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. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. Victoria After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. Allied aircrew prisoners were the responsibility of the Luftwaffe and Goering ordered that they were to be treated fairly. 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. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. E. K. West (Lofty) Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? 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. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. 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 . Add a Name to this List 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. Sgt. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Ottaw, On Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. 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. Y Yithers In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Geneanet a souhait vous faciliter l'accs cette base trs riche. R. L. Rutherford Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. He told us that the Gaelic speakers in the camp were able to pass information to each other without the Guards knowing what they were saying. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). The camp was closed in September 1944 when most prisoners were transferred to Stalag Luft 3. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Norton Cottages Avian Road At that time 1957 John Mayhead came over to visit some of his POW friends, he from New Zealand, but dad had passed on at that time already. They were in Polish and German. 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". Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Hunter. Brixton Hill Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Junction Rd This list does not claim to be definitive. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Transwood In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. 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). 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. Thanks again for your site. 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. mine. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. 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. 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. Banstead, B H James England, 31st Jan 1942 The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. East Barnet It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. 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". 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. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. 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. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Our London, 19th Oct 1944 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. Gillingham Ormskirk Birmingham, 1st April 1942 Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Sukasari 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. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. [citation needed]. Park Road coal mine. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. 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; . The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Hall School Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. West Bergholt Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. (Robert Leslie Rutherford) Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Harold Darn The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Canada, 9th Mar 1942 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. Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. They were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942 We are now on Facebook. 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. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. B. Jackson The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. Norton 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. Johnnie W. Mayhead Clarkson St Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Manor House Rd 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. Neepawa In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. There were less than 200 survivors found. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. High Street 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. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf and Teschen: documents (microfilm), https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1556-wl546, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen authorities. It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. 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. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. Lanarkshire It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. Powell Ave. 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. 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. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. 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. Trpr. Hastings St Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Yorkshire, J. Near Walsall In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. 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. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. 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. Permission must be sought for publication. Barnsley Montreal to help with the costs of keeping the site running. It was located in the area of the former Camp II (Lager II), initially referred to as a camp of field artillery (Feldlager). Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). Bill Cox Cambridge His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. 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. It saw almost a century of misery. Reginald Ryder All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. 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 was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. 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. [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. These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. There were less than 200 survivors found. Kelowna, BC Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. York, J Macgregor 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. Cape Town On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. railway depot loading and unloading trains. Henry A. 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. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. 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). In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. The Last Escape. Erdington Wild Kipp The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. 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. 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. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. 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 long marchUsed for: the death marchA series of forced marches between January and April 1945 when Allied prisoners of war held in German military prison camps were forced to march westward away from the advancing Russian forces. 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. Beverley High Rd Tamworth 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. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. 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