WG Anklam was mentioned in official documentation as early as November 1938, albeit with the additional designation “Zwischenunterkunft Glatz” (today Kłodzko, Poland).1 The provisional unit in Glatz became necessary because the prison in Anklam, which had originally been intended as a women’s detention center, would only be available in late 1940 due to construction delays.2 WG Anklam had a capacity of 600 prisoners, but it was almost constantly overcrowded. In 1944 and 1945, there were consistently around 1,500 prisoners crammed into the individual and group cells at Anklam. It is estimated that, in total, more than 15,000 prisoners passed through Anklam (map 4b). Oberstleutnant Heinrich Tschersich, who had served as commandant of Zwischenunterkunft Glatz, was subsequently named commandant of WG Anklam. Tschersich was a professional soldier of 16 years. In early 1944, he volunteered to be sent to the eastern front but was instead deployed with the Feldgendarmerie in southern Poland...