Main gate at Wolfsberg Detention Camp
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Main Gate at Wolfsberg Detention Camp, which opened in October 1939 in Kärnten (former Upper Austria) to accommodate Polish Officer POW's. In 1941 French, Belgium and British POW's arrived. In Oct. 1941 Russian POW's came into the camp, bringing typhus with them. By March 1942 the typhus epidemic was under control. The camp was bombed by the USAF in Dec. 1944, killing 61 POW's.
In May 1945 the stalag was handed over to the British 8th Army, and by June it had become a detention center for what they called "ex-Nazis", run by British Intelligence.
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Interviews
Interviews and discussions with Wilhelm Kriessmann conducted by Carolyn Yeager for "The Heretics' Hour" between March 2010 and November 2011.
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