POW camps
I know this is an old post, but I'm new to the site and stumbled upon this thread...
I live about 200yds (mtr) from Camp 165, Watten, apparently recorded as Scotlands most
secretive POW Camp. 'Camp 165 in Watten was the Guantanamo Bay of its day' and one section,
'Compound O' was the home for hard line Nazis who were brought to Camp 165 for re-education and interrogation. The inmates called Compound O “Little Belsen”. Inmates at Compound O included the likes of U-boat captain Otto Kretschmer, Hitler’s personal aide, Max Wunsche and Paul Werner Hoppe, commandant of Stutthof concentration camp where 85,000 people were murdered.
Info can be seen here:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2505310/.html
and here:
http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/Camp165Watten
Little remains today, except for a tourist plaque detailing some of the above info, a small garden centre and a local service station (garage).
I'll head out tomorrow and take a couple of pics... ;-)