stalag viii b stalag 8b prisoner list

In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. railway, E218 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Flossingen, E22 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gliewitz-Ohringen, E22050 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b gas works, E243 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Breslau (gasworks), E25 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rauschwalde, Kreis Falkenberg, E256 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Zuckmantel, E260 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Grosszeildel. Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. 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. 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. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. The Avenue Canada, Armand Rondeau Hornchurch Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 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. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 The men were marched along country roads towards the Oder, first north towards Dresden, then when the Germans changed their mind, south towards Bavaria, eventually reaching Stalag XIII-D near Nuremberg. Commercial use. This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. 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. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. This list does not claim to be definitive. 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. 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. L W Walsh railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. St Kilda recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through ambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. 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 . [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Birmingham, 1st April 1942 Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 Sukasari Our All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. S-0413-0004-02. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. Cheslyn Hay Harold Darn Gordon D Pepper The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Neepawa They were ordered to march to the West. Scotland, 12th Jul 1942 Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. Instead of showers, there was gas. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Pattingham 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. In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. Mitford Drive It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. Cambridge Stirlingshire Airth Castle Estate Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. The Hollies I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned 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. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. Dudley W. Attwood sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. 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 British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. labouring, E490 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." 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. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Church (My Pilot) Fulham Road High Street 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. 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. Montreal True Heart Inn MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. 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. Scarborough, 7th May 1942 Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. 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. 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 majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. Everyone to whom I spoke gave the same story - the people in the city of Auschwitz, the SS men, concentration camp inmates, foreign workers - everyone said that thousands of people were being gassed and cremated at Auschwitz, and that the inmates who worked with us and who were unable to continue working because of their physical condition and were suddenly missing, had been sent to the gas chambers. Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by London, J E Hall Ayot St. Peter Saw Mill 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. My father told us that he escaped on a number of occasions, typically from working parties and although he did not achieve a 'home run', he was on the run on VE day having fought in the liberation of Prague alongside Czech partisans. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942 Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. [3] In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. Add a Name to this List Beresford Ave It saw almost a century of misery. Australia, RAF No. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. Batley Hythe End For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. They were in Polish and German. E. K. West (Lofty) Of the many horrors that would emerge from the bloody conflict, few could match the cruel concentration camps established by Germany. Market Weighton Boundary Road South Africa, 26th Jul 1942 Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. 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. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Staffs, 1st Dec 1943 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. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Cpl. Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. There were less than 200 survivors found. Waiuku, Auckland London, 19th Aug 1942 Henry Dufour Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf and Teschen: documents (microfilm), https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1556-wl546, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen authorities. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Les Chatterton As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Tamworth We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. From . 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). Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. 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. (Robert Leslie Rutherford) 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. Erdington 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. E715 was next to the I.G. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Y Yithers E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Clarkson St Johnnie Shanks Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Town End nr Gleadless Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. 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. Like this page to receive our updates. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. 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. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). 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. Jim Humphreys Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Clacton-on-Sea Hall School Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Cape Town Kelowna, BC It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. IWM collections. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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. Want to know what life was like during the War? Trpr. Beverley High Rd Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. My Father died in 1980 but I have several photographs including the cobblers shop where my father was part of a small team under Arthur Weston making artificial legs. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Donnington This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. Stourbridge, F Firman I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Montreal About 9,000 airmen - 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian - were imprisoned there when it was liberated on the night of 30 April 1945 by Soviet troops. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. East Street Stalag Luft 5 was aprisoner of war camp run by the Luftwaffe located at Grditz, 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Dresden. Watery Lane Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? Cemetery House Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from 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). It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Thanks again for your site. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. 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. Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. c/o Quebec Liquor Commission Essex, 26th Jul 1942 D. A. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. D. H. Goffee cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. limestone quarry. 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. 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