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Allied Internees in Switzerland
In addition to internment camps for Allied airmen shot down or forced to land in Switzerland, there were three so called "punishment camps:" Hunnenburg, Diablerets, and the most notorious, Wauwilermoos. Airmen were sent to these punishment camps for offenses as minor as trying to escape from one of the internment camps. These camps were a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and held the worst criminals in Switzerland as well as the POWs. The tales of life in Wauwilermoos and the other camps are horrific. Horrendous living conditions--sleeping on feces-covered straw infested with rats and lice, nothing but slop to eat--not to mention continuous abuse and rape from the other prisoners. I was extremely surprised to find out that camps such as these existed in Switzerland in WWII.
http://swissinternees.tripod.com/
http://www.geocities.com/mearseg/wauwilermoos.html
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7185/intern.html
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