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"Arbeitskommando E119, Stalag VIIIB, Mankendorf", http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/pow/e119.html, "The camp for prisoners of war from Great Britain in Klimontow near Sosnowiec, Poland", http://klimontow.na12.pl/content/view/97/47/, Photos and personal stories of British prisoners, "Lamsdorf: Stalag VIIIB 344 Prisoner of War Camp 1940 - 1945", http://www.stalag-viiib.com/content/pow-diary-1944-stalag-viiib-jhhallam, "A Prisoner of War's Diary from Stalag VIIIB 1940-45", http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/20/a8437520.shtml, http://www.trasksdad.com/Don%20Hall/lamsdorf.htm, "British POW describes Arbeitskommandos E196, E702 and Saubsdorf", http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/45/a6471245.shtml, http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/134484.html, "The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In ambinowice-Opole", http://www.cmjw.pl/www/index_en.php?id=wstep, Pages using infobox military installation with unknown parameters, Articles with dead external links from November 2014, Articles with Polish-language external links, Articles with French-language external links, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Opole, E561 Tarnowtitz, railway depot loading and unloading trains, E706 Coal mine near Jaworzno, mostly Australians and New Zealanders, E902 Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Sukasari
I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). If you have any unwanted Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. 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. Permission must be sought for publication. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. Manor House Rd
Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. Gordon D Pepper
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. Hunter
He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. A. Potter
Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. 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. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. H. Newall
The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. 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 agan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tn). Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942
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 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. Air Force POWs in all camps are listed - Lamsdorf is identified as 344. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. 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. 2023 Lindsay Chitty Philatelist | Powered by, Correspondence and Photographs Stalag VIIIB, WWII. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943
Birmingham, Ron Cartwright
Roland M. Tucker
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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. Like this page to receive our updates. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942
South Africa, R W Kinsey
East Street
If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. R. L. Rutherford
He was captured in Calais on 26th May 1940 and was imprisoned at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf from June 1940 to May 1945. Mountain View
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. London, 19th Oct 1944
It was the site of the Great Escape in March 1944. He told us that he was in on several escape plans but did nor ever try to escape himself as he reckoned he was too old and might hold the others back. Sutton Oak
About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Montreal
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He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. c/o S. E. Petherbridge
There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. Tamworth
The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Neepawa
Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Shaw Heath
on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. If you have any unwanted Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). 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). Experiences related by Prisoners of War at Stalag VIII/344 Lamsdorf, one of the largest German Prisoner-of-War camps, during the Second World War. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. Our It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. 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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). 13 St Saviours Rd
Cpl. In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Restrictions and conditions apply. Airth Castle Estate
Town End nr Gleadless
Welledale Cres
Kent, Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy)
Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Cheshire, 26th April 1944
A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. New Zealand, 15th Sep 1940
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. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. Scotland, 12th Jul 1942
The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Tpr. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. Falkirk
Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Chetwin, Colin Edwin, 1912-1991 Ref: DA-10725-F Description: Athletics meeting at Stalag 8B prisoner of war camp, Lamsdorf, Germany, on August Bank Holiday, 1943. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. Powell Ave.
Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. 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. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Near East Indies, Jim Healey
In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. 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. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. Dad had one of their recordings. He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. [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. 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. 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. Nous avons dvelopp pour cela un moteur de recherche ddi, accessible gratuitement tous via la Bibliothque numrise. 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. Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." Johnnie W. Mayhead
Banstead, B H James
When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Roy A Flood
West Bergholt
Canada, 9th Mar 1942
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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. 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. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. qw Basic: $26 a month Shopify: $71 a month Advanced: $235 a month ii xj Liberated April 22, 1945. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. All the camp knew it. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Birmingham, 1st April 1942
Essex, J. R. Skan
The camp was evacuated in February 1945. 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). Kelowna, BC
Cambridge
Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . 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. Ronald Arnold
Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. Ross-on-Wye
List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. 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. Wild Kipp
Buddle Street
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). Hall School
The Wehrmacht closed POW camp E715 on January 21, 1945 forcing the British POWs to undertake a forced march to Stalag VII-A at Moosburg in Germany. Norton
Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Dandenong Rd
The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. railway depot loading and unloading trains.
As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Yorkshire Road
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. Pine Ave
Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through ambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. H. J. I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. 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. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Knighton Road
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. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Manitoba
Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. He may have arrived too late. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. England, 31st Jan 1942
Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Staffs, 29th Jul 1942
There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp) located in various places in present-day southern Poland and northern Czech Republic. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. 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. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). 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. Date: Sep 1941-Sep 1944 From: Morris family : . Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Hythe End
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. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. The camp was closed in September 1944 when most prisoners were transferred to Stalag Luft 3. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Gillingham
There were less than 200 survivors found. They were ordered to march to the West. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. Batley
More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914.
Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. Join or Log Into Facebook. Ottaw, On
Walter Mellor 3rd Btn. Staffs, 1st Dec 1943
Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. 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. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B.[2]. to help with the costs of keeping the site running.
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