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|name = Oflag VII-D / Oflag VII-C/Z / Ilag VII/Z
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|location = [[Tittmoning]], [[Bavaria]]
|image = Burg Tittmoning Tittmoning-4.jpg
|caption = Tittmoning Castle, which housed the camp
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|map_alt = Tittmoning, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
|map_caption = Tittmoning, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)
|type = [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|Prisoner-of-war camp]] / internment camp
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|used = 1941–1945
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'''Oflag VII-D''' was a [[World War II]] [[Germany|German]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] for [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]]s (''Offizierlager'') located in [[Tittmoning]] Castle in south-eastern [[Bavaria]].

==Camp history==
The camp was opened as '''Oflag VII-D''' in February 1941, but in November 1941 became a sub-camp of [[Oflag VII-C]], and was redesignated '''Oflag VII-C/Z'''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.moosburg.org/info/stalag/laglist.html |title=Kriegsgefangenenlager (Liste) |work=Moosburg Online |year=2012 |accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref> During their internment the activities of the prisoners included putting on performances of plays and sketches, including a performance of [[Shakespeare's]] [[Hamlet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mgoodliffe.co.uk/ |title=Home |website=mgoodliffe.co.uk}}</ref> In February 1942 the prisoners were transferred to [[Oflag VII-B]] in [[Eichstätt]], and the castle then became an internment camp (''Internierungslager'') for men from the British Channel Islands of [[Jersey]] and [[Guernsey]]. As a sub-camp of [[Ilag VII]], it was designated '''Ilag VII/Z'''. The camp was liberated in May 1945.

==See also==
* [[List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany]]
*[[Oflag VII-C]] in [[Laufen, Germany|Laufen]]
*[[Oflag]]
*[[Ilag]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://bremnerhome.com/ John Bremner, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders]

{{Main German WWII POW camps 1944-1945}}

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