The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. 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. cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple 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. Reginald Ryder 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. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Nr. c/o S. E. Petherbridge As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. 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. 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. 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. The camp was evacuated in February 1945. Grange Town My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. Darling St 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. I recall one of these broadcasts was by Anthony Eden himself. Like this page to receive our updates. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2, 29th Jul 1942 Douglas the long marchUsed for: the death marchA series of forced marches between January and April 1945 when Allied prisoners of war held in German military prison camps were forced to march westward away from the advancing Russian forces. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Copies can be made for personal use. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Colchester Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. London, 19th Aug 1942 STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. They were in Polish and German. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. East Barnet Barnsley The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. 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. Kidderminster, 29th Jul 1942 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. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. [citation needed]. Fulham Road Roland M. Tucker Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. 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. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 It saw almost a century of misery. c/o Quebec Liquor Commission The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Date: Sep 1941-Sep 1944 From: Morris family : . Walter Mellor 3rd Btn. In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. London, 19th Oct 1944 E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. please Stalag 3A was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin. 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. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? For a few cigarettes he pointed out to me the various places where they had the gas chambers and the places where they took them down to be cremated. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. Staffs, 1st Dec 1943 I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall. Hythe End Stockport High Street 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. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Transwood In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UKs exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located. West Bergholt York, J Macgregor 13 St Saviours Rd The inmates who were selected to be gassed went through the procedure of preparing for a bath, they stripped their clothes off, and walked into the bathing room. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. 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). Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. South Africa, Owen L Griggs 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. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 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. Stourbridge, F Firman Batley Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. railway depot loading and unloading trains. Cpl. Near East Indies, Jim Healey S-0413-0004-02. Want to find out more about your relative's service? For years Prussian and - subsequently - German soldiers had trained there. The Last Escape. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. It saw almost a century of misery. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Pleasant Harbour Victoria Your email address will not be published. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. Canada, 26th April 1944 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. Corrections and integrations. Southcliff Park The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Westerhope E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. 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. At one point, after being recaptured, a German guard ordered him to 'dig his own grave' at the point of a gun and then when he had dug the hole told him to fill it in again. Neepawa cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. Wednesbury 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. The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. E288 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b sugar beet factory Bauerwitz, E30 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Cement factory, E324 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Dubrnsko, E357 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tunneling Peitskretschen, E364 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Strelitz, E373 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blaschke, Czechoslovakia. 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. Before the end of the war he was transfered to Marlag & Milag Nor, a Naval camp; how he was made to travel there we do not know, it's a pity PCs were not around years ago. 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. 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. Bill Cox E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. Explore the Collection. Wolverhampton 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. Plaistow The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Baitford 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. Park Road The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Quebec Yorkshire Road Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia's military forces. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. In the time of successive wars, it provided facilities where prisoners-of-war were detained . For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . Welwyn Garden City Robert Stoker True Heart Inn I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. Stalag Luft 5Used for: Stalag Luft 5, Stalag Luft v, Stalag Luft V, Stalag Luft 5. There were less than 200 survivors found. Captured RAF prisoners were first sent to the Dulag Luft transit camps near Frankfurt and then mostly taken to one of seven Stalag Luft Camps. Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. 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. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. London, Ont In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Like this page to receive our updates. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Want to know what life was like during the War? Nr Wellington Wood It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. D. A. coal mine, E211 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Treibiz. However, as it was attached to the Monowitz concentration camp (codenamed Buna after the synthetic rubber it made) which was one of the 28 sub-camps under the control of Auschwitz III, the SS had effective control. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright Henry Dufour Dandenong Rd Standerton E563 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bory Jelen Jaworzno, E565 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sierza Wodna, E571 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gruden. 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. 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. Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. Near Walsall 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. London, 29th July 1942 sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf and Teschen: documents (microfilm), https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1556-wl546, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen authorities. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. 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. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Buitenzorg Clarkson St The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. 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. Tpr. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth Stalag Luft 2Used for: Stalag Luft 2, Stalag Luft ii, Stalag Luft II, Litzmannstadt camp, Stalag Luft 2 was located in the city of Lodz in Poland, which the Germans renamed Litzmannstadt. coal mine. Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Canada, 2nd Nov 1944 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. Stalag III B; Stalag IV B; Stalag IV C; Stalag IV F; Stalag VIII A Grlitz; M-Stammlager IX C; Sandbostel (Concentration camp) Stalag XI-A; Stalag XI B; . A notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, in Silesia. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. He was tortured by the Under Officer in charge of his first working party (Groschowitz/ Groszowice) to find out if he was a Jew. Johnnie W. Mayhead Banstead, B H James Town End nr Gleadless He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. Junction Rd Mitford Drive Brixton Hill Buddle Street Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Henry A. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. Of the many horrors that would emerge from the bloody conflict, few could match the cruel concentration camps established by Germany. The J.H. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommandos) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tsn). 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. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. This series of separate marches from individual camps is collectively known as the long march. Geneanet a souhait vous faciliter l'accs cette base trs riche. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. Pte. 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. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Pattingham "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. E561 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowtitz. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. Worsbrough Dale Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. 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. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." 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). Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 Tamworth - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. 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. Thus a camp within a camp was created. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Hornchurch Y Yithers Harold Darn along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. Fawdon L W Walsh railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. 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). 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). Norton There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Prisoners of War. 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. 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, Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. D Gardiner Thanks again for the contact. He told us of making soup from nettles and from potato peelings and he worked in a salt mine. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Hunter Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. Newcastle, A W Hadley Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were: From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to Stalag XIII-C in Bavaria or Stalag XIII-D Nrnberg. Kelowna, BC Instead of showers, there was gas. Pine Ave 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. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. New Zealand, 15th Sep 1940 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). On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. 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 . Sukasari During the Franco-Prussian War, a camp for French prisoners of war was established here, which housed some 3000 French POW's. Mountain View Hull, 20th Jan 1944 W. Wynne Mason, Prisoners of War (1954), from the Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945 series is a recommended reference text. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) Staines All the camp knew it. From . All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Please scroll down for: Types of Camp Clickable List of Camps You can help If you know about someone who was an allied prisoner of war of Germany during the Second World War, photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. E. A. Drake Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. 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