area of former Stalag IV-B in order to open a gravel mine at the camp site. After fierce resistance, it was decided in February 2017 to split the mining area and to protect the camp memorial. Prominent persons passing Stalag IV B Bob Entrop, Dutch malacologist Claude Simon, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature, France Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, poet, Poland Kurt Vonnegut, writer, USA Jakub Michlewicz, Polish Anti-Nazi Resistance References Literature Henk E. Pelser, Henk's war. London, Portell Production, 2006 (Medical officer cadet in the Dutch army, POW in Stalag IV-B from 16 march 1944 - 12 june 1945) Herbert Krentz: To Hell in a Halifax. (The true story of RCAF pilot Herbert Krentz, who spent more than a year at Stalag IV-B after being shot down over Germany. Krentz invited his fellow POWs to write in his journal, and their stories, in their own words, are reproduced in the book.) External links Stalag IV B Mühlberg web site Photos of Stalag IV B at Mühlberg on pegasusarchive Memories of the prisonners of war of Stalag IV B World War II prisoner of war camps in Germany Mühlberg, Brandenburg Buildings and structures in Brandenburg