Publications
Memorial Stalag VII A
Memorial Stalag VII AInformation leaflet about the history of the camp
The 12-page leaflet provides compact information about the history of the POW camp, its organization, the life of the prisoners in the camp and their work assignments in the region.
The leaflet is available in 6 languages and can be obtained at the town hall and museums. Here it can be downloaded as PDF:
german / english / french / russian / polish / serbo-croatian
Stalag VII A Moosburg
Commented photo presentation about the history of the prisoner of war camp Stalag VII A (1939-45)
DVD
Based on numerous historical photo sources, mostly from the collection of the local historian Karl A. Bauer, the viewer gets an impression of the conditions in the POW camp.
Commented in three languages (German/English/French)
Teil 1: Das Lager (ca. 20 min)
Teil 2: Gedenken und Gedenkorte (ca. 10 min)
Published by Stalag Moosburg e.V.
Available as DVD in the city archive of Moosburg and here on 
Dr. Dominik Reither, 2015
Stalag VII A Moosburg
Ein Kriegsgefangenenlager 1939-1945
Stalag VII A in Moosburg was one of the largest German POW camps during World War II. More than 150,000 prisoners were registered there from 1939-45 and deployed in work commands in Wehrkreis VII (southern Bavaria).
This booklet, published on the 70th anniversary of the camp's liberation, deals for the first time in a scientifically documented way with various aspects of the camp, such as construction and liberation, care of the prisoners, labor deployment, leisure time or contact of the prisoners with the population. The individual chapters provide an overview, but do not claim to be complete, as not all archives and sources could be evaluated at the time of publication.
2023: The booklet is also published in an English and French translation and is available in bookstores, online stores or directly from the publisher.
German:
Paperback 80 S., ISBN 978-3750408340 (€ 9,80)
E-Book ISBN 978-3750472785 (€ 5,99)
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English: Stalag VII A – A German Prisoner of War Camp 1939-1945
Paperback ISBN 978-3757861605 (€ 11,99)
E-Book 978-3756882397 (€ 7,99)
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French: Stalag VII A – Un camp de prisonniers de guerre allemand 1939-1945
Paperback ISBN 978-2322503827 (€ 11,99)
E-Book ISBN 978-2322547357 (€ 7,99)
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Dr. Dominik Reither, Elke Abstiens,
Karl Rausch, Christine Fößmeier
Auf den Spuren verlorener Identitäten
Sowjetische Kriegsgefangene im Stalag VII A Moosburg
Soviet prisoners of war suffered much worse conditions than the other prisoners during World War II. Although they constituted the second largest group in the POW camp Stalag VII A in Moosburg, their fates have so far often been considered only in generalized terms.
This publication, "Auf den Spuren verlorener Identitäten” (On the Trail of Lost Identities), shows the ideological situation and the precarious living conditions of the Soviet prisoners of war, as well as the particularities of Stalag VII A. How did the camp management oppose the notorious segregations? How did a resistance group - the B.S.W. - develop its effect beyond southern Bavaria, starting from the Moosburg camp? Newly discovered sources, or sources whose contents and statements have been examined for the first time, with thousands of registration numbers and meticulously kept documents, also open up a view of individual fates. The names of the dead are mentioned again for the first time in decades, and many a face is now visible again in all its individuality.
Three scientific contributions by historians Dr. Dominik Reither and Karl Rausch, Elke Abstiens, and art historian Christine Fößmeier approach the subject from both historical and human perspectives.
Paperback 240 S., ISBN 978-3746096087 (€ 29,90)
E-Book ISBN 978-3746088389 (€ 15,99)
in bookstores or online
Further literature tip on the topic: Gabriele Hammermann (ed.), Andrea Riedle (ed.), "Der Massenmord an den sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenen auf dem SS-Schießplatz Hebertshausen 1941-1942," ISBN 978-3835336483
Dr. Dominik Reither
Zwischen Hakenkreuz und Sternenbanner
Kriegsende und Nachkriegszeit in Moosburg
Between Swastika and Star Spangled Banner -
The end of the war and the post-war period in Moosburg
Suddenly the war was over. U.S. troops occupied Moosburg on April 29, 1945 and liberated the Stalag VII A prisoner-of-war camp with several tens of thousands of inmates. The days of upheaval between the swastika and the star-spangled banner were the prelude to a long, eventful path toward a new normality - an everyday life between war and peace began.
The author describes the last days of the Third Reich, the end of the war and the various aspects of life in the post-war period. He draws not only on numerous sources in the field, but also on extensive unpublished material in the National Archives in Washington.
Published by Stalag Moosburg e.V.
Paperback 240 S., ISBN: 9783752647914 (€ 19,95)
E-Book ISBN: 9783752699098 (€ 12,99)
in bookstores or online
Dr. Dominik Reither
Internment Camp No 6 Moosburg – Ein Internierungslager in der US-Zone 1945-1948
The Moosburg internment camp existed from June 1945 to April 1948. Here, the Americans held functionaries of National Socialist Germany, as well as people they considered a threat to security and suspected war criminals. The author's new book is devoted to this hitherto little-researched topic of the postwar period. More ...
