Regina, Saskatchewan However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. Dudley W. Attwood Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 East Barnet E276 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ottmachau. 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 original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. Cheshire, 26th April 1944 Clacton-on-Sea Gerrard St [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. Sid Hall Australia, 28th Oct 1943 Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. If you have any unwanted All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. 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. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. coal mine, E211 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Treibiz. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Oxford St Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 510: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Germany 1937" does not exist. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. It was located in the area of the former Camp II (Lager II), initially referred to as a camp of field artillery (Feldlager). Roland M. Tucker The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. 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. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through ambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. They were ordered to march to the West. Welledale Cres The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. We are now on Facebook. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. Nous avons dvelopp pour cela un moteur de recherche ddi, accessible gratuitement tous via la Bibliothque numrise. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. Barnsley He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Near Walsall They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). E563 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bory Jelen Jaworzno, E565 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sierza Wodna, E571 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gruden. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. 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 . "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." 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. Ferry Road The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. 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. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Today on the site of the camp is the Polish Central Prisoner of War Museum (otherwise labeled incorrectly). Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. Holme Rd The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. Lye Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. Saw Mill As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. 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. The majority of the interned were British, French, Polish and Yugoslavian soldiers. 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. 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. London, Ont During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. New Zealand, Frank W Day 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). Ashburton The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. E. A. Drake If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. 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. Hunter. Transwood When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Neepawa Ray Dudley stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Jim Humphreys Batley St Kilda 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. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. The J.H. 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. He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. 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. Saint Road The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Plaistow The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. 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. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. 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. Harold Darn I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder, E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Worsbrough Dale 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. Erdington Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Beverley High Rd E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. 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. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. 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. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. Staffs, 1st Dec 1943 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. S-0413-0004-02. 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. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. 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. labouring, E490 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen. 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. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. South Africa, Owen L Griggs A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. Yorkshire, J. 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. Douglas 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. 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. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. 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