Oflag VII-A Murnau was a German Army prisoner-of-war camp for Polish Army officers during World War II. It was located north of the Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee. Camp history The camp was created in September 1939. It consisted of an enclosure square, surrounded with barbed wire and guard towers. Immediately after the German invasion of Poland, at the beginning of World War II, some 1,000 Polish officers were imprisoned there. On April 27, 1942, additional Polish POWs were transferred there from the so-called "Generals' Camp" Oflag VIII-E in Janské Koupele in German-occupied Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic). After the failed Warsaw Uprising and Operation Tempest more prisoners were brought there from Poland. By early 1945 the number of POWs held in the camp reached over 5,000. The camps was liberated by troops of the U.S. 12th Armored Division on 29 April 1945. List of notable prisoners Among those imprisoned in Murnau were: Rear Admiral (Kontradmirał) Józef Unrug Divisional Generals (Generał dywizji) Władysław Bortnowski Tadeusz Kutrzeba Tadeusz Piskor Juliusz Rómmel Brigade Generals (Generał brygady) Roman Abraham Franciszek Alter Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski Walerian Czuma Juliusz Drapella Janusz Gąsiorowski Edmund Knoll-Kownacki Wincenty Kowalski Józef Kwaciszewski Stanisław Małachowski Czesław Młot-Fijałkowski Bernard Mond Wacław Piekarski Zygmunt Podhorski Jan Jagmin-Sadowski Antoni Szylling Stanisław Taczak Wiktor Thommée Juliusz Zulauf Majors Seweryn Kulesza Capitans See also List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany References External links Life in Murnau The forgotten photos Oflags Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Polish prisoners of war in World War II World War II prisoner of war camps in Germany 1939 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany