Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Darling St Permission must be sought for publication. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. J. 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. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). They were in Polish and German. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. Hall School Cambridge Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. Fader St Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf and Teschen: documents (microfilm), https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1556-wl546, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen authorities. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. In the time of successive wars, it provided facilities where prisoners-of-war were detained . 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. 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. Three days earlier, the inmates of Monowitz had been sent on their own death march to Gleiwitz near the Czech border where they boarded trains to Buchenwald in Germany and Mauthausen in Austria. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Kent, Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy) That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Tpr. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. Junction Rd The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. 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, Beverley High Rd Drive Mansions Our Stirlingshire 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. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Batley Later during the war, 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. He was tortured by the Under Officer in charge of his first working party (Groschowitz/ Groszowice) to find out if he was a Jew. Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. 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, The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. 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. 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. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Johnnie W. Mayhead The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Cemetery House These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. Nr Wellington Wood Len Walker c/o Quebec Liquor Commission Scotland, 26th Jul 1942 Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. From . Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. Kidderminster, 29th Jul 1942 However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. South Africa, Owen L Griggs The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. 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. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. 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. Thanks again for your site. 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. D. A. St Kilda 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. By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. Staines A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. Compiling Agency: The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project. E276 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ottmachau. Scarborough, 7th May 1942 Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. Cape Town When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. 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. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Donnington Grange Town He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. 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. Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) (Robert Leslie Rutherford) 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. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. Stalag Luft 5 was aprisoner of war camp run by the Luftwaffe located at Grditz, 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Dresden. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Ferry Road (The Rapids) Worsbrough Dale London, 19th Oct 1944 Jim Humphreys Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 Ayot St. Peter The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Trpr. 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. Kelowna, BC Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. 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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. 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. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Forest Gate His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. This list does not claim to be definitive. Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. All the civilian population knew it. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. Barnsley Quebec Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. London, 19th Aug 1942 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. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. Australia, 28th Oct 1943 East Barnet Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. 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 ). The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. Dandenong Rd E. K. West (Lofty) There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). *The names on the lists might not all be listed individually yet on the alphabetical list below (it takes a long time to do this). Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. Nr. She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. 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. New Zealand, 24th May 1940 About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. limestone quarry. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Powell Ave. Wallasey 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. Sukasari Ray Dudley The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. 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