Place des Pointeliers True Heart Inn Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Regina, Saskatchewan Reginald Ryder The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. Montreal Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were: From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to Stalag XIII-C in Bavaria or Stalag XIII-D Nrnberg. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Dagenham Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. A photomontage of images from Stalag VIIIb prisoner of war came including a German list of prisoners who escaped from the Camp and featuring the profile of . Les Chatterton The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. 2023 Lindsay Chitty Philatelist | Powered by, Correspondence and Photographs Stalag VIIIB, WWII. Stan Living-Stone Australia, RAF No. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. c/o S. E. Petherbridge Darling St 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. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2, 29th Jul 1942 In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Cape Town In 1945-1946, the camp was used by the Soviet-installed Polish Ministry of Public Security to house some 8000-9000 Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. I have found some postcards from my Grandfather Corporal William Henry Sadler who was imprisoned there . Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Pine Ave His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Norton Cambridge Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Worsbrough Dale 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. Dad arrived at Belaria in late October44. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. Hull, 20th Jan 1944 There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Photo: Imperial War Museum HU 47157. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. Jim Henry Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. Hythe End Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. This is the Facebook Group of Stalag VIIIB (later renumbered Stalag 344) was one of the largest German prisoner of war camps and was situated at Lamsdorf (now Lambinowce in Poland). 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. E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. Grenadier Guards. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Like this page to receive our updates. Yorkshire Road About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Welwyn Garden City But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. It is not clear which battalion Robert served with however it is more probable that it was the 1st Battalion which formed part of the final defence force around the Dunkirk beaches. I was at Auschwitz nearly every dayNobody could live in Auschwitz and work in the plant, or even come down to the plant without knowing what was common knowledge to everybody. The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre) Ronald Arnold (front row, far right) Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Gerrard St Stalag Luft 2Used for: Stalag Luft 2, Stalag Luft ii, Stalag Luft II, Litzmannstadt camp, Stalag Luft 2 was located in the city of Lodz in Poland, which the Germans renamed Litzmannstadt. stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. 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. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B. He told us that the Gaelic speakers in the camp were able to pass information to each other without the Guards knowing what they were saying. Gordon D Pepper However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. Westerhope The South Lancashires held the far left of the British line, west of Nieuport, the Loyals occupied the fortified town of Bergues on the right, while the East Lancashires plugged a gap in the centre of the line along the Bergues Canal. This series of separate marches from individual camps is collectively known as the long march. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely 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. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Colchester H. Newall Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. Stourbridge, F Firman Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Saint Road limestone quarry. Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Want to know what life was like during the War? Ashburton POWs regularly bore witness to the atrocities occurring at Monowitz because the SS made no attempt to conceal their brutality; the Allied prisoners routinely saw inmates from the Arbeitslagers being hanged, pushed off buildings, fatally beaten and shot. 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. Hornchurch 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. Stirlingshire Wolverhampton Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by (Robert Leslie Rutherford) Shaw Heath on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. 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. E715 was next to the I.G. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Pte. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. In the second issue of The Clarion (the camp magazine) in February 1943, the RC Chaplain Father John Berry says that "there are about 600 Working Parties and .. you will be able to guess why so many of you will have not yet had a visit". West Java Erdington Hunt and Dad had first met while at IX C. Hunt later became a doctor. South Africa, Owen L Griggs More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. railway depot loading and unloading trains. Sgt. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. The military court at the time granted Sonntag an acquittal as he had "acted in accordance with the instructions issued by the Kommander i/c POWs, Major General Von Osterrich. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. In November last year 2011 (Rugby world cup was on there) we went to New Zealand as mom at 91 had passed on we were there two weeks and just as we were leaving John did as well. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. (The Rapids) Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942 The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." 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. Essex, J. R. Skan 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. Town End nr Gleadless Manitoba Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Thanks again for your site. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Papers relating to the camps Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen Camp, 1942-1944, including statistics on inmates; deaths/discharges; executions; health statistics; organisational changes. 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. Grange Town Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Harry before he died, age 91, began to talk of the horrendous times he endured on the march from France to Poland having to cross the River Danube on many occasions. In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. 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. About 500 prisoners died at Stalag VIIIB/344 at Lamsdorf, mostly from illness, accidents or war wounds, probably fewer than 1% of the men who were at the camp at some time or another. Clacton-on-Sea Scotland, 12th Jul 1942 On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. *The names on the lists might not all be listed individually yet on the alphabetical list below (it takes a long time to do this). photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. I now wonder if it was another soldier who was shotin anargument over a cigarette and thatJoe's shooting was indeed over refusing to pushthe wheelbarrow. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. 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. 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. Dad died in 1957 at age 40, he was damaged coming back from the war PTS a word that came from the Vietnam era, but in those days you sucked it up and most never talked about it again, we basically grew up without a father. E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Want to know what life was like during the War? Everyone to whom I spoke gave the same story - the people in the city of Auschwitz, the SS men, concentration camp inmates, foreign workers - everyone said that thousands of people were being gassed and cremated at Auschwitz, and that the inmates who worked with us and who were unable to continue working because of their physical condition and were suddenly missing, had been sent to the gas chambers. Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. 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. The J.H. Brixton Hill New South Wales In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. Sukasari Harrison Rd [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. Add a Name to this List They were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. Hunter. All the camp knew it. Nous avons dvelopp pour cela un moteur de recherche ddi, accessible gratuitement tous via la Bibliothque numrise. Your email address will not be published. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Forest Gate The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. 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. Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. Plaistow Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. London, 19th Oct 1944 On 1st June a determined enemy attack on the Dunkirk perimeter was halted by the gallant stand of B Company, 1st East Lancashires, for which Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews was awarded the Victoria Cross (the only one at Dunkirk), assisted by a counter-attack by the Loyals. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. Stalag Luft 5Used for: Stalag Luft 5, Stalag Luft v, Stalag Luft V, Stalag Luft 5. please If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Stalag Luft 4Used for: Stalag Luft 4, Stalag Luft iv, Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo camp, Gro Tychow camp, Stalag Luft 4 was located at Gross Tychow, now Tychowo, in north-east Poland 78 miles (125 kms) north-east of Stettin, now Szczecin. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. qw Basic: $26 a month Shopify: $71 a month Advanced: $235 a month ii xj Liberated April 22, 1945. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. 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. 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. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 Johnnie Shanks All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. 29th Jul 1942. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern aga) and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tn). 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