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. Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 Buitenzorg Waiuku, Auckland 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". The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Norton 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. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. 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. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. A. Potter Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. West Bergholt H. J. 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. Knighton Road 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. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. Staffs, 29th Jul 1942 Sgt. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. c/o S. E. Petherbridge Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp ( Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now esk Tn, Czech Republic ). It saw almost a century of misery. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. There were less than 200 survivors found. Near East Indies, Jim Healey List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Pine Ave The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. 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. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. Like this page to receive our updates. Albert A. Seibel J. cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Ian F. Keys (Ardoch) My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Among them were: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. If you have any unwanted A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. Civilian Internee Mail New Zealand to Changi, M. V. Gripsholm Mail, Diplomatic Exchange Vessel, Far East WWII, Repatriation Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942 46, New Zealand Irregular Use of Stamps and Other Items for Postage, The American Great White Fleet Voyage 1908-09, The Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp of WWI, Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp Postcards, The First New Zealand Pictorial Issue 1898, New Zealands Stamp First Issue, The Full Face Queens, Methods of Officially Sealing Mail in New Zealand, Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45, Postal Use of the New Zealand Boer War Stamp, Civilian Internee Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45. Jim Snowsell E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Corrections and integrations. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 If you have any unwanted Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. 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 VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. Town End nr Gleadless stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. c/o Quebec Liquor Commission 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. *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). Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Yorkshire Road Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. Boundary Road 2023 Lindsay Chitty Philatelist | Powered by, Correspondence and Photographs Stalag VIIIB, WWII. 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. From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942 Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. 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. It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. 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). Thus a camp within a camp was created. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. 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). Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. 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. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. West Java Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Laband E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth 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. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Buddle Street sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. 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. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Cambridge E715 was next to the I.G. London, 19th Aug 1942 My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Dagenham Ave Stalag 3A was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." London, J E Hall Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. Roy A Flood The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. E561 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowtitz. Wild Kipp Before the end of the war he was transfered to Marlag & Milag Nor, a Naval camp; how he was made to travel there we do not know, it's a pity PCs were not around years ago. The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. Allied aircrew prisoners were the responsibility of the Luftwaffe and Goering ordered that they were to be treated fairly. 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 . Essex, 25th Jul 1942 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. Also known as Stalag 344, and connected to Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-d. 64,000 POWs in 1944 with 150 officers and 13,625 being British. Hunter On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. 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. A. E. Collins to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Want to know what life was like during the War? The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Wolverhampton Jim Henry Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre) Ronald Arnold (front row, far right) Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." 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. Near Walsall stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. sugar beet factory. The Archive team would love to hear from you. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. 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. Also, there were pamphlets dropped in Auschwitz and the surrounding territory, one of which I personally read, which related what was going on in the camp at Auschwitz. They were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. New South Wales By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. (Robert Leslie Rutherford) E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. 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. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. 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. 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. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. 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. In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. Clarkson St It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. 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. Trpr. Ray Dudley R. L. Rutherford Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Falkirk Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. South Africa, R W Kinsey 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. Banstead, B H James But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 Grange Town In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. South Africa, Owen L Griggs James Badcock Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. Powell Ave. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. I have found some postcards from my Grandfather Corporal William Henry Sadler who was imprisoned there . Cpl. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. The majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. The Avenue 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). Wednesbury Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? 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. labouring, E490 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen. For a few cigarettes he pointed out to me the various places where they had the gas chambers and the places where they took them down to be cremated. 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. Fawdon 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. St Kilda "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. He may have arrived too late. 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. 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. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. New Zealand, Frank W Day Our Burscough Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. 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. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. He told us of making soup from nettles and from potato peelings and he worked in a salt mine. New Westminster, BC Birmingham, Ron Cartwright In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Welwyn Garden City THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. My father enlisted in the RFC just as it became the RAF in 1918, he went to Egypt in May 39, went to Greece, escaped to Crete & was wounded & captured there. H. Newall There were less than 200 survivors found. 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