On the 31st March 1945 the last of the 1,634 prisoners were moved from Camp
198 to Camp 181 Carburton Worksop Nottinghamshire England . This was mainly
done as a precaution incase another tunnel remained undetected at Island Farm.
Island Farm was then designated the title of Special Camp Eleven and was prepared
to receive German Officers captured in the battle for France. These officers
were held for a variety of reasons
a) Whilst war crimes investigations
were being conducted.
b) Awaiting their own trial.
c) As witnesses expected to give
evidence.
d) Awaiting extradition transfers to requesting countries.
The date of the opening of Special Camp 11 has been stated as 17th November 1945, but the first officers came on 6th January 1946.
21st / 25th June 1946 = 162 officers and 0 ORs
= 162 in total
28th / 29th June 1947 = 155 officers and 150 ORs = 305
3rd / 4th May 1948 = 81 officers and 153 ORs = 234
ORs means Other Ranks i.e. non officer
A few of the officers were related to each other e.g :
Leutnant Hans Gerd von Rundstedt & Generalfeldmarschall Gerd
von Rundstedt (Father & Son)
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt and Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici (Cousins)
Some of the officers held
at Special Camp 11 were some of Hitler's closest advisers during WWII e.g.
Generalfeldmarschalls: Rundstedt, Manstein, Kleist & Brauchitsch. Many
of the high ranking officers would not associate with the ORs and at meal
times refused to join tables with them.