Seeking Stalag 2B (IIB) Komando farms locations

Dear Ms. Goldman,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Records of Various German Prisoner-of-War Camps in the National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized (Record Group 242) that includes lists of prisoners of war (POWs) assigned to working parties in Stalag IIB and registers of Allied POWs in Stalag IIB who received Red Cross parcels. The series Photographs of Allied Airmen Prisoners-of-War in Record Group 242 also contains records related to Stalag IIB. These records have not been digitized. For information about and access to these series, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) at archives2reference@nara.gov.

Next, we located the series Subject Files, 1942-1946 in the Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General (Record Group 389), which contains the file Camp Lists: Stalag IIB that may be of interest to you. These records have not been digitized. Please contact RDT2 for additional assistance with them.

Plus, we located the series Stalag Name Index to the Series "Case Files, 1944-1949" in the Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army) (Record Group 153) that index the records related to Stalag camps in the series Case Files, 1944-1949. There may be some information relevant to your research in these series. These records have not been digitized. In addition, we located the series European Name Index to the Series "Case Files, 1944-1949" in Record Group 153 that might be helpful if you are looking for information about a particular individual. This index has been digitized and may be viewed online via the Catalog. Please contact RDT2 with any questions you may have about these records.

Finally, if you are searching for information about a particular prisoner of war, you may wish to search in the series Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942-1947 in Record Group 389. These records have been digitized and may be viewed online in the World War II Prisoners of War Data File via the National Archives Access to Archival Databases (AAD). The entries sometimes contain information about specific camps where an individual was held. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Electronic Records (RDE) at cer@nara.gov for additional information about these records. 

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We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!