This is a list of the main camps used to hold British prisoners of war. In addition to these many men were taken out of camps to go on work kommandos, which were located in many other towns, villages, mines, quarries, factories and so on. Many of the same locations were used again in the 1930-1940s.
| Camp | Province/State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aachen | Rhein | |
| Altdamm | Pomerania | |
| Altenau | Harz | |
| Alten-Grabow | Saxony | |
| Arys | Prussia | |
| Aschaffenberg | Bavaria | |
| Augustabad | Neu-Brandenburg | |
| Bad Colberg | Saxony | Offizierlager: 245 officers and 70 orderlies |
| Baden | Baden | |
| Bayreuth | Bavaria | |
| Bedberg | Rhein | |
| Berlin | Brandenburg | |
| Bielefeld | Westphalia | |
| Blankenburg | Brandenburg | |
| Boizenburg | Mecklenburg | |
| Brandenburg | Brandenburg | |
| Braunschweig | Brunswick | |
| Buchholz | Hanover | |
| Burgsteinfurt | Westphalia | |
| Chemnitz | Saxony | |
| Clausthal | Harz | |
| Constanz | Baden | |
| Cottbus | Brandenburg | |
| Crefeld | Rhein | |
| Crossen | Brandenburg | |
| Custrin | Brandenburg | |
| Czersk | Prussia | |
| Danizig-Troyl | Pomerania | |
| Darmstadt | Hesse | |
| Delmenhorst | Oldenburg | |
| Doberitz | Brandenburg | |
| Dortmund | Westphalia | |
| Duisberg | Rhein | |
| Dulmen | Westphalia | |
| Dusseldorf | Rhein | |
| Dyrotz | Brandenburg | |
| Edemissen-Strodthagen | Hanover | |
| Eichstatt | Bavaria | |
| Elbinerode | Harz | |
| Erfurt | Saxony | |
| Erlangen | Bavaria | |
| Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | |
| Frankfurt on Oder | Brandenburg | |
| Freiburg | Baden | |
| Friedrichsfeld | Rhein | |
| Furstenburg | Mecklenburg | |
| Furstenfeldbruck | Bavaria | |
| Gardelegen | Altmark | |
| Germersheim | Bavaria | |
| Giessen | Hesse | |
| Golle | Hanover | |
| Gorden | Hanover | |
| Gorries | Mecklenburg | |
| Gottingen | Hanover | |
| Griesheim | Hesse | |
| Guben | Brandenburg | |
| Gustrow | Mecklenburg | |
| Gutersloh | Westphalia | |
| Haden Berge | Altmark | |
| Halle | Saxony | |
| Hamborn | Rhein | |
| Hamburg | Pomerania | |
| Hameln | Hanover | |
| Hammelberg | Bavaria | |
| Hammerstein | Prussia | |
| Hann Munden | Hanover | |
| Hanover | Hanover | |
| Havelberg | Brandenburg | |
| Heidelberg | Baden | |
| Heidmuhlen | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Heilsberg | Prussia | |
| Herrenhausen | Hanover | |
| Heuberg | Baden | |
| Holzminden | Brunswick | |
| Ingolstadt | Bavaria | |
| Johannistal | Pomerania | |
| Julich | Rhein | |
| Karlsruhe | Baden | |
| Karstadt | Brandenburg | |
| Kassel | Hesse | |
| Kempten | Bavaria | |
| Kiel | Schleswig-Holstn. | |
| Koblenz | Rhein | |
| Koln | Rhein | |
| Konigsbruck | Saxony | |
| Lamsdorf | Silesia | |
| Landau | Rheinpfalz | |
| Landshut | Bavaria | |
| Langensalza | Thuringia | |
| Lauban | Silesia | |
| Lechfeld | Bavaria | |
| Leese | Hanover | |
| Limburg | Hesse | |
| Lubeck | Pomerania | |
| Ludwigsburg | Wurttemberg | |
| Ludwigshafen | Rheinpfalz | |
| Magdeburg | Saxony | |
| Mainz | Hesse | |
| Mannheim | Baden | |
| Merseburg | Saxony | |
| Merzdorf | Brandenburg | |
| Meschede | Westphalia | |
| Minden | Westphalia | |
| Muhlheim | Rhein | |
| Muncheberg | Brandenburg | |
| Munster | Westphalia | |
| Neisse | Silesia | |
| Neu-Brandenburg | Neu-Brandenburg | |
| Neuenkirchen | Westphalia | |
| Neuhammer | Silesia | |
| Neuruppin | Brandenburg | |
| Niederzwehren | Hesse | |
| Nurnberg | Bavaria | |
| Oberhausen | Rhein | |
| Ohrdruf | Thuringia | |
| Oldenburg | Oldenburg | |
| Oldesloe | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Osnabruck | Hanover | |
| Ost und West | Wurttemberg | |
| Paderborn | Westphalia | |
| Parchim | Mecklenburg | |
| Pforzheim | Baden | |
| Poggenmoor | Hanover | |
| Preussisch Holland | Prussia | |
| Quedlinburg | Saxony | |
| Rastatt | Baden | |
| Ravensburg | Wurttemberg | |
| Regensberg | Bavaria | |
| Remscheid | Rhein | |
| Rheinback | Rhein | |
| Ruhleben | Brandenburg | also a civilian internment camp |
| Saaralben | Lorraine | a small camp at a gravel pit |
| Saarbrucken | Rhein | |
| Saarlouis | Rhein | |
| Sagan | Silesia | |
| Schneidemuhl | Posen | |
| Schwarmstedt | Hanover | |
| Schweidnitz | Silesia | |
| Seensen | Hanover | |
| Sennelager | Westphalia | |
| Siegburg | Rhein | |
| Skammerschutz | Posen | |
| Soltau | Hanover | |
| Springhirsch | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Sprottau | Silesia | |
| Stalluponen | Prussia | |
| Stargard | Pomerania | |
| Stendal | Altmark | |
| Stolzenau | Hanover | |
| Stralsund | Pomerania | |
| Strohen | Hanover | |
| Stuttgart | Wurttemberg | |
| Tauberbischofsheim | Baden | |
| Trier | Rhein | |
| Tuchel | Prussia | |
| Vechta | Oldenburg | |
| Verden | Hanover | |
| Wahn | Rhein | |
| Wahnbeck | Hanover | |
| Wasbeck | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Weimar | Saxony | |
| Wittenberg | Saxony | |
| Worms | Hesse | |
| Wunsdorf | Brandenburg | |
| Wurzberg | Bavaria | |
| Zittau | Saxony | |
| Zossen | Brandenburg | |
| Zwickau | Saxony |
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