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. From . Experiences related by Prisoners of War at Stalag VIII/344 Lamsdorf, one of the largest German Prisoner-of-War camps, during the Second World War. Restrictions and conditions apply. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. 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. D. A. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. Ladysmith St Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. Fawdon Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Stirlingshire 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). Want to find out more about your relative's service? It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Dagenham All the camp knew it. Batley 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. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. A. Potter It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. The J.H. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Canada, Eric W Earl If you have any unwanted Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. Dad had one of their recordings. Permission must be sought for publication. Camp commander Czesaw Gborski was later put on trial for his role in running the camp. Australia, 28th Oct 1943 Cheslyn Hay The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. Colmore Ave But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. At one point, after being recaptured, a German guard ordered him to 'dig his own grave' at the point of a gun and then when he had dug the hole told him to fill it in again. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. The BEF advanced into Belgium but the Allied front rapidly collapsed before the German blitzkrieg and the British force, with its flanks exposed and its rear increasingly threatened, was obliged to make a succession of withdrawals. Hornchurch Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Les Chatterton Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. Ferry Road A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. Wallasey The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. Add a Name to this List New South Wales Australia, RAF No. Burscough cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. He told us of making soup from nettles and from potato peelings and he worked in a salt mine. John Warren 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 . There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. High Street Beresford Ave Kelowna, BC 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. Canada, Armand Rondeau Stourbridge, F Firman Also known as Stalag 344, and connected to Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-d. 64,000 POWs in 1944 with 150 officers and 13,625 being British. Herts Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. 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. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. 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. A. Carmichael It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. Quantity: 1 b&w origi. Town End nr Gleadless Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Join or Log Into Facebook. Pine Ave 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. Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). They were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. Jim Snowsell By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. 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. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 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 . Thus a camp within a camp was created. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Hall School London, 19th Aug 1942 She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." South Africa, R W Kinsey Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. 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. Ayot St. Peter Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Civilian Internee Mail New Zealand to Changi, M. V. Gripsholm Mail, Diplomatic Exchange Vessel, Far East WWII, Repatriation Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942 46, New Zealand Irregular Use of Stamps and Other Items for Postage, The American Great White Fleet Voyage 1908-09, The Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp of WWI, Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp Postcards, The First New Zealand Pictorial Issue 1898, New Zealands Stamp First Issue, The Full Face Queens, Methods of Officially Sealing Mail in New Zealand, Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45, Postal Use of the New Zealand Boer War Stamp, Civilian Internee Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45. Cape Town It was located in the area of the former Camp II (Lager II), initially referred to as a camp of field artillery (Feldlager). to help with the costs of keeping the site running. They were ordered to march to the West. In 1945-1946, the camp was used by the Soviet-installed Polish Ministry of Public Security to house some 8000-9000 Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. 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. Walter Mellor 3rd Btn. Place des Pointeliers It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Cemetery House Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 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. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Boundary Road 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. About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. If you think that this page can be improved, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Corrections and integrations. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Junction Lane [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. 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