If you'd like to get in touch with us regarding Arthur's Wartime Log please feel free to e-mail darren@bluelight.biz, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in, Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Mitford Drive Also known as Stalag 344, and connected to Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-d. 64,000 POWs in 1944 with 150 officers and 13,625 being British. At one point, after being recaptured, a German guard ordered him to 'dig his own grave' at the point of a gun and then when he had dug the hole told him to fill it in again. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). There were less than 200 survivors found. 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. I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. John Warren The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. railway, E218 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Flossingen, E22 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gliewitz-Ohringen, E22050 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b gas works, E243 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Breslau (gasworks), E25 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rauschwalde, Kreis Falkenberg, E256 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Zuckmantel, E260 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Grosszeildel. Norton The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. H. Newall Robert Stoker Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. labouring, E490 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen. The Archive team would love to hear from you. My Grandfather, two uncles and my dad were all over there during the war at the same time and thanks to God they all came back safe although my father later died of cancer when I was 8 months old. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Jim Henry The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Saint Road Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Falkirk Victoria 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. New Zealand, Frank W Day From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. Jim Snowsell 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. Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Colchester A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. 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. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. 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. Dudley W. Attwood If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. Roland M. Tucker She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. I looked at the names (listed in Part 2 of Arthur's Wartime Log) and I do recognize the handwriting of my uncle (Albert Siebel). cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. Our If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Like this page to receive our updates. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Ronald Arnold Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. E. A. Drake 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. Barnsley He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Kidderminster, 29th Jul 1942 The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Near East Indies, Jim Healey There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. 13 St Saviours Rd The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. [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. Westerhope Ferry Road Burscough Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. 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. West Java Australia, 28th Oct 1943 CQSM Sidney Cecil Lawrie 1/12, 2/13, 5/13, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16 and also this link: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=KRAKOW%20RAKOWICKI%20CEMETERY, The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, POWs sent from Italian POW camp PG 82 Laterina to Lamsdorf 22 July 1943, Keith Bruce Chisholm (see pages 6-15 of this document), Eric W. Lawson(see also Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson), Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson (see also Eric W. Lawson), Charles Amos George Victor (Vic) Petersen. Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). True Heart Inn Staffs, 1st Dec 1943 [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. Mullins did well post war owning some hotels and is said to have employed Rondeau when he was on the outs. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely Want to find out more about your relative's service? My father enlisted in the RFC just as it became the RAF in 1918, he went to Egypt in May 39, went to Greece, escaped to Crete & was wounded & captured there. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. Fulham Road 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. Civilian Internee Mail New Zealand to Changi, M. V. Gripsholm Mail, Diplomatic Exchange Vessel, Far East WWII, Repatriation Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942 46, New Zealand Irregular Use of Stamps and Other Items for Postage, The American Great White Fleet Voyage 1908-09, The Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp of WWI, Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp Postcards, The First New Zealand Pictorial Issue 1898, New Zealands Stamp First Issue, The Full Face Queens, Methods of Officially Sealing Mail in New Zealand, Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45, Postal Use of the New Zealand Boer War Stamp, Civilian Internee Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45. The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. Corrections and integrations. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. The men were marched along country roads towards the Oder, first north towards Dresden, then when the Germans changed their mind, south towards Bavaria, eventually reaching Stalag XIII-D near Nuremberg. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Instead of showers, there was gas. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Banstead Welwyn Garden City Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. Yorkshire Road As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall. Norton Cottages If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small New Zealand, 24th May 1940 Pleasant Harbour 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. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 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. 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. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Nr. He spoke of being lined up to be shot on two separate occasions, but each time was reprievedI think that was a form of mental torture. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. My interest in Stalag VIIIB, German Prisoner of War Camp, started with the fact that many New Zealand POWs ended up here, including some friends of my family. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. 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. Canada, 9th Mar 1942 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, He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. Ordered back from one defensive line to the next, amid scenes of growing chaos, the four Lancashire battalions fought a number of delaying actions, most notably at Tournai on the Escaut, at Lannoy and at Rousbrugge, before reaching Dunkirk. The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. Baitford In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. Air Force POWs in all camps are listed - Lamsdorf is identified as 344. please 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. E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 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. In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. The J.H. Douglas [3] In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. Join or Log Into Facebook. