taken over by the French, who finally closed it on 20 July 1945. Many of the prisoners were transferred to other camps or to France and some were not released until one or two years later. During the time that the camp was in existence, 1,247 inmates died of dysentery, undernourishment and exhaustion. In spite of this relatively low death rate of under 1%, many survivors returned from imprisonment traumatized by their experience. Commemoration sites Today, the prisoners are commemorated by the Black Madonna Chapel in Remagen, a monument in Sinzig, the war cemetery in Bad Bodendorf and an exhibition room in the Remagen Bridge Peace Museum. References Literature Sources Wolfgang Gückelhorn: Das Ende am Rhein – Kriegsende zwischen Remagen und Andernach, Aachen, 2005 Karlheinz Grohs: Die schwarze Madonna von Remagen – 1945: Kriegsgefangen am Rhein – Gedenken und Erinnerung,Remagen, 1993 External links Kurt Kleemann: 'Geplanter Tod in der Goldenen Meile? Das Kriegsgefangenenlager Remagen/Sinzig 1945', in: Kreisverwaltung Ahrweiler (publ.): 'Heimatjahrbuch des Kreises Ahrweiler 1995', Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, 1994, p. 107 Leonhard Janta: 'Die »Goldene Meile«, ein Feld des Jammers im Frühjahr 1945. Das Kriegsgefangenenlager zwischen Remagen und Niederbreisig und der Lyriker Günter Eich', in: Kreisverwaltung Ahrweiler (publ.): 'Heimatjahrbuch des Kreises Ahrweiler 1983', Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, 1982, p. 79 1945 in military history World War II prisoner of war camps in Germany 20th century in Rhineland-Palatinate Middle Rhine