List_of_POW_camps_in_the_Soviet_Union

List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the Soviet Union

List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the Soviet Union

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The following is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in the Soviet Union during World War II. The Soviet Union had not signed the Geneva convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War in 1929.

Polish POWs

On September 19, 1939, Lavrenty Beria (the People's Commissar for Internal Affairs) ordered Pyotr Soprunenko to set up the NKVD Administration for Affairs of Prisoners of War and Internees to manage camps for Polish prisoners. The following camps were established to hold members of the Polish Army:

German POWs

Hungarian POWs

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