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. 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. There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. They were ordered to march to the West. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. *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). In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Standerton Essex, J. R. Skan The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Pine Ave Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Norton New South Wales Hunt and Dad had first met while at IX C. Hunt later became a doctor. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. 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 records also told me that Dad was captured at Gazala in North Africa and ended up in Stalag VIIIb, in what is now Poland, from September 1943 until liberation in April 1945. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. Town End nr Gleadless Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Ashburton (The Rapids) S-0413-0004-02. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. J. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Colmore Ave If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact theMedia Sales & Licensing Team. 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. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. If you think that this page can be improved, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942 Basegreen Ave Johannesburg During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Place des Pointeliers The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. Holme Rd Geneanet a souhait vous faciliter l'accs cette base trs riche. West Bergholt We are now on Facebook. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? 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". Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 England, 31st Jan 1942 After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Avian Road Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. 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). W. Wynne Mason, Prisoners of War (1954), from the Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945 series is a recommended reference text. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright Clacton-on-Sea The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. [3], Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B, Affidavit Copy of Document NI-11696, Prosecution Exhibit 1462, Nuremberg Trials, thousands of people were being gassed and cremated at Auschwitz, "Arbeitskommando E119, Stalag VIIIB, Mankendorf", "The camp for prisoners of war from Great Britain in Klimontow near Sosnowiec, Poland", Photos and personal stories of British prisoners, "Lamsdorf: Stalag VIIIB 344 Prisoner of War Camp 1940 - 1945", "A Prisoner of War's Diary from Stalag VIIIB 1940-45", "British POW describes Arbeitskommandos E196, E702 and Saubsdorf", "Detailed scrapbook from English POW held at Stalag 344 (VIIIB)", "The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In ambinowice-Opole", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_VIII-B&oldid=1132803810, E62 in Gliwice-Sztygarw (Ligota Zabrska) (, E565 in Siersza Wodna, present-day district of, E586 in Kazimierz, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz/Juliusz (, E587 in Czelad-Piaski at the Czelad coal mine (Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E702 in Klimontw, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Klimontw (, E719 in Gliwice-Sztygarw (Ligota Zabrska) (, E738 in Trzebinia at a refinery managed by, E744 in Kazimierz Grniczy, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz-Juliusz (, E754 in Czelad at the Mars coal mine (252 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E758 in Knurw at Dworcowa street (169 POWs, 2 buildings), E760 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - work for the Narrow-Gauge Railway Authority (58 POWs) (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E761 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - transport (17 POWs) (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E762 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom at a concrete factory (, This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 17:42. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Thus a camp within a camp was created. New Westminster, BC Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. 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 . Plaistow Newcastle, A W Hadley She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. He may have arrived too late. Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. The camp was created in 1941 as the base camp for a number of work-camps (Arbeitskommando) for prisoners of war working in the mines and industries of Upper Silesia. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Thanks again for the contact. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. 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). Drive Mansions limestone quarry. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. E276 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ottmachau. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Stourbridge, F Firman Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). Hall St Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. 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, Permission must be sought for publication. Prisoners of War. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. My Father died in 1980 but I have several photographs including the cobblers shop where my father was part of a small team under Arthur Weston making artificial legs. It saw almost a century of misery. Hertfordshire, 9th Jul 1943 Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. Montreal Dad had one of their recordings. Wild Kipp If you have any unwanted In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. 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. They were ordered to march to the West. Later 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. power station, E728 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neu Oderberg, E732 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czciakowa, E734 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schoppintiz, E739 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Dombrowa Grunkolonie, E742 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ober Lazisk, E744 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E746 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte, E749 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, E750 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kattowitz, E753 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Graumanndorf, E755 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Wojkowitz Komorne, E756 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Radzionkau, E793 (E493) Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 21, BAB 21, Stalag 8b, E794 Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 20, BAB 20 Stalag 8b Hydebreck, E8 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Krappitz. 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