A. Carmichael They were ordered to march to the West. The camp was closed in September 1944 when most prisoners were transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Stan Living-Stone 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. Colchester As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. Johnnie Shanks 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. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Cpl. 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. Bradford Road West South Africa, Owen L Griggs 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. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. 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. West Bergholt Johnnie W. Mayhead The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on. Nr. I have found some postcards from my Grandfather Corporal William Henry Sadler who was imprisoned there . This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. It was opened in May 1943 for non commissioned officers captured during 1943 along with many transferred from Stalag Luft 1 and Stalag Luft 3 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. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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 . Ladysmith St STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. 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. 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. About 9,000 airmen - 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian - were imprisoned there when it was liberated on the night of 30 April 1945 by Soviet troops. D. A. Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). 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. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Birmingham, 1st April 1942 St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. 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. 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. *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). During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. IWM collections. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. 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 Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. Market Weighton E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Laband E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Saw Mill Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. Dudley W. Attwood It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. c/o Quebec Liquor Commission Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Shortly after the outbreak of war with Germany the 1st South Lancashires and 1st Loyals crossed to France with, respectively, the 4th and 1st Divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. 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. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through ambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. York, J Macgregor Buddle Street They were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) 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. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Buitenzorg Junction Lane coal mine. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Montreal Fulham Road The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Church (My Pilot) 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. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Place des Pointeliers Harrison Rd There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. 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. Wolverhampton Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Scotland, 12th Jul 1942 I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. Jim Humphreys Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. 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; . Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. 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. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. 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. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942 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. The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. 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. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommandos) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tsn). In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. 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. Arthur E. Adams (front row, second from left) and other fellow PoW's at Stalag VIII B, Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre), Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. New Zealand, 24th May 1940 (Robert Leslie Rutherford) 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. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Hythe End Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Hastings St Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Bill Cox Copies can be made for personal use. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. Stourbridge, F Firman The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. please Transwood Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). 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. Shaw Heath Charles Coward testified about what he saw at Monowitz at the IG Farben Trial during the Nuremberg trials: I made it a point to get one of the guards to take me to town under the pretense of buying new razor blades and stuff for our boys. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Canterbury WO 311/153 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing of British POW 1945 June - 1946 Feb. WO 311/162 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing and ill-treatment of British POWs 1944 May-1947 Apr. 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. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 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. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 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, Cemetery House H. J. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 Thanks again for the contact. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. Terrace Rd Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. High Street L W Walsh Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. Grange Town Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. New Zealand, 15th Sep 1940 The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. South Africa, 26th Jul 1942 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. As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. He was captured in Calais on 26th May 1940 and was imprisoned at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf from June 1940 to May 1945. 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. 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. 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. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942 Required fields are marked *. Ferry Lane It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. 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. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Jim Henry Newcastle, A W Hadley 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. 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