Dulag LuftUsed for: Oberursel camp, Wetzlar camp, Captured Allied aircrew were all first sent to the Dulag Luft camp run by the Luftwaffe which comprised three sites all near Frankfurt; Oberursel, central Frankfurt and Wetzlar. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 London, J E Hall Canterbury 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. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Dad had one of their recordings. Staffs, 1st Dec 1943 It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Cameron St. 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. The Hollies Permission must be sought for publication. 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. B. Jackson Nr. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. Terrace Rd Sgt. 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. Photo: Imperial War Museum HU 47157. 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. 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. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 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. 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). During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. New South Wales This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth He spoke of being lined up to be shot on two separate occasions, but each time was reprievedI think that was a form of mental torture. This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. Sid Hall 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. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. 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. Canada, 2nd Nov 1944 Fawdon Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. Wolverhampton Boundary Road Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. 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. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright Stan Living-Stone 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. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Nr Wellington Wood Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Johnnie W. Mayhead Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. 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. Watery Lane Waiuku, Auckland Montreal Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? 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. Montreal There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Burscough He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. Arcadian Buffet Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. coal mine. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. 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. Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Stalag Luft 7 was located in Bankau, now Bakow, in Poland 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Gdansk. Join or Log Into Facebook. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 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. Roy A Flood Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. The J.H. 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. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. Forest Gate Gerrard St 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. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. Instead of showers, there was gas. Colmore Ave [citation needed]. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Robert Stoker H. Newall Ottaw, On Canada, Armand Rondeau Clacton-on-Sea 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. South Africa, Owen L Griggs 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. 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. Australia, RAF No. D Gardiner 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. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. 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. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. Dad arrived at Belaria in late October44. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 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. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. In the 1860s, the Prussian Army established a training area for artillery at a wooded area near Lamsdorf, a small village connected by rail to Opole and Nysa. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. Essex, J. R. Skan Junction Lane The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Jim Snowsell Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Hastings St All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) 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. 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. 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