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Stalag
(ˈstɑːlæg, ‖ ˈʃtalak)
[a. Ger., abbrev. of stammlager main camp.]
In Nazi Germany: a prison-camp primarily for captured enemy private soldiers and non-commissioned officers. Stalag Luft, Stalagluft |-lʊft| [G. luft air], such a camp for Air Force personnel.
1940Times 30 July 7/3 There are three types of camps for British prisoners known officially as Oflag, Stalag, and Dulag (contractions for Offizierslager, Stammlager, and Durchgangslager). 1941[see Ilag]. 1944V. G. Garvin tr. Gary's Forest of Anger xxix. 141 The old man was sent to a Stalag in Poland. 1945[see Oflag]. 1947News Chron. 24 Jan. 1/4 Scharpwinkel, who is believed to have ordered the murder of many of the 50 R.A.F., Commonwealth and Allied airmen after their escape from Stalagluft III in March 1944. 1959W. Faulkner Mansion xiii. 295 If it had been a..book instead of a war..they would have escaped. But he..never knew anyone who ever actually escaped from a genuine authentic stalag, so they had to wait for regular routine liberation. 1974Times 18 Oct. 16/6 On at least first sight Long Kesh looks like one of the Stalags. 1978R. V. Jones Most Secret War xxxi. 265 While in Stalag Luft 3 he not only concealed his knowledge of our new radar devices, but built a radio transmitter. |