Muzeum Obozów Jenieckich / P.O.W. Camps Museum

The Jubilee Camps Museum was established in 1971 and is a place to commemorate the history of POW camps in Żagań and its immediate vicinity during World War II.

Camps were under the command of VIII Wehrmacht Military District with headquarters in Wroclaw. They were:

• Dulag Kunau - Durchganglslager (Konin Żaganski)

• Stalag VIII C Sagan - Mannschaftsstammlager (Żagań)

• Stalag VIII E Neuhammer (Świętoszów)

• Stalag 308 Neuhammer (Świętoszów)

In Żagań, there were camps under the command of the Luftwaffe:

• Stalag Luft 3 - Kriegsgefangenen Lager der Luftwaffe nr 3

• Stalag Luft 4 Sagan-Belaria

On the night of 24/25 March 1944, 76 specialists from the Stalact Luft 3, a specially constructed submarine, were freed. In the group of refugees, there were six Polish pilots fighting in the RAF. This event has passed into history as the so-called. "Great Escape". On Hitler's special order (the so-called Sagan Befehl), fifty escape participants were shot.

Inside the museum is a replica of a prisoner's barrack with remodeled equipment, a replica of the escape tunnel "Harry" and a reconstructed watchtower. In addition, there is a possibility of guided tours of the camp grounds and surrounding war cemeteries.