All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. Douglas Stalag 8B (VIII-B, according to the German designation system) was established in late 1939 to hold Polish POWs taken during the German invasion of Poland. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. 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. It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. Wallasey If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. 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. 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. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. 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. Cameron St. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from 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. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Kent, Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy) Canada, 2nd Nov 1944 Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. 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. Middlesex, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. I found your site of the utmost interest & somewhat emotional as the man in the front row centre of the RAF group at Stalag V111B was my father, flight sergeant Frank Firman. 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. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. Ayot St. Peter Ray Dudley Commercial use. St Kilda Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. 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. 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. 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. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. Avian Road Colchester The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Dagenham Ave Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Basegreen Ave 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. limestone quarry. Cheslyn Hay The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. Cemetery House Victoria They were in Polish and German. The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. Market Weighton 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. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. 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 . Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. Waiuku, Auckland Harrison Rd It was opened in May 1943 for non commissioned officers captured during 1943 along with many transferred from Stalag Luft 1 and Stalag Luft 3 camps. Oxford St Sukasari In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 A. Potter In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . Hall St The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Dulag LuftUsed for: Oberursel camp, Wetzlar camp, Captured Allied aircrew were all first sent to the Dulag Luft camp run by the Luftwaffe which comprised three sites all near Frankfurt; Oberursel, central Frankfurt and Wetzlar. Pte. 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. Stan Living-Stone Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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. The camp was evacuated in February 1945. It saw almost a century of misery. The Archive team would love to hear from you. While Esselmeyer is long gone the band is still active. 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). Required fields are marked *. Hunt and Dad had first met while at IX C. Hunt later became a doctor. coal mine. Harold Darn It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942 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. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. 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. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 Airth Castle Estate 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. Ormskirk I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." (The Rapids) True Heart Inn Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. E561 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowtitz. Charles Coward testified about what he saw at Monowitz at the IG Farben Trial during the Nuremberg trials: I made it a point to get one of the guards to take me to town under the pretense of buying new razor blades and stuff for our boys. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." Holme Rd Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. He and mom wrote back and forth for the next ten years and finally got married in Kelowna mom and John then moved to New Zealand. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. (Robert Leslie Rutherford) Newcastle, A W Hadley The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. 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 . Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. [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. 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. Trpr. James Badcock Canada, 9th Mar 1942 Beverley High Rd Johnnie W. Mayhead He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Stalag III B; Stalag IV B; Stalag IV C; Stalag IV F; Stalag VIII A Grlitz; M-Stammlager IX C; Sandbostel (Concentration camp) Stalag XI-A; Stalag XI B; . Batley STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. L W Walsh The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Royal Tank Regiment, The Last Escape. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. Les Chatterton Cambridge Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. There were less than 200 survivors found. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. A. Carmichael Park Road E. A. Drake Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. 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 date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. 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