MILAG

Prisoner of War Association

Marlag Milag Nord, the German PoW camp was initially created in the SandBostel Concentration camp and only moved to a new site in Westertimpke following protests from the Red Cross Protecting Powers.

Marlag (MARine LAGer) held Royal Navy Prisoners while Milag (Marine Internee LAGer) was for merchant seamen, passengers and some other interned civilians. The camps were located close to one another but had little to do with one another apart from sharing the camp hospital (in Milag) a common cemetry and a separate shower block (from which the Albert R.N. escape took place)

During WW II some 4,500 seamen and civilian passengers endured illegal captivity in this camp.