As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Camp commander Czesaw Gborski was later put on trial for his role in running the camp. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Johannesburg Ormskirk The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Royal Tank Regiment, The Last Escape. Australia, RAF No. All the civilian population knew it. cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Like this page to receive our updates. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Later during the war, approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, British India, British Palestine, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the United States and Yugoslavia passed through this camp. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 Dulag Luft was used for interrogating Allied aircrew who could be held in solitary confinement whilst being questioned for a week or two but some were held for up to 28 days. By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. Stalag 8B Usef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. Henry A. Add a Name to this List A notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, in Silesia. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. Staines West Bergholt Canada, Armand Rondeau Plaistow Very little remains there, but there is an exhibition of daily life in the camps and a reconstruction of a hut where Russian POWs were held (and treated very badly). From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. mine. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. What a revelation - they told me so much about this young man who joined up in 1939 - about his education, his previous employment (and what he earned) and his physical appearance. Want to know what life was like during the War? H. J. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Norton Cottages The Wehrmacht closed POW camp E715 on January 21, 1945 forcing the British POWs to undertake a forced march to Stalag VII-A at Moosburg in Germany. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 510: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Germany 1937" does not exist. The unlucky ones got liberated by the Soviets, who instead of turning them over quickly to the western allies, held them as virtual hostages for several more months. The majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. There were less than 200 survivors found. Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommandos) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tsn). WO 311/948 Shooting of two escaping British prisoners of war at Working Camp 4 (making a rifle range), Ostrowo, Poland (attached to Stalag XXI D, Posen), 15 July . Sid Hall Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Cpl. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Fawdon Bill Cox The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small The first 200 British POWs arrived at Auschwitz in September 1943 but over the winter of 1943 another 1,400 British POWs (mostly captured in North Africa) were transported to E715. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist and radiologist. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Quebec Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) Welwyn Garden City Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. Market Weighton After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. London, Ont Chetwin, Colin Edwin, 1912-1991 Ref: DA-10725-F Description: Athletics meeting at Stalag 8B prisoner of war camp, Lamsdorf, Germany, on August Bank Holiday, 1943. During winter 1944/45, as the Red Army was closing fast, the Germans decided to evacute the camp (which became a transfer point for the prisoners from Auschwitz and other camps) and forced the prisoners into columns of 500 men each. Town End nr Gleadless "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. WO 311/153 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing of British POW 1945 June - 1946 Feb. WO 311/162 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing and ill-treatment of British POWs 1944 May-1947 Apr. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. Restrictions and conditions apply. For a few cigarettes he pointed out to me the various places where they had the gas chambers and the places where they took them down to be cremated. Stockport The unlucky ones got "liberated" by the Soviets, who instead of turning them over quickly to the western allies, held them as virtual hostages for several more months. Among them were: E715 was a POW camp for British prisoners which was administered and guarded by soldiers from Wehrmacht because it was a subcamp of Stalag VIII-B camp. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth Hornchurch Stalag VIII-B was a German Army prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf (now ambinowice) in Silesia. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. [2] Camp history [ edit] Ian F. Keys (Ardoch) The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. forestry department, E578 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, Kreis Gleiwitz, E586 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E587 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czelads Piarski, E593 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen Schonberg, E594 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Ost, E603 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenburg, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest Party nr Hirschfelde, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest party nr Hirschfelde, E62 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz-Steigern, E701 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tichau Czulow (paper factory), E702 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Klimontow coal mine, E707 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz, E711A Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Heydebreck, E714 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blechhammer, Upper Silesia, E715 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Auschwitz, E724 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schwientochlowitz, E725 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Bismark, E727 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mechtal Beuthen. Sukasari Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Ferry Road He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. South Africa, R W Kinsey D Gardiner J. Douglas Arthur E. Adams (front row, second from left) and other fellow PoW's at Stalag VIII B, Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre), Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Quantity: 1 b&w origi. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. Hertfordshire, 9th Jul 1943 Cheshire, 26th April 1944 The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. Grange Town Len Walker Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp ( Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now esk Tn, Czech Republic ). Norton London, 29th July 1942 The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. E561 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowtitz. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. please "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Stalag Luft 4 was opened by the Luftwaffe in May 1944 for RAF and American non commissioned officers. List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Hunter. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. [citation needed]. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. All the camp knew it. Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942 coal mine. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Essex, J. R. Skan Essex, 25th Jul 1942 on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. 13 St Saviours Rd The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. The J.H. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. Terrace Rd Trpr. Stalag Luft 6Used for: Stalag Luft 6, Stalag Luft vi, Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug camp, Located in Heydekrug, now Silute, in Lithuania Stalag Luft 6 was the most northerly of the Luftwaffe run prisoner of war camps. along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. We are now on Facebook. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. Tamworth The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Regina, Saskatchewan Junction Lane MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Victoria If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. Roland M. Tucker Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. Scarborough, 7th May 1942 Batley Dudley W. Attwood Cpl. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Burscough The camp was evacuated in February 1945. E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. It was located in the area of the former Camp II (Lager II), initially referred to as a camp of field artillery (Feldlager). Stalag 3A was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin. Kings Heath Stalag Luft 5 was aprisoner of war camp run by the Luftwaffe located at Grditz, 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Dresden. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. Please scroll down for: Types of Camp Clickable List of Camps You can help If you know about someone who was an allied prisoner of war of Germany during the Second World War, Neepawa New Zealand, 24th May 1940 Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Like this page to receive our updates. Geneanet a souhait vous faciliter l'accs cette base trs riche. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft. Hull, 20th Jan 1944 c/o Quebec Liquor Commission [2], Memorial dedicated to World War II resistance fighters on the site of Stalag VIII-D, Stalag VIII-D / Stalag VIII-B/Z / Stalag VIII-B, Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47, "List of POW Camps ("Kriegsgefangenenlager Liste")", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_VIII-D&oldid=1139825211, Kommando E535 - Milwitz Coal mine "Milwitzgrube" SOSNOWITZ - Milowice (Sosnowiec), mainly, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47. Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia's military forces. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. Experiences related by Prisoners of War at Stalag VIII/344 Lamsdorf, one of the largest German Prisoner-of-War camps, during the Second World War. Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. He was captured in Calais on 26th May 1940 and was imprisoned at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf from June 1940 to May 1945. A. E. Collins My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. Birmingham, 1st April 1942 It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UKs exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located. 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