Oileen POW camp ???

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Oileen POW camp ???

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Greetings,

My dad was in the luftwaffe in WWII and was captured. The only thing he would tell me about the POW camp that he was in was that the name of the camp was Oildeen or Oileen. It may have been near Hamburg.

Does anyone have any idea how I can find out more about the location of this POW camp?

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Roland
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There was an Oflag VIII C whose name was "Oil" but this was in Olesnica in Poland. It's possible it was used by the Allies, hope this helps!
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RolandG wrote:Greetings,

My dad was in the luftwaffe in WWII and was captured. The only thing he would tell me about the POW camp that he was in was that the name of the camp was Oildeen or Oileen. It may have been near Hamburg.

Does anyone have any idea how I can find out more about the location of this POW camp?

Thanks,

Roland
Since your dad was in the "Luftwaffte", I assume he was held in an Allied camp instead of on Oflag like Simon assumes. A place like Oildeen or Oileen in Germany is unknown to me. Can it be it's "Dinglish" [Deutsch+Enlish: spoken in German "lien" is written in English "leen"]? So I came to the conclusion you mean "Eutin". That a city in Schleswig-Holstein. Not far away from Hamburg indeed. Hope this is of help.
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:D Hello POW!
When I replied to this I thought that if anyone can answer this question then you can. Welcome aboard!!

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Just to mess you all up here's another possibility


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POW Camp near Hamburg

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Dear Roland,

My name is also Roland, my Dad was also in the Luftwaffe & also a POW. (Go figure! This may cause confusion :D ) I got out my Dads old pre WW2 German atlas and searched all over the Hamburg area to find any town or village that matched, even remotely, phonetically. All I could locate was:

1) Uelzen (SE of Hamburg)
2) Lubtheen (E of Hamburg)
3) Wulfseen (S of Hamburg)

If you happen to locate more info, feel free to contact me and I will search the atlas again.

Best regards,

Roland Fogt
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