Moutfort
Moutfort (Luxembourgish: Mutfert; German: Mutfort) is a small village in the commune of Contern in southern Luxembourg. Was a prisoner-of-war camp located there during World War II? From the postcard shown below, apparently there was, but I can't find any documentation about the camp.
This postcard is addressed to "Camp Mutfort (Luxembourg)," is dated February 10, 1946, and was postmarked the next day, February 11th, at Kirchworbis, a Thuringian town in the district of Eichsfeld in Germany. It's nicely franked with a pair of the 8-pf definitive issued for the post-WWII occupation of Thuringia (Scott No. 16N5) .
The card recently turned up in a collection of lagerpost letters sent to Luxembourg addresses. I notice a couple vanity marks at the bottom right on the message side, so other collectors must have appreciated this card.
Does anyone know more about the detention of prisoners-of-war at Moutfort and the handling of their incoming and outgoing mail?
Does anyone know more about the detention of prisoners-of-war at Moutfort and the handling of their incoming and outgoing mail?
2 comments:
Hello Arsdorf,
the only hint to a POW camp in Moutfort I was able to find on the site of the »Archives nationales du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg«:
http://query.an.etat.lu/Query/detail.aspx?ID=115260
It seems to contain data on POWs entering and leaving the camp in 1947.
Hope that helps a little bit.
Hello,
There was a POW Camp in Moutfort. You can find further information on the website of the commune of Contern, but the text is in luxemburgish.
https://contern.lu/contern-pendant-la-2e-guerre-mondiale/
On the 09/10/2021 the commune of Contern inaugurated a new monument on the place where the POW camp was.
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