Chetwin, Colin Edwin, 1912-1991 Ref: DA-10725-F Description: Athletics meeting at Stalag 8B prisoner of war camp, Lamsdorf, Germany, on August Bank Holiday, 1943. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." 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. When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . 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. D Gardiner photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Trpr. 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. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. 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 . Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. Corrections and integrations. Cemetery House 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). 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. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. Roy A Flood Sgt. 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. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. Your email address will not be published. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. Tamboerskloof [3] In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. Johnnie Shanks The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Les Chatterton In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Park Road Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. 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 Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Gordon D Pepper 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). Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Shaw Heath 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. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 Johnnie W. Mayhead 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. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. Church (My Pilot) Cameron St. Stalag Luft 5Used for: Stalag Luft 5, Stalag Luft v, Stalag Luft V, Stalag Luft 5. 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. Gillingham 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. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. 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. Cheslyn Hay Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. Tpr. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. 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. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. He told us of making soup from nettles and from potato peelings and he worked in a salt mine. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Ronald Arnold 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). Essex, J. R. Skan Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Beverley High Rd But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. 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. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Gerrard St In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. Colmore Ave Banstead, B H James Basegreen Ave In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. Lawson, a New Zealander captured in Crete, was one of the Army Escape Committee's expert forgers. 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. Like this page to receive our updates. 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. 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. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. Stalag Luft 5 was aprisoner of war camp run by the Luftwaffe located at Grditz, 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Dresden. Australia, RAF No. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Cpl. Hastings St Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. If you have any unwanted Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). High Street New Westminster, BC His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. If you have any unwanted London, J E Hall Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." Yorkshire Road 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. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Fulham Road c/o Quebec Liquor Commission Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. please He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. Knighton Road South Africa, R W Kinsey After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Hunter 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). "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. 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. H. J. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. 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. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on. They were in Polish and German. Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. 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. Dad arrived at Belaria in late October44. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. Canterbury [3] Some POWs made contact with concentration camp inmates and passed on information about the war's progress that had been acquired using secret radios in the POW camp. The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. 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. 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. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Market Weighton Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp ( Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now esk Tn, Czech Republic ). Birmingham, 1st April 1942 Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck, Silesia. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. Baitford I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. 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