Commercial use. Date: Sep 1941-Sep 1944 From: Morris family : . E715 was next to the I.G. Norton Cottages Herts on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. Stalag Luft 5Used for: Stalag Luft 5, Stalag Luft v, Stalag Luft V, Stalag Luft 5. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. 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. Restrictions and conditions apply. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. They were in Polish and German. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. 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. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. A. Carmichael It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. [3] In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. Fawdon 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. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Manor House Rd Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. Jim Humphreys Essex, J. R. Skan Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Lye Grange Town 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). Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. Cpl. All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. please Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. New South Wales Buitenzorg 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. In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. Cape Town My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Jim Henry The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Dagenham 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. Trpr. Cpl. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Regina, Saskatchewan D. H. Goffee Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. St Kilda It saw almost a century of misery. The majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. 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. 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. Stan Living-Stone Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. 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. 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. Johannesburg But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Canada, 2nd Nov 1944 Gerrard St Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. Town End nr Gleadless We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. South Africa, R W Kinsey New Zealand, 15th Sep 1940 I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. Erdington The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Church (My Pilot) Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. (The Rapids) There were less than 200 survivors found. H. J. It saw almost a century of misery. Near East Indies, Jim Healey Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by The Last Escape. 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. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Southcliff Park E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. Pte. Sukasari The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. Y Yithers 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. Henry A. 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. Clarkson St Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. 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). B. Jackson 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. Corrections and integrations. 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. Dad had one of their recordings. 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. Hall School At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. West Bergholt cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. 2023 Lindsay Chitty Philatelist | Powered by, Correspondence and Photographs Stalag VIIIB, WWII. Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. Saint Road 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. 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. The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Want to find out more about your relative's service? E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. Ayot St. Peter Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Ian F. Keys (Ardoch) I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. London, Ont Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? Beverley High Rd Standerton He was tortured by the Under Officer in charge of his first working party (Groschowitz/ Groszowice) to find out if he was a Jew. Nr. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. Powell Ave. In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. IWM collections. 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. If you think that this page can be improved, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. In the time of successive wars, it provided facilities where prisoners-of-war were detained . South Africa, 26th Jul 1942 Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. Wild Kipp I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. Saw Mill He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. 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. mine. High Street 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 . Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. 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. Pte. Tamboerskloof The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. 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. Lawson), Charles Amos George Victor (Vic) Petersen. E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. Canterbury If you have any unwanted Robert Stoker E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. 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. Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. coal mine, E211 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Treibiz. I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. Waiuku, Auckland Canada, 26th April 1944 Roy A Flood E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. 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 said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. 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. Holme Rd Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. 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 J.H. forestry department, E578 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, Kreis Gleiwitz, E586 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E587 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czelads Piarski, E593 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen Schonberg, E594 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Ost, E603 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenburg, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest Party nr Hirschfelde, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest party nr Hirschfelde, E62 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz-Steigern, E701 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tichau Czulow (paper factory), E702 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Klimontow coal mine, E707 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz, E711A Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Heydebreck, E714 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blechhammer, Upper Silesia, E715 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Auschwitz, E724 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schwientochlowitz, E725 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Bismark, E727 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mechtal Beuthen. 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. For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. 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. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Park Road Cheshire, 26th April 1944 Beresford Ave Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944 This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. Buddle Street Ray Dudley Jun 2016 Couples. Instead of showers, there was gas. Trpr. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. 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. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. 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. Ottaw, On 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. Prisoners of War. 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. 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. 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. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. Dandenong Rd Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. 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. Stalag 8B Usef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. 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