Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. New South Wales
Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942
photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. Fader St
Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Dagenham Ave
West Java
Canterbury
The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. Ross-on-Wye
In the time of successive wars, it provided facilities where prisoners-of-war were detained . Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple
Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Australia, 28th Oct 1943
Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. 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. D. A. E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. 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". Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. 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. Birmingham, 1st April 1942
After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth
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. 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. 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". Clarkson St
In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Bradford Road West
A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. Ashburton
Cheslyn Hay
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. Buddle Street
At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Near East Indies, Jim Healey
Donnington
New Zealand, Frank W Day
Sid Hall
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 . A. Carmichael
It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Cheshire, 26th April 1944
The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. 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. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. Pattingham
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. Plaistow
Stalag Luft 3Used for: Stalag Luft 3, Stalag Luft iii, Stalag Luft III, Belaria camp, Belaria, Belaria compound, Zagan camp, Zegan camp, Sagan camp, Stalag Luft 3 was in Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan, 100 miles (161 kms) south-east of Berlin. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. Buitenzorg
I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Cpl. J. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. Kyrle Street
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. Trpr. stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. 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. Fawdon
Mountain View
In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Ayot St. Peter
Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Walter Mellor 3rd Btn. 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. 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,
Westerhope
There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by The majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. Essex, 26th Jul 1942
Beverley High Rd
Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. It saw almost a century of misery. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942
Quantity: 1 b&w origi. Southcliff Park
E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. We are now on Facebook. Hunter. E. A. Drake
Mitford Drive
It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. Commercial use. He worked in a series of work camps including Groschowitz (Groszowice) from July 1940 to October 1940 on building works, Gumpertsdorf (Komprachcice) from November 1940 to January 1941 on roadworks, Heuerstein, from 25th May 1941 to 3rd June 1941, in a quarry, Setzdorf (Vpenn), from 18th August 1941 to 27 February 1944, in another quarry, Jagerndorf (Strzelniki), from March 1944 to August 1944, on council work, Freudenthal (Bruntl), from August 1944 to September 1944, in a linen factory, and Gurschdorf (Skoroice) from September 1944 to March 1945, a quarry that was also a punishment camp. Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Also, there were pamphlets dropped in Auschwitz and the surrounding territory, one of which I personally read, which related what was going on in the camp at Auschwitz. Henry A. D. H. Goffee
During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. Norton Cottages
He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Ormskirk
Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Douglas
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. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 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. Place des Pointeliers
Yorkshire, J. South Africa, 26th Jul 1942
When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. Cpl. I have found some postcards from my Grandfather Corporal William Henry Sadler who was imprisoned there . 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. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. The Last Escape. England, 31st Jan 1942
The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Harold Darn
Gillingham
The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Pleasant Harbour
Air Force POWs in all camps are listed - Lamsdorf is identified as 344. 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; . But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. 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. Banstead
They were ordered to march to the West. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942
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. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. 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. Wild Kipp
During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. Stockport
Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe)
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. S-0413-0004-02. 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. 2023 Lindsay Chitty Philatelist | Powered by, Correspondence and Photographs Stalag VIIIB, WWII. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through ambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. 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 ). He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. 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. [2] Camp history [ edit] Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. 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 Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. 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. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. E561 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowtitz. I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. 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. 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. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Want to know what life was like during the War? The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. 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. In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. Tpr. Y Yithers
13 St Saviours Rd
Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. 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. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Shaw Heath
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. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Boundary Road
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small St Kilda
Scotland, 12th Jul 1942
My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Neepawa
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. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Oxford St
Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Canada, Eric W Earl
recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Cambridge
Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942
Roland M. Tucker
Church (My Pilot)
Want to find out more about your relative's service? The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. Australia, RAF No. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942
Very little remains there, but there is an exhibition of daily life in the camps and a reconstruction of a hut where Russian POWs were held (and treated very badly). Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. 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. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. 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, If you have any unwanted Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). Birmingham, Ron Cartwright
1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. Baitford
Airth Castle Estate
Dandenong Rd
Stirlingshire
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. Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). 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. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. Holme Rd
Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. It was the site of the Great Escape in March 1944. Colmore Ave
Robert Stoker
stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Transwood
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. Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. Hall School
limestone quarry. Herts
The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. 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. About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. 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. Thus a camp within a camp was created. 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. Required fields are marked *. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Albert A. Seibel
Fulham Road
Darling St
All the camp knew it. London, 19th Aug 1942
On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. 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. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. A. E. Collins
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