The Wehrmacht established Stalag 340 on April 15, 1941, in Defense District (Wehrkreis) X. From August 1941 to the beginning of 1944, the camp was located in Dünaburg (today Daugavpils, Latvia) (map 9b). Beginning in November 1942, the camp had a subcamp (Zweiglager) in Rositten (today Rēzekne, Latvia).1 Beginning on July 25, 1941, the camp was subordinated to the Commander of Prisoners of War in the General District Latvia (Kommander der Kriegsgefangenen Lettland) and the Prisoner of War District Commandant H (Kriegsgefangenen-Bezirkskommandant H), which was subsequently subordinated to the Commander of Prisoners of War with the Armed Forces Commander Ostland (Kommandeur der Kriegsgefangenen beim Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Ostland). From November 20, 1943, until its dissolution, the camp was under the authority of the Commander of Prisoners of War in Operations Area IV (Kommandeur der Kriegsgefangenen im Operationsgebiet IV). Stalag 340 received field post number (Feldpostnummer) 10 62...