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 Ohio during World War II included:

*Bowling Green, Wood County, OH (branch camp under Perry, OH)
*Celina, Mercer County, OH (branch camp under Perry, OH)
*Chillicothe US Federal Reformatory, Ross County, OH
*Columbus, Franklin County, OH (branch camp under Perry, OH)
*Crile (George W.) General Hospital, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
*Defiance, Defiance County, OH (branch camp under Perry, OH)
*Erie Proving Grounds, LaCarne, Ottawa County, OH
*Fletcher (Robert) General Hospital, Cambridge, Guernsey County, OH, now a state mental hospital called Cambridge Psychiatric Hospital
*Marion, Marion County, OH (branch camp under Perry, OH)
*Perry (Camp), Port Clinton, Ottawa County, OH (base camp)
*Scioto Ordnance Depot, Marion County, OH (branch camp under Perry, OH)
*Wilmington, Clinton County, OH (branch camp under Perry, OH)

Enemy alien internment camp:
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH (temporary detention station)

For more information about these camps, please see:

www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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