12 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS The Meaning of German Camp Terms Swedish Red Cross Send NOV 101943 German camps are divided into area, and the larger labor detach­ Writing Paper categories according to the type of ments are miniatures of the base THE LIBRARY prisoners of war they contain. They camp in their construction and or­ The lack of writing paper in G are known by the following termi­ ganization. The German command­ many and Italy is so great that ma RI SONERS OF WAR BULLETIN nology: ers of the labor detachments are sub­ prisoners of war, eager to contin their studies, have been forced lished by the American Na~ional Red Cross for the Relatives of American Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees LAGER-camp ordinate to the officer in charge of STALAG - abbreviation for the Stalag. All the administrative use the wrappings of cigarette pa L_----------------------------------~---------­ ages for making notes, according STAMMLAGER - a permanent work of the camp is carried on in the . 1, NO.2 WASHINGTON, D. C . JULY 1943 a report by Mr. A. de Blonay, -Sec camp for noncoms or privates, or Stalag. The hospital forms part of the tary-General of the European Stude a base camp from which labor de­ base camp. Relief Fund. tachments are sent out Labor detachments vary in strength ZWEIGLAGER-branch camp from 15 to as many as 300 prisoners Mr. de Blonay recently went fro Prisoner of War Camps in lapan-Zentsuji OFLAG - abbreviation for OFFI­ for work in towns, villages, factories, Geneva to Stockholm to seek i ZIERSLAGER-a permanent camp mines, on roads, railroads, etc. When creased Swedish support for stude By John Cotton for officers the strength of the detachment war­ prisoners. The Swedish Red Cr DULAG-abbrevial~on for DURCH­ rants, they are housed in special responded promptly by shipping 4 The camp of Zentsu ji was opened plied to prisoners, and that these laboring in a village bakery. Within GANGSLAGER-a transit camp buildings or barracks near the place 000 notebooks for prisoners of w January 16, 1942, and is situated were sufficient for cold weather. the camp the prisoners are raising LUFTLAGER - abbreviation for of work. In such cases, the individual in Germany and Italy, and an as! 'the northern part of the large The daily food ration is reported rabbits to supplement-their rations LUFTWAFFELAGER - a camp prisoner has no direct contact with tional 100,000 notebooks and 200,0 and of Shikoku, four miles from to be 300 grams (l0Y2 oz.) of bread; and at last reports there were over200. the base camp, which may be fifty sheets of writing paper were pro dotsu near the Inland Sea. It com­ 300 grams (10Y2 oz.) of rice; 160 There is an infirmary in the camp for airmen ises six acres of a fertile plain be· DULAGLUFT - abbreviation for or even a hundred miles away. Com­ ised for early shipment to the Int grams (5Y2 oz.) of wheat; plus po­ and a military hospital nearby. One munication with the camp leader at national' Red Cross Committee f een two hills covered with pines. tatoes, vegetables, fish, and eggs. Japanese doctor is permanently at­ DURCHGANGSL UFTW AFFE­ e climate is good, and there arc LAGER-a transit camp for air­ the base, however, is maintained similar distribution. Working prisoners in divisional labor tached to the camp and is assisted by diseases end'emic to the neighbor­ camps are given some extra food. The three prisoner doctors. There is a men through the prisoners' representative od. The first report from an Inter­ at the head of each working detach­ (Editor's Note: Writing paper a average weight of the men in one monthly medical inspection of all MARLAG-abbreviation for MAR­ tional Red Cross Committee Dele­ working party was reported to be prisoners. INELAGER-a camp for sailors ment. It is this representative who notebooks cannot be included te who visited the camp stated that around 144 Ibs. on March 9, 1943- Sports space is provided for base­ receives from the base, and distributes next-of-kin parcels from the Unit men were at work clearing a MILAG~abbreviation for MILI­ after about a year of captivity. ball, cricket, and deck tennis, with a among the men of his working de­ States. Special paper for prisoners arby hill for planting potatoes, TAERLAGER-a camp for soldiers Some of the working parties going "gymnastic excursion" outside the tachment, the mail and relief sup­ war letters is provided by the Germ etables, and wheat, and that they ILAG-abbreviation for INTERN­ out from this camp are tilling the camp once a week. Radio is avail­ IERTENLAGER-a civilian in­ plies sent to the camps. and Italian authorities.) re paid for this work; while others, .