Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 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). 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. Y Yithers *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). 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. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. Clacton-on-Sea Darling St They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. R. L. Rutherford E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright railway depot loading and unloading trains. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. There were less than 200 survivors found. 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. Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. 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. I looked at the photo on the site and am wondering if he is in the picture in the back row on the right because I don't have any photos of when he was very young to compare. 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. Essex, J. R. Skan They were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. St Kilda List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. 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. In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. Three days earlier, the inmates of Monowitz had been sent on their own death march to Gleiwitz near the Czech border where they boarded trains to Buchenwald in Germany and Mauthausen in Austria. 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. 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. Johnnie W. Mayhead Beresford Ave He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. Place des Pointeliers Thanks again for the contact. coal mine. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Welledale Cres Len Walker Corrections and integrations. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) limestone quarry. This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. East Street E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2, 29th Jul 1942 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 They were ordered to march to the West. S-0413-0004-02. 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. However, as it was attached to the Monowitz concentration camp (codenamed Buna after the synthetic rubber it made) which was one of the 28 sub-camps under the control of Auschwitz III, the SS had effective control. Wallasey If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Our Captured RAF prisoners were first sent to the Dulag Luft transit camps near Frankfurt and then mostly taken to one of seven Stalag Luft Camps. Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. Barnsley 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. 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. Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 [2] Camp history [ edit] After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. 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 Ronald Arnold 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. In January the camp held just over 1500 prisoners who were evacuated initially as part of the long march and then by train to Stalag 3A. Brixton Hill Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. 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 located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. Welwyn Garden City Holme Rd London, J E Hall 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. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Before the end of the war he was transfered to Marlag & Milag Nor, a Naval camp; how he was made to travel there we do not know, it's a pity PCs were not around years ago. The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Stalag Luft 1Usef for: Stalag Luft 1, Stalag Luft i, Stalag Luft I, Barth camp, Opened in July 1940 Stalag Luft 1 was the first of the Stalag Luft camps run by the Luftwaffe to hold captured Allied aircrew. 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. Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Nr Wellington Wood There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. Restrictions and conditions apply. Wild Kipp Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. L W Walsh Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944 Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Dandenong Rd 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. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. This series of separate marches from individual camps is collectively known as the long march. 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, Hall School Add a Name to this List The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Laurier Ave Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 York, J Macgregor 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. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. Civilian Internee Mail New Zealand to Changi, M. V. 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Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. 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. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. Scotland, 12th Jul 1942 Dudley W. Attwood railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. Ray Dudley Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Manitoba Robert Stoker The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. South Africa, R W Kinsey The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Johnnie Shanks 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). Quantity: 1 b&w origi. We are now on Facebook. Herts I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Canada, 20th Jan 1944 Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. 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, In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. Join or Log Into Facebook. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. 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. 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. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. 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. Instead of showers, there was gas. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. Jim Henry Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. 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. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Norton Cottages 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. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. Like this page to receive our updates. Waiuku, Auckland The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. 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. 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. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Date: Sep 1941-Sep 1944 From: Morris family : . 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. In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Church (My Pilot) Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. Saint Road 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. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. The camp was evacuated in February 1945. Walter Mellor 3rd 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. Ferry Lane Explore the Collection. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. 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. Dagenham Ave In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. New South Wales Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. My father told us that he escaped on a number of occasions, typically from working parties and although he did not achieve a 'home run', he was on the run on VE day having fought in the liberation of Prague alongside Czech partisans. All the camp knew it. This list does not claim to be definitive. There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp) located in various places in present-day southern Poland and northern Czech Republic. 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