 These work details were assembled at the camps at Stalag X-B Sandbostel and Stalag X-D Wietzendorf, then sent to their place of work in agriculture or industry, before being handed over to the administration of Stalag X-C.

On 5 April 1945 all the fit officers and men were marched to Oflag 83 at Wietzendorf about to the north-east.The Nienburg camps were liberated by the British Army on 9 April.In the immediate post-war period Oflag X-B was used to accommodate displaced persons and refugees.