This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is still being developed with new locations added as we work through the weekly reports.

The POW Camps in Kansas during World War II included:

Camp Concordia, Concordia, KS 66901 (base camp)
Camp Phillips, Salina, KS 16701
Cawker City, KS (branch camp under Camp Atlanta, NE)
Fort Riley, KS 66442
Hays, KS (branch camp under Camp Atlanta, NE)
Penal Institution, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027
US Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027
USP Fort Leavenworth, KS
Winter General Hospital, Topeka, KS

POWs were buried at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley.

For more information about these camps, please see:
www.globalsecurity.org
www.volksbund.de
www.kriegsgefangen.de
www.denkmalprojekt.org
www.weltkriegsopfer.de

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