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 Michigan during World War II included:

Allegan, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
Blissfield, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
Camp Evelyn, MI (Branch Camp)
Coloma, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
Fort Custer, Augusta, MI, state land since 1971 (base camp)
Fort Wayne, Detroit, MI
Freeland, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
Fremont, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
Grant, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
Owosso, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
Romulus, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)
USFR Milan, MI
Waterloo, MI (branch camp of Fort Custer, MI)

POWs were buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery.

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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