Camp Bathorn

Camp Bathorn was the fourteenth of the fifteen Emsland camps. Camp XIV was located halfway between Hardenberg and Lingen.
Camp Bathorn was built in June 1938 as a penal camp for 1,000 judicial prisoners and was almost immediately partially dismantled, as the barracks were needed for the construction of the so-called Westwall. In August 1939, there were 228 prisoners. In September 1939, the camp was taken over by the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht for housing prisoners of war. Bathorn became Stalag VI C Bathorn. It had Alexisdorf, Dalum, Fullen, Groß Hesepe, Wesuwe, and Wietmarschen as dependencies. In the context of the Emsland camps, the camp was known as Lager XIV Bathorn. The camp is not listed on the official list of German concentration camps. After its takeover by the Wehrmacht, approximately 5,000 prisoners of war were accommodated in the camp. In December 1939, an additional 571 Poles arrived. All these prisoners were employed in the county of Bentheim for road construction, digging waterways, and in agriculture. From May 1940, many Dutch prisoners of war also arrived, who only stayed here for a few weeks. Following the Dutch, 10,000 French prisoners came, who marched 450 km from Dunkirk. Compared to other prisoners, especially the Russians, the French had a more comfortable experience, as they had all their personal belongings with them. At most, the camps falling under Stalag VI C Bathorn had a total of 27,313 prisoners.

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