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I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. D Gardiner
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. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Transwood
cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. Among them were: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. 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. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by While Esselmeyer is long gone the band is still active. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. England, 31st Jan 1942
All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Beverley High Rd
Sgt. I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. Saw Mill Want to know what life was like during the War? During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. Sutton Oak
The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Mullins did well post war owning some hotels and is said to have employed Rondeau when he was on the outs. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. Plaistow
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They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist and radiologist. Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. 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". Jim Henry
During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. 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. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. 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. It saw almost a century of misery. Staffs, 1st Dec 1943
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. Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Laband E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Your email address will not be published. There were less than 200 survivors found. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. D. A. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. 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. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. Kent, Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy)
About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. Prisoners of War. 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). "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. A. E. Collins
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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. Banstead
This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. 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. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. Cpl. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. During the Franco-Prussian War, a camp for French prisoners of war was established here, which housed some 3000 French POW's. Manitoba
A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. London, Ont
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Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Clarkson St
In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away.
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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. 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. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. 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. Add a Name to this List
In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Powell Ave.
The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Standerton
This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). 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. Stalag Luft 4Used for: Stalag Luft 4, Stalag Luft iv, Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo camp, Gro Tychow camp, Stalag Luft 4 was located at Gross Tychow, now Tychowo, in north-east Poland 78 miles (125 kms) north-east of Stettin, now Szczecin. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on. He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life.
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But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. New Zealand, 15th Sep 1940
On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. They were ordered to march to the West. London, 19th Aug 1942
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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. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. 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. Oxford St
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Jun 2016 Couples. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. 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. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact theMedia Sales & Licensing Team. Manor House Rd
Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. 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. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. 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. In the first period of its existence when the camp operated as independent Stalag VIII D Teschen, and from September 1942 to December 1943 as a branch of the prisoner-of-war camp in ambowice - Stalag VIII B/Z Teschen, around 500 people were incarcerated. Hull, 20th Jan 1944
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Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. D. H. Goffee
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The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. 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. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. J. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. We are now on Facebook. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . 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). New Zealand, Frank W Day
All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Montreal
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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 April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. labouring, E490 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. Staines
Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. 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. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. 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. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Quantity: 1 b&w origi. 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. 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. 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. 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. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. Park Road
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. Permission must be sought for publication. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. Canada, Armand Rondeau
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If you think that this page can be improved, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. 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. Stalag Luft 5Used for: Stalag Luft 5, Stalag Luft v, Stalag Luft V, Stalag Luft 5. Thus a camp within a camp was created. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. 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. Ayot St. Peter
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Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. 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. She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. Nr Wellington Wood
She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. 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". On 1st June a determined enemy attack on the Dunkirk perimeter was halted by the gallant stand of B Company, 1st East Lancashires, for which Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews was awarded the Victoria Cross (the only one at Dunkirk), assisted by a counter-attack by the Loyals. Wild Kipp
E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B.[2]. Later during the war, 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. From . Church (My Pilot)
The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. 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. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. Gordon D Pepper
Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Stockport
A notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, in Silesia. Place des Pointeliers
The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945.
Nr. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. South Africa, R W Kinsey
There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. The camp was closed in September 1944 when most prisoners were transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. 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. 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. coal mine, E211 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Treibiz. London, 19th Oct 1944
to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942
My Grandfather, two uncles and my dad were all over there during the war at the same time and thanks to God they all came back safe although my father later died of cancer when I was 8 months old. stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. Robert Stoker
It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Stirlingshire
Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright
The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. Harold Darn
Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. 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. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. 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