Nazi Germany and the Soviet prisoners

The fate of the Soviet prisoners of war at collection points and in transit camps

Nazi prisoner-of-war camps fell into five categories according to their intended purpose — collection points, transit camps (Dulags), permanent prisoner-of-war camps (Stalags and Oflags), labor camps and sub-camps.

All these types of camps existed in the occupied territory of the USSR. In most cases collection points and transit camps were little more than an enclosed area in the open. It was not uncommon for the permanent camps to be organized in the same manner. The nourishment was practically absent.