Oflag VIII-F was created at Wahlstatt (today Legnickie Pole in Poland) in July 1940. It held French and Belgian prisoners. It was located in the former Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Hedwig of Silesia. In July 1942, a new camp was designated "Oflag VIII-F" at Mährisch-Trübau (today Moravska Trebova, in the Czech Republic), about 200 km to the south, while the original camp was renamed Oflag VIII-F/Z, a subcamp of Mährisch-Trübau. The prisoners were then transferred to other camps, although a small number remained to carry out construction work, as the site was adapted for use by GEMA (Gesellschaft für elektroakustische und mechanische Apparate) in the development of radar systems. The subcamp was finally closed in June 1943.
On the wall of the former convent a plaque was placed, on which one reads, in Polish: "On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the victory over Nazism, on the site of the former prisoner-of-war camp Oflag VIII F, of French, Yugoslav and Soviet soldiers. Society of Legnickie Pole. 9.V.1970."