 The administration buildings and accommodation blocks for the guards were located in a compound outside the main gate of the camp, west of the Oflag, and south of the Kaserne.The camp was commanded by an elderly "Oberst", himself a former prisoner-of-war in Russia during World War I.The inhabitants of each block formed a "Kompagnie", and had a German-speaking French officer appointed "block leader" to act as liaison between the POWs and the camp authorities.