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 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 John Adams), Burlington County, NJ (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 Joyce), 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
*Somerville, Quartermaster Supply Depot, Somerset County, NJ (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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