Was there a real Stalag 13 during World War II?
Stalag 13 was a fictional camp which most fans consider to have been located in northwestern Germany due to occasional references to localities such as Dusseldorf that were reportedly near the camp. In World War II, the “Luft Stalags,” which were the POW camps maintained by the German Luftwaffe, the camps were numbered, but the series never went higher than 12, so a Stalag 13 never really existed. One of the most famous stalags was Stalag Luft IIIB, located in Sagan, Germany, which was the site for the famous “Great Escape” which was the topic of several books and movies.
