Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) 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. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. 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. If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. 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. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Canada, 26th April 1944 If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. 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. High Street Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. New South Wales 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. cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. A. E. Collins 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. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. It saw almost a century of misery. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. In January the camp held just over 1500 prisoners who were evacuated initially as part of the long march and then by train to Stalag 3A. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. 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. 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. Robert Stoker I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Clacton-on-Sea 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. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 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. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Birmingham, Ron Cartwright List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. 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. H. Newall Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Forest Gate It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. (The Rapids) The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. New Zealand, 15th Sep 1940 E561 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowtitz. Ferry Lane A. Carmichael Neepawa Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. Clarkson St They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist and radiologist. along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. 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. 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 Hollies 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 site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Copies can be made for personal use. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. All the civilian population knew it. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. S-0413-0004-02. cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. All the camp knew it. 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. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. 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. Corrections and integrations. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Boundary Road If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Pte. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942 Knighton Road 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. Town End nr Gleadless Johnnie Shanks J. Our But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. He may have arrived too late. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. 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. Newcastle, A W Hadley It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. Ashburton In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Near East Indies, Jim Healey Sgt. Kyrle Street Want to know what life was like during the War? The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Henry A. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. 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. Market Weighton Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. 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. Stalag 8B (VIII-B, according to the German designation system) was established in late 1939 to hold Polish POWs taken during the German invasion of Poland. Donnington Wolverhampton I recall one of these broadcasts was by Anthony Eden himself. It saw almost a century of misery. The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Airth Castle Estate [citation needed]. 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. Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Hythe End The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. R. L. Rutherford Mountain View Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. The J.H. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. 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. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. Dagenham Ave The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. True Heart Inn 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. This list does not claim to be definitive. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. 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. D. A. 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. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Laband E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Henry Dufour 29th Jul 1942. 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. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. The New Zealand gave John a full military funeral and he was placed in a military cemetery there, ironically very near Wiuku where his dad was, we have mom here and she will be placed with Dad in Kelowna if winter ever stops. Birmingham, 1st April 1942 Hornchurch If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Ferry Road Laurier Ave I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. Dad had one of their recordings. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters, X-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff. There were less than 200 survivors found. limestone quarry. Banstead, B H James As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. New Zealand, 24th May 1940 London, 19th Oct 1944 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. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Welledale Cres Jim Snowsell photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. The Archive team would love to hear from you. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters, X-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf and Teschen: documents (microfilm), https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1556-wl546, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen authorities. Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. Brixton Hill The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Allied aircrew prisoners were the responsibility of the Luftwaffe and Goering ordered that they were to be treated fairly. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. 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. Scotland, 12th Jul 1942 Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. 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). 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 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. E563 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bory Jelen Jaworzno, E565 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sierza Wodna, E571 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gruden. Shaw Heath Roy A Flood Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) Join or Log Into Facebook. Pattingham Darling St sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. From . to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Canada, 9th Mar 1942 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. Fulham Road Canterbury Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. Ian F. Keys (Ardoch) The Last Escape. E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. The Avenue After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Barnsley It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Ronald Arnold 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. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Dad died in 1957 at age 40, he was damaged coming back from the war PTS a word that came from the Vietnam era, but in those days you sucked it up and most never talked about it again, we basically grew up without a father. Scarborough, 7th May 1942 Avian Road Ray Dudley 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. Sutton Oak On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. 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). The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Norton Cottages West Bergholt Basegreen Ave We are now on Facebook. Manor House Rd Plaistow Place des Pointeliers Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Ottaw, On Buddle Street The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. Cameron St. Arcadian Buffet If you'd like to get in touch with us regarding Arthur's Wartime Log please feel free to e-mail darren@bluelight.biz, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in, Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 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. Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. 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, Church (My Pilot) Wallasey Dagenham Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Fawdon At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . Junction Lane Herts Jun 2016 Couples. Buitenzorg SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945 Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource IWM HU 47109 1/2 slide 1 to 2 of 2 Description Object description Interior view of a camp hut showing prisoners' accommodation and possessions on Christmas Day 1944. Staines Essex, J. R. Skan cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. 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. Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944 Thanks again for the contact. Dudley W. Attwood But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." The official German records, please do not charge an entry about a shooting of a former Czech.... 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