The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by He was tortured by the Under Officer in charge of his first working party (Groschowitz/ Groszowice) to find out if he was a Jew. Norton Cottages
As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. 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. Norton
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. D. H. Goffee
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. Stalag Luft 4 was opened by the Luftwaffe in May 1944 for RAF and American non commissioned officers. 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). Add a Name to this List
Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. 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. [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. labouring, E490 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen. Hertfordshire, 9th Jul 1943
In January 1945 the Lamsdorf camp was evacuated and the RAF prisoners moved to various other camps. We are now on Facebook. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. He was captured in Calais on 26th May 1940 and was imprisoned at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf from June 1940 to May 1945. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. 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). If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. Stourbridge, F Firman
Kent, Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy)
sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Oxford St
Ormskirk
L W Walsh
On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. 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 . In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. Hunt and Dad had first met while at IX C. Hunt later became a doctor. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." E. K. West (Lofty)
List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. 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. Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Grenadier Guards. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. 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. He worked in a series of work camps including Groschowitz (Groszowice) from July 1940 to October 1940 on building works, Gumpertsdorf (Komprachcice) from November 1940 to January 1941 on roadworks, Heuerstein, from 25th May 1941 to 3rd June 1941, in a quarry, Setzdorf (Vpenn), from 18th August 1941 to 27 February 1944, in another quarry, Jagerndorf (Strzelniki), from March 1944 to August 1944, on council work, Freudenthal (Bruntl), from August 1944 to September 1944, in a linen factory, and Gurschdorf (Skoroice) from September 1944 to March 1945, a quarry that was also a punishment camp. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. 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. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. Boundary Road
He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. Neepawa
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. 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. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. 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. Basegreen Ave
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. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. Hall St
Birmingham, 1st April 1942
Cambridge
Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. West Bergholt
London, 29th July 1942
St Kilda
Charles Coward testified about what he saw at Monowitz at the IG Farben Trial during the Nuremberg trials: I made it a point to get one of the guards to take me to town under the pretense of buying new razor blades and stuff for our boys. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). Allied aircrew prisoners were the responsibility of the Luftwaffe and Goering ordered that they were to be treated fairly. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. 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. 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. Our In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. Papers relating to the camps Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen Camp, 1942-1944, including statistics on inmates; deaths/discharges; executions; health statistics; organisational changes. Your email address will not be published. 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. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Pte. Reginald Ryder
Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. 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. He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Our Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. 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. South Africa, R W Kinsey
Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Royal Tank Regiment, The Last Escape. Sgt. A. E. Collins
About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist and radiologist. Baitford
The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2, 29th Jul 1942
Dad arrived at Belaria in late October44. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. 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. 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. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. 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. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. Australia, RAF No. H. Newall
13 St Saviours Rd
Explore the Collection. E715 was next to the I.G. [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. 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. 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. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942
The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. 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. Stalag 3A was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin. About 500 prisoners died at Stalag VIIIB/344 at Lamsdorf, mostly from illness, accidents or war wounds, probably fewer than 1% of the men who were at the camp at some time or another. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942
Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Staines
Buddle Street
Tamworth
East Street
E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Welledale Cres
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. Jim Henry
London, 14th Nov 1940
All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. 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. Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple
Dagenham Ave
We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. Canterbury
The first 200 British POWs arrived at Auschwitz in September 1943 but over the winter of 1943 another 1,400 British POWs (mostly captured in North Africa) were transported to E715. 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. Essex, 26th Jul 1942
Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. If you have any unwanted Knighton Road
A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. New Westminster, BC
The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Fader St
E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. Manitoba
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". Roland M. Tucker
Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. Church (My Pilot)
J. Join or Log Into Facebook. 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. Arthur E. Adams (front row, second from left) and other fellow PoW's at Stalag VIII B, Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre), Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. Pleasant Harbour
Dad had one of their recordings. This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. Kings Heath
stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright
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 popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. East Barnet
Robert Stoker
The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." 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 VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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). Ottaw, On
Stalag Luft 5Used for: Stalag Luft 5, Stalag Luft v, Stalag Luft V, Stalag Luft 5. James Badcock
Hastings St
They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Stan Living-Stone
Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. 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. Market Weighton
Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. 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. Lye
Waiuku, Auckland
Nr Wellington Wood
D. A. The camp was evacuated in February 1945. Stalag Luft 6Used for: Stalag Luft 6, Stalag Luft vi, Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug camp, Located in Heydekrug, now Silute, in Lithuania Stalag Luft 6 was the most northerly of the Luftwaffe run prisoner of war camps. Hornchurch
Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. Essex, J. R. Skan
Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. New Zealand, 15th Sep 1940
Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." Canada, 9th Mar 1942
Canada, 22nd Jul 1942
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