List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the Soviet Union

The following is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in the Soviet Union during World War II. The Soviet Union had not signed the Geneva convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War in 1929.

Polish POWs

On September 19, 1939, Lavrenty Beria (the People's Commissar for Internal Affairs) ordered Pyotr Soprunenko to set up the NKVD Administration for Affairs of Prisoners of War and Internees to manage camps for Polish prisoners. The following camps were established to hold members of the Polish Army:

German POWs

Hungarian POWs

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Paul, Allen (15 March 2010). Katyn: Stalin’s Massacre and the Triumph of Truth. Cornell University Press. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-5017-5720-4.
  2. ^ Urban, Thomas (31 January 2025). The Katyn Massacre 1940: History of a Crime. Pen and Sword Military. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-5267-7538-2.
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