Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Jim Humphreys
It was opened in May 1943 for non commissioned officers captured during 1943 along with many transferred from Stalag Luft 1 and Stalag Luft 3 camps. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. Erdington
Required fields are marked *. 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. 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. Colchester
It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2, 29th Jul 1942
Clarkson St
Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. Hall School
The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Hornchurch
Church (My Pilot)
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. Thanks again for your site. In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. From . Oxford St
All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." Pte. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Copies can be made for personal use. 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. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. Jun 2016 Couples. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. 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. [citation needed]. In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. [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. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. S-0413-0004-02. Photo: Imperial War Museum HU 47157. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. Trpr. In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. London, 19th Aug 1942
Kent, Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy)
Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Laband E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Canada, 2nd Nov 1944
It opened in March 1942 by theLuftwaffeto hold captured Allied airmen. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Beverley High Rd
This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. There were less than 200 survivors found. In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. 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. B. Jackson
13 St Saviours Rd
Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Cemetery House
He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. 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,
Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942
Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. The Archive team would love to hear from you. Join or Log Into Facebook. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Norton Cottages
There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Jim Snowsell
Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. 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. New Westminster, BC
Dudley W. Attwood
The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I.
All the civilian population knew it. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The Last Escape. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. 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. 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). The camp was evacuated in February 1945. 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. Lanarkshire
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I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. 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. Baitford
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". By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. coal mine. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely
On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. 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. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Montreal
Ray Dudley
There were less than 200 survivors found. Harold Darn
Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). James Badcock
Canada, 9th Mar 1942
York, J Macgregor
Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. Prisoners of War. IWM collections. 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. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). E. K. West (Lofty)
Sukasari
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. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. 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. Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. Canada, 26th April 1944
Sutton Oak
He told us of making soup from nettles and from potato peelings and he worked in a salt mine. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. sugar beet factory. Permission must be sought for publication. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. Near Walsall
That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. 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. Len Walker
Albert A. Seibel
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. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Essex, 25th Jul 1942
Staffs, 20th Dec 1943
Australia, RAF No. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. 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). A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. Cpl. Fawdon
Yorkshire Road
Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. Staffs, 29th Jul 1942
England, 31st Jan 1942
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