’s Point National Cemetery, Finn’s Point, Salem County, NJ

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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