noun
- a German prisoner-of-war camp for enlisted men and noncommissioned officers during World War II
Usage: historical
Examples
- The Allied soldiers were held in a stalag for two years.
- Conditions in the stalag were harsh and overcrowded.
- He escaped from the stalag with three other prisoners.
- The Red Cross inspected the stalag regularly.
- After the war, the stalag was converted into a refugee camp.
- Many books have been written about life in a stalag.