Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." Hull, 20th Jan 1944 The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. In the time of successive wars, it provided facilities where prisoners-of-war were detained . While Esselmeyer is long gone the band is still active. Lye Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. 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. London, 19th Oct 1944 If you have any unwanted Near Walsall Manitoba The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Beverley High Rd Newcastle, A W Hadley Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. 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. 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. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . The J.H. 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. 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. Restrictions and conditions apply. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. 13 St Saviours Rd That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. Hunter Stalag Luft 2Used for: Stalag Luft 2, Stalag Luft ii, Stalag Luft II, Litzmannstadt camp, Stalag Luft 2 was located in the city of Lodz in Poland, which the Germans renamed Litzmannstadt. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. 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. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. Pattingham In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. 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. 2023 Lindsay Chitty Philatelist | Powered by, Correspondence and Photographs Stalag VIIIB, WWII. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. Buitenzorg At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Mullins did well post war owning some hotels and is said to have employed Rondeau when he was on the outs. London, 14th Nov 1940 Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States passed through this camp. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. [3], Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B, Affidavit Copy of Document NI-11696, Prosecution Exhibit 1462, Nuremberg Trials, thousands of people were being gassed and cremated at Auschwitz, "Arbeitskommando E119, Stalag VIIIB, Mankendorf", "The camp for prisoners of war from Great Britain in Klimontow near Sosnowiec, Poland", Photos and personal stories of British prisoners, "Lamsdorf: Stalag VIIIB 344 Prisoner of War Camp 1940 - 1945", "A Prisoner of War's Diary from Stalag VIIIB 1940-45", "British POW describes Arbeitskommandos E196, E702 and Saubsdorf", "Detailed scrapbook from English POW held at Stalag 344 (VIIIB)", "The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In ambinowice-Opole", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_VIII-B&oldid=1132803810, E62 in Gliwice-Sztygarw (Ligota Zabrska) (, E565 in Siersza Wodna, present-day district of, E586 in Kazimierz, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz/Juliusz (, E587 in Czelad-Piaski at the Czelad coal mine (Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E702 in Klimontw, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Klimontw (, E719 in Gliwice-Sztygarw (Ligota Zabrska) (, E738 in Trzebinia at a refinery managed by, E744 in Kazimierz Grniczy, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz-Juliusz (, E754 in Czelad at the Mars coal mine (252 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E758 in Knurw at Dworcowa street (169 POWs, 2 buildings), E760 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - work for the Narrow-Gauge Railway Authority (58 POWs) (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E761 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - transport (17 POWs) (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen), E762 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom at a concrete factory (, This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 17:42. 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. Johannesburg This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Darling St Canterbury Henry Dufour The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Our Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Church (My Pilot) It was the site of the Great Escape in March 1944. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Roy A Flood Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Explore the Collection. London, J E Hall If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. 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. Essex, J. R. Skan Thanks again for the contact. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. 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. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. 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. 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). Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. 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. Wild Kipp It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Saw Mill Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. 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. Buddle Street Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Ian F. Keys (Ardoch) Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Essex, 25th Jul 1942 A notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, in Silesia. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. 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. Roland M. Tucker Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. The majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. 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). 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. 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 so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. England, 31st Jan 1942 At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Cheslyn Hay 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. In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. 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. Transwood Canada, Armand Rondeau 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. Clacton-on-Sea 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. They were in Polish and German. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. New Zealand, 24th May 1940 It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. 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. 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. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? 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. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Norton mine. Thanks again for your site. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Montreal Canada, 20th Jan 1944 Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 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. Johnnie Shanks Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. D Gardiner 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. Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Staffs, 29th Jul 1942 Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall. He and mom wrote back and forth for the next ten years and finally got married in Kelowna mom and John then moved to New Zealand. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Stockport Photo: Imperial War Museum HU 47157. I looked at the names (listed in Part 2 of Arthur's Wartime Log) and I do recognize the handwriting of my uncle (Albert Siebel). Instead of showers, there was gas. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on. Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were: From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to Stalag XIII-C in Bavaria or Stalag XIII-D Nrnberg. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely 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). 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. Bradford Road West 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. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. At the end of 1943 within Stalag VIII-B Teschen there were about 50,000 Soviet prisoners, and another 10,000 from other countries,[3] including Great Britain, the Commonwealth and Italy. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Westerhope Add a Name to this List Clarkson St The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. *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). Batley 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. Worsbrough Dale If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). West Java Permission must be sought for publication. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. High Street Geneanet a souhait vous faciliter l'accs cette base trs riche. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. Corrections and integrations. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. Grenadier Guards. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. 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