-__________________________--:- __.. rkin g within the camp on neces· soil, loading and unloading goods at able, for local reception, and a library ternment camp neighboring railway stations, and of some 500 books was obtained from y upkeep, were being paid some­ A Stalag is a base camp. Many of Change of Address at less. The latest report received the prisoners carried on the rolls of ws that there were 234 American a base camp may actually not be The names and addresses of the nearest relatives of American prisoners of war and civilian internees, to whom this Bulletin is sent, were furnished to the 'soners (including 54 officers) , and quartered in it but may be living in R ed Cross by the Prisoners of War Information Bureau of the Provost Marshal Australian officers, in a total camp a dependency of the base camp called General's Office. To enable us to keep the mailing list up to date, we must rely on pulation of 320. an Arbeitskommando, or labor de­ our readers to advise us of any change of address. Please inform your Red Cross chapter whenever you change your address and always give the name of the he buildings comprise two Army tachment. Such detachments are prisoner as well as your own. racks two stories high, well venti- usually scattered over a fairly wide ,______________________________ .. ed, with the kitchen in a separate ilding. The barracks have recently n divided into rooms containing ~ one to fo urteen camp beds, each .---________.. Vll1g five thin blankets, a pillow, d a counterpane. Officers have mat- Prisoners of War Bulletin Sec. 562 P. L. & R. sses in addition. Heat is supplied Published by U. S, POSTAGE what are described as "modern PAID ves." Sanitation facilities were re- The American National Red Cross - Washington, D. C. rted to be clean and sufficiently Washington 13, D. C. Permit No. 84 tant from the main buildings. Hot ~ 7 I-_______-t. ,~hs are permitted once a week, or Ice a week for laborers; cold show­ are available every day. Improvement in Clothing and Librarian Rations University of Texas Library lot~l ing at the camp was reported Austin Texas be ll1sufficient at first, but later orts indicate that captured uni- Americatl prisotlers of war at Zetltsuji. This group itlcludes five aviators from the nlS and overcoats had been sup- U. S. S. Houston - ~ 2 Life Insurance for How Relief Supplies Reach Prisoners ofW Prisoners of War American prisoners of war, By Henry W. Dunning wherever located, may take out addi­ tional National Service Life Insur­ The Red Cross Fleet The procurement, tra~sportati~n, transportation overseas. Shippi?g ance so as to bring up their maximum and distribution of relIef supplIes Red Cross prisoner of war supplIes The International Red Cross coverage to $10,000, provided re­ for prisoners of war and ~ivilian in­ overseas presents another set of prob­ mittee at Geneva is respons' quests for such additional insurance ternees in Europe and ASia now en­ lems which have naturally grown moving the goods in the are mailed to the Veterans Admin­ gage the labors of many thousands of more acute as the battle lines have Marseille service, on ships istration in Washington, D. C., be­ fore midnight on August 10, 1943. workers, a large part of them volun­ extended and the demands on ship­ have been chartered by the No medical examination or formal teers. Procurement may begin in the ping space constantly increased. Ves­ Red Cross Society. Early in application to obtain the additional workrooms of a Red Cross chapter sels sailing under neutral flags, the Committee applied to the ~nd insurance is necessary-merely a letter where sweaters are knitted and band­ with neutral crews, must of wartime ments of the various be . to the Veterans Administration, ages rolled; or with the Department necessity be used for shipp.ing .such tries and succeeded in ob which must give the name, rank, of Agriculture which purchases for supplies across the Atlantic-either mission to operate neu previous organization, amount of in­ the Red Cross the food products that direct to Marseille, France, whence prisoners' relief purposes, surance desired, as well as the name go into the prisoner of war parcels they go overland to Geneva, ~witzer­ following conditions: and address of the prisoner's bene­ packed by volun~eers in ~he p~ckag­ land, or to Lisbon for transshl'pment (a) International Red. Cross ficiary. ing centers at Philadelphia, Chicago, to Marseille in vessels operated by mittee signs must be pam ted All Arperican prisoners of war who, and New York; or with the War and the International Red Cross Com­ ships in such positior,t as to be up to the time of capture, had not Navy Departments which p~ovide mittee. This Lisbon-Marseille "shut­ visible to other ships and agree to the transfer to Swiss reg- ments are consigned to the I.