Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942
Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B.[2]. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? Batley
South Africa, Owen L Griggs
Ashburton
New South Wales
Birmingham, 1st April 1942
The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture.
Canada, Eric W Earl
In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. Dagenham Ave
Canada, 22nd Jul 1942
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. (The Rapids)
25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. 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. Ray Dudley
He spoke of being lined up to be shot on two separate occasions, but each time was reprievedI think that was a form of mental torture. Lye
In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. Darling St
The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. 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. Essex, 26th Jul 1942
If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. Lanarkshire
A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. 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. Canada, 2nd Nov 1944
Park Road
A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. S-0413-0004-02. 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. Nr Wellington Wood
Stirlingshire
His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Dagenham
Dad had one of their recordings. 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. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. 13 St Saviours Rd
Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. 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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. London, J E Hall
Near Walsall
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 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). I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. Roland M. Tucker
Junction Rd
"As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." 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. 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. 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. WO 311/948 Shooting of two escaping British prisoners of war at Working Camp 4 (making a rifle range), Ostrowo, Poland (attached to Stalag XXI D, Posen), 15 July . Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. 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. Of the many horrors that would emerge from the bloody conflict, few could match the cruel concentration camps established by Germany. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. The camp was closed in September 1944 when most prisoners were transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Hastings St
Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. Banstead
However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. 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. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. D. A. These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Cheslyn Hay
He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Your email address will not be published. Y Yithers
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. Junction Lane
stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. This is the Facebook Group of Stalag VIIIB (later renumbered Stalag 344) was one of the largest German prisoner of war camps and was situated at Lamsdorf (now Lambinowce in Poland). 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. Clacton-on-Sea
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. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. 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. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. 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. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein)
Yorkshire, J. Essex, 25th Jul 1942
Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. James Badcock
Prisoners of War. 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. Birmingham, 25th Jun 1942
Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . 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. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943
The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. Hunter
Wallasey
At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. 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. R. L. Rutherford
Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. J. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. 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. Explore the Collection. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Welwyn Garden City
Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. please
Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Boundary Road
The camp was evacuated in February 1945. (Robert Leslie Rutherford)
Commercial use. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. 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. Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. CQSM Sidney Cecil Lawrie 1/12, 2/13, 5/13, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16 and also this link: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=KRAKOW%20RAKOWICKI%20CEMETERY, The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, POWs sent from Italian POW camp PG 82 Laterina to Lamsdorf 22 July 1943, Keith Bruce Chisholm (see pages 6-15 of this document), Eric W. Lawson(see also Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson), Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson (see also Eric W. Lawson), Charles Amos George Victor (Vic) Petersen. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. Canterbury
In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. 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,
In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. 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. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Pte. 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], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Like this page to receive our updates. Forest Gate
Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. E563 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bory Jelen Jaworzno, E565 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sierza Wodna, E571 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gruden. Newcastle, A W Hadley
If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Royal Tank Regiment, The Last Escape. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. Manor House Rd
29th Jul 1942. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Want to find out more about your relative's service? I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website.
A. Potter
A. E. Collins
These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States passed through this camp. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Hunter. Thanks again for the contact. 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. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Southcliff Park
The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. Ross-on-Wye
sugar beet factory. 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. Westerhope
Knighton Road
Required fields are marked *. 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. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. 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. Albert A. Seibel
2023 Lindsay Chitty Philatelist | Powered by, Correspondence and Photographs Stalag VIIIB, WWII. Hull, 20th Jan 1944
He was captured in Calais on 26th May 1940 and was imprisoned at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf from June 1940 to May 1945. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. In the time of successive wars, it provided facilities where prisoners-of-war were detained . Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple
After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. 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. Camp commander Czesaw Gborski was later put on trial for his role in running the camp. Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. 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 Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. 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. 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. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Len Walker
South Africa, 26th Jul 1942
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). He told us of making soup from nettles and from potato peelings and he worked in a salt mine. 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. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Baitford
power station, E728 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neu Oderberg, E732 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czciakowa, E734 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schoppintiz, E739 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Dombrowa Grunkolonie, E742 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ober Lazisk, E744 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E746 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte, E749 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, E750 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kattowitz, E753 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Graumanndorf, E755 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Wojkowitz Komorne, E756 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Radzionkau, E793 (E493) Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 21, BAB 21, Stalag 8b, E794 Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 20, BAB 20 Stalag 8b Hydebreck, E8 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Krappitz. Dulag Luft was used for interrogating Allied aircrew who could be held in solitary confinement whilst being questioned for a week or two but some were held for up to 28 days. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. *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). Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Ferry Road
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