please Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. A notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, in Silesia. 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. 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. 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. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. 13 St Saviours Rd 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. Explore the Collection. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Avian Road Hythe End After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. Pleasant Harbour Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. Banstead, B H James Ross-on-Wye Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Powell Ave. Wednesbury Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. Our My interest in Stalag VIIIB, German Prisoner of War Camp, started with the fact that many New Zealand POWs ended up here, including some friends of my family. 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, 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. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Canada, Armand Rondeau Join or Log Into Facebook. A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. Thanks again for the contact. I recall one of these broadcasts was by Anthony Eden himself. After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. Norton sugar beet factory. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. 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. Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Watery Lane Regina, Saskatchewan (The Rapids) At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. It saw almost a century of misery. Kelowna, BC 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. 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. Stourbridge, F Firman Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. 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. Kings Heath Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. If you would like to enquire about commercial use of Archive items published on this page, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Roland M. Tucker The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Drive Mansions Laurier Ave Terrace Rd c/o Quebec Liquor Commission [3] In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. 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. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. 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). The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. R. L. Rutherford 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. Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. 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. London, 14th Nov 1940 Baitford Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. 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. Wallasey E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. 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 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. Batley Ferry Road Tamboerskloof List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely 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). The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. 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. 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. 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. Stalag Luft 6Used for: Stalag Luft 6, Stalag Luft vi, Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug camp, Located in Heydekrug, now Silute, in Lithuania Stalag Luft 6 was the most northerly of the Luftwaffe run prisoner of war camps. [citation needed]. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Required fields are marked *. The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. Ladysmith St He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. Ronald Arnold H. J. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. 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. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. Beresford Ave 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 were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. Junction Lane Lye I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. 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. coal mine, E211 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Treibiz. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. Buitenzorg - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. Hall St The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Thanks again for your site. Want to know what life was like during the War? Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." 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. 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. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. Your email address will not be published. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. They were ordered to march to the West. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. England, 31st Jan 1942 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. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Clacton-on-Sea The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. There were less than 200 survivors found. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Dandenong Rd Reginald Ryder 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 . Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. 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. Tpr. along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. Ormskirk The Last Escape. Today on the site of the camp is the Polish Central Prisoner of War Museum (otherwise labeled incorrectly). E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. 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. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. Airth Castle Estate Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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 Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. Westerhope The Archive team would love to hear from you. Stirlingshire Clarkson St 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. 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. D. A. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945 Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource IWM HU 47109 1/2 slide 1 to 2 of 2 Description Object description Interior view of a camp hut showing prisoners' accommodation and possessions on Christmas Day 1944. Park Road The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Brixton Hill Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. 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. Dagenham I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. All the civilian population knew it. 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; . 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. Cape Town Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. W. Wynne Mason, Prisoners of War (1954), from the Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945 series is a recommended reference text. Welwyn Garden City Hunter. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 Dagenham Ave Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. L W Walsh At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Henry Dufour My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on. A. E. Collins Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. New South Wales Dad died in 1957 at age 40, he was damaged coming back from the war PTS a word that came from the Vietnam era, but in those days you sucked it up and most never talked about it again, we basically grew up without a father. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. James Badcock Pte. Robert Stoker It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. Kidderminster, 29th Jul 1942 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. 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. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. Sutton Oak [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. 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. Town End nr Gleadless 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 . Shaw Heath Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. Hunt and Dad had first met while at IX C. Hunt later became a doctor. 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