Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. Buddle Street The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. 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. 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. [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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. E. K. West (Lofty) railway depot loading and unloading trains. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. Worcestershire, Geoffrey P Wadsworth I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Ashburton [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) Beresford Ave Church (My Pilot) Thanks again for the contact. (The Rapids) "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Lye 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. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Thus a camp within a camp was created. 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. A. Carmichael Canada, Eric W Earl 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. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. 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. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Powell Ave. 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. Manor House Rd This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Waiuku, Auckland Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944 Cheshire, 26th April 1944 Canada, 20th Jan 1944 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. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through ambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. 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. 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. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. Fader St Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from Add a Name to this List Trpr. Donnington The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. Air Force POWs in all camps are listed - Lamsdorf is identified as 344. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. Pattingham In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. 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. Canterbury cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. Pte. 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. I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. Harrison Rd photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. [citation needed]. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2, 29th Jul 1942 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. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. A. Potter Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. Stalag Luft 5 was aprisoner of war camp run by the Luftwaffe located at Grditz, 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Dresden. 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. 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. Canada, Armand Rondeau 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. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Ray Dudley Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. 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. Essex, J. R. Skan Boundary Road Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. 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. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. 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. 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. Norton Cottages 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. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Nr. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. 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. 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. mine. Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. The camp was created in 1941 as the base camp for a number of work-camps (Arbeitskommando) for prisoners of war working in the mines and industries of Upper Silesia. The Avenue MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Many prisoners managed to escape and were sheltered in private homes. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Ian F. Keys (Ardoch) John Warren E715 was next to the I.G. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. 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, (Robert Leslie Rutherford) When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. 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 . Basegreen Ave Nr Wellington Wood stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. 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, The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Allied aircrew prisoners were the responsibility of the Luftwaffe and Goering ordered that they were to be treated fairly. Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. All the civilian population knew it. Restrictions and conditions apply. 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. Stourbridge, F Firman Australia, 28th Oct 1943 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). 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). 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. Hall School Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 please London, 14th Nov 1940 Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Hull, 20th Jan 1944 Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. 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. , `` Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a guard... 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