Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942 During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. 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. Terrace Rd He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. please Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Want to know what life was like during the War? I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Our There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. London, 29th July 1942 c/o Quebec Liquor Commission Sgt. 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. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." We are now on Facebook. Photo: Imperial War Museum HU 47157. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. All the civilian population knew it. 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. 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 montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. Prisoners of War. 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". Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. 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Cheslyn Hay Wednesbury If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Reginald Ryder Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. A. Carmichael 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). 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. It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. 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. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. E276 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ottmachau. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. 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. 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. London, Ont The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. 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. railway depot loading and unloading trains. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 Commercial use. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Stourbridge, F Firman Junction Rd The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Canada, Armand Rondeau Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Want to find out more about your relative's service? His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. London, 19th Oct 1944 If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. The inmates who were selected to be gassed went through the procedure of preparing for a bath, they stripped their clothes off, and walked into the bathing room. 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. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Jim Humphreys Join or Log Into Facebook. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. Your email address will not be published. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Hythe End It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. Sgt. The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple England, 31st Jan 1942 Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. 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. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. 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. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. 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. D. A. Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. London, J E Hall 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. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . Pine Ave The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. [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. Robert Stoker 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. Norton High Street This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Drive Mansions [3] Some POWs made contact with concentration camp inmates and passed on information about the war's progress that had been acquired using secret radios in the POW 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. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. London, 19th Aug 1942 Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. Shaw Heath Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Brixton Hill [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. 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. 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. Place des Pointeliers This series of separate marches from individual camps is collectively known as the long march. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. 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. B. Jackson Manitoba Thus a camp within a camp was created. Dad had one of their recordings. This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. 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. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. 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. 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