He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. Hunter All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. If you have any unwanted 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. Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. Darling St This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. 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". There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. Your email address will not be published. New South Wales [3] In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. Canada, 26th April 1944 The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Y Yithers Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Terrace Rd It was the site of the Great Escape in March 1944. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. The majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. 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 VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. sugar beet factory. 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. Royal Tank Regiment, The Last Escape. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Powell Ave. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. Welwyn Garden City Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. 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. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942 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. E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. Saint Road 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. If you think that this page can be improved, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Johnnie W. Mayhead This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, many of the prisoners were marched westward in groups of 200 to 300 in the so-called Death March. E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Victoria 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, All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Sutton Oak A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. E. K. West (Lofty) 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. Cheslyn Hay All the camp knew it. An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. Transwood 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. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Johannesburg 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. Nr. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. Bill Cox Stalag 3A was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Yorkshire Road London, Ont The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. Ashburton But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Thanks again for the contact. 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). MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. 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. H. J. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. Mitford Drive Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? Wolverhampton Birmingham, 1st April 1942 The New Zealand gave John a full military funeral and he was placed in a military cemetery there, ironically very near Wiuku where his dad was, we have mom here and she will be placed with Dad in Kelowna if winter ever stops. 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. 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. Join or Log Into Facebook. 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. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Roland M. Tucker The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. Want to find out more about your relative's service? The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Johnnie Shanks In the first period of its existence when the camp operated as independent Stalag VIII D Teschen, and from September 1942 to December 1943 as a branch of the prisoner-of-war camp in ambowice - Stalag VIII B/Z Teschen, around 500 people were incarcerated. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. 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. Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Wednesbury They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. Jim Humphreys It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. He may have arrived too late. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. There were less than 200 survivors found. Ormskirk Copies can be made for personal use. 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. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. England, 31st Jan 1942 West Java [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Banstead 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. He told us that he was in on several escape plans but did nor ever try to escape himself as he reckoned he was too old and might hold the others back. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Want to find out more about your relative's service? Fulham Road stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. 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. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). 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. 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. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. 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. Ottaw, On In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, many of the prisoners were marched westward in groups of 200 to 300 in the so-called Death March. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. 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. Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Shaw Heath "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Junction Rd He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. All the civilian population knew it. The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters, X-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. Colmore Ave 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. I have found some postcards from my Grandfather Corporal William Henry Sadler who was imprisoned there . Trpr. 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. Dagenham Ave IWM collections. Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. This series of separate marches from individual camps is collectively known as the long march. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Staffs, 29th Jul 1942 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. The BEF advanced into Belgium but the Allied front rapidly collapsed before the German blitzkrieg and the British force, with its flanks exposed and its rear increasingly threatened, was obliged to make a succession of withdrawals. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Ronald Arnold Banstead, B H James photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. 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. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Dagenham 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 saw almost a century of misery. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Hythe End There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. coal mine, E211 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Treibiz. Stockport The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. Saw Mill The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. 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. 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, Beverley High Rd Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. 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. 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. 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. Essex, J. R. Skan 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. Henry Dufour The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. York, J Macgregor At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . 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. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Canada, Eric W Earl Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth Canada, 9th Mar 1942 Baitford The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2, 29th Jul 1942 Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. 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. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. He was captured in Calais on 26th May 1940 and was imprisoned at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf from June 1940 to May 1945. Cpl. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. 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". coal mine, E446 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Zuckmantel, E460 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b building railway bridge, E479 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowitz, E484 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neisse. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. Ayot St. Peter 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. Len Walker Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. Harold Darn Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple Camp commander Czesaw Gborski was later put on trial for his role in running the camp. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . Gordon D Pepper The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944 Laurier Ave I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. Instead of showers, there was gas. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. limestone quarry. Market Weighton 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. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Pte. Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 Clacton-on-Sea please If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Ladysmith St The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. Park Road 13 St Saviours Rd On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. 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. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. While Esselmeyer is long gone the band is still active. 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