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About one third were released on various terms. Of the remainder, the officers and noncommissioned officers were kept in 'Offizierslager' (officers' camps or "Oflags") and did not work. The privates were sent out to work. About half of them worked in German agriculture, where food supplies were adequate and controls were lenient. The others worked in factories or mines, where conditions were much harsher. The Jewish POWs were not singled out by the Nazis.

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  • French prisoners of war in World War II
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  • About one third were released on various terms. Of the remainder, the officers and noncommissioned officers were kept in 'Offizierslager' (officers' camps or "Oflags") and did not work. The privates were sent out to work. About half of them worked in German agriculture, where food supplies were adequate and controls were lenient. The others worked in factories or mines, where conditions were much harsher. The Jewish POWs were not singled out by the Nazis.
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  • About one third were released on various terms. Of the remainder, the officers and noncommissioned officers were kept in 'Offizierslager' (officers' camps or "Oflags") and did not work. The privates were sent out to work. About half of them worked in German agriculture, where food supplies were adequate and controls were lenient. The others worked in factories or mines, where conditions were much harsher. The Jewish POWs were not singled out by the Nazis. The Germans held 120,000 non-white soldiers from the French colonies. These men were not sent to Germany; instead they were put to work on German Army projects inside France's Occupied Zone. Conditions were somewhat better for them than for the Frenchman held in Germany. However, they became very hostile to the Vichy regime, and on their return to the colonies rejected the idea of a close relationship with France. In the last days of combat in June 1940, German units killed several thousand black soldiers and POWs in French colonial regiments. About 60,000 black soldiers survived, and were treated like the other colonial POWs.
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