Hut 9

Hut 9 is a former World War 2 German prisoner of war camp based in Bridgend. The Island Farm Camp was originally built as a hostel for workers employed at the munitions factory (R.O.F)in Brackla, Bridgend. It was believed that the female workers would rather stay nearby, than travel up to 30miles each day. This was not the case, so the camp remained empty until the Americans used it for a short while. After that, it was transformed into a POW camp for the ever increasing number of captured POW's in Europe. As it was a very comfortable camp, they housed German Officers there instead of enlisted men. During the course of the POW's stay, escape tunnels were dug.  Hut 9 is now the only remaining building left, as the rest of the camp was demolished many years ago.

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