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.:: German Prisoner Of War Camp, Watten ::.
Photo: German Prisoner Of War Camp, Watten
Date: 29 September 2013
Location: Watten, Caithness
Photographer: Bill Fernie
http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/Camp165Watten

A military camp was built in Watten during World War II, in early 1943, and at the end of the war this became POW Camp 165. This had been described as Britain's most secretive prisoner of war camp because many prominent Nazis were moved there from POW Camp 21 at Comrie in Perthshire. These prisoners included Gunter d'Alquen, Himmler's chief propagandist, leading U-boat captain Otto Kretschmer, dubbed the Wolf of the Atlantic, and SS-Sturmbannführer Max Wünsche, one of Hitler's top aides. The camp closed in 1948. NOTE open in a new window or tab by right clicking on the photos.

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