High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stalag Luft 4 was a German POW camp in Tychowo, Poland (German: Gross Tychow). The camp was opened in May 1944 and in July of that year a military report was released. The report described such problems as inadequate shower facilities, unfit distribution of Red Cross POW parcels, and that prisoners complained about the food situation often. Letters were limited to 2 per month in Stalag Luft 4 and 4 postcards were permitted per month as well. These letters were harshly censored forcing prisoners to tell families that they were being treated well by the Nazis and that there were no problems whatsoever.