Published by Stalag Moosburg e.V.
Paperback 372 S., ISBN 978-3753482316, € 26,99
E-Book, ISBN 978-3754386361, € 17,99
in bookstores or online
New release 2022
Dr. Dominik Reither
Unter Verdacht – Im Internierungslager Nr. 6 Moosburg 1945-1948
Mass murderers and resistance fighters - they were all in Internment Camp No 6 Moosburg. Why did this camp exist? What were the living conditions like? How were the internees treated and who was interned?
This book provides a brief overview of these and other topics based on extensive original sources. Numerous expressive pictures convey an impression of the situation in the camp.
The present book is based on a detailed publication, which was already published by the same author in 2021 under the title "Internment Camp No 6 Moosburg" (ISBN 978-3753482316).
Published by Stalag Moosburg e.V.
Paperback 104 S., ISBN 978-3756815814, € 12,99
E-Book, ISBN 978-3756875191, € 8,99
in bookstores or online
Publications by other authors
Christine Fößmeier, M.A.
Kunst besiegt den Krieg –
L’art avant toutes choses
Der französische Künstler Antoniucci Volti, Kriegsgefangener im Stalag VII A Moosburg –
L’artiste français Antoniucci Volti, prisonnier de guerre au Stalag VII A Moosbourg
Moosburg a.d. Isar was home to Stalag VII A, one of the largest POW camps of the Second World War. Among the more unusual of the numerous sources available here are some 140 works of art in the Moosburg municipal archives, including 14 drawings by the renowned French artist Antoniucci Volti, or "Volti" for short. His works of art, created in captivity during the war, which have received little attention up to now, including a remarkable relief stone, are described and examined here in detail for the first time.
Bilingual edition: German – French
Paperback 148 S., ISBN 978-3748167532 (€ 15,00)
E-Book ISBN 978-3748188445 (€ 9,99)
in bookstores or online
Christine Fößmeier, M.A.
Stalag VII A – mahn-mal
"mahn-mal" is a dispute about the former Stalag VII A Moosburg prisoner-of-war camp and the way its remains are treated in the urban landscape today. "mahn-mal" aims to remind people of the past and at the same time point the way to the future. Even today, many find it difficult to deal with the legacy of the Third Reich and the Second World War as soon as it becomes all too concrete with tangible legacies, especially the buildings.
Paperback 44 S., ISBN 978-3752620368 (€ 9,90)
E-Book ISBN 978-3753410555 (€ 6,49)
in bookstores or online
Willhelm Ellböck, Martin Pschorr, Karl Rausch, Dr. Dominik Reither
Von Moosburg nach Majdanek
Der Weg polnischer Juden aus der Gefangenschaft in den Tod
Jewish soldiers in German custody were permanently in tension between the protected status as prisoners of war offered to them by the Geneva Convention and their complete lack of rights as Jews in the National Socialist sphere of power.
The prisoner of war camp Stalag VII A (Moosburg) was a stopover for 300 Polish-Jewish soldiers on their odyssey from the battlefields of Poland to death in the Majdanek extermination camp. Only one Jewish-Polish prisoner survived and appeared as a witness in the trial against Adolf Eichmann in 1961.
The book traces this path and presents the 301 Polish-Jewish prisoners of war using the index cards created by the Wehrmacht.
Can be ordered in bookshops or online:
Paperback, 414 Seiten, ISBN-13: 9783756860692, € 50,99
eBook, ISBN-13: 9783756871322, € 19,99
Martin Pschorr / Sebastian Grießl
Stalag VII A Moosburg
DVD Video Presentation (German)
Historian and long-standing Stalag researcher Martin Pschorr tells about the political background and the situation in the camp, illustrated with many historical photo documents from his collection.
Published by the City of Moosburg 2015
DVD im Stadtarchiv Moosburg
Martin Pschorr / Sebastian Grießl
Der lange Weg in die neue Heimat
DVD Video Presentation (German)
Expellees talk about the time when they built their new home on the site of the former Stalag VII A prisoner-of-war camp in Moosburg.
Produktion Sebastian Grießl, Beratung Stadtrat und Historiker Martin Pschorr.
Hrsg. Stadt Moosburg 2018
DVD im Stadtarchiv Moosburg
Publications out of stock (City Archive):
Stalag VII A 1939-1945 Moosburg a.d. Isar
Commemorative publication, published by the town of Moosburg, 1982, 60 pages Published by City of Moosburg / Mayor (ret.) Herbert Franz
Kriegsgefangenen-Lager STALAG VII A Moosburg in Oberbayern
5 1/2 years of camp history, 50 years of reconciliation and friendship Commemorative publication, published by the City of Moosburg / major (ret) Anton Neumaier, April 1995, 136 pages
Was ist geschehen?
Contemporary witness report, Maria Keller, book, 1995, 240 pages