This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Manor House Rd Trpr. Tamboerskloof Kings Heath The camp was closed in September 1944 when most prisoners were transferred to Stalag Luft 3. 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. We are now on Facebook. 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. Les Chatterton 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. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Ferry Lane Drive Mansions Welledale Cres Copies can be made for personal use. London, 29th July 1942 Falkirk I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. Beverley High Rd The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. The visit has really inspired me to make sure that Dad's name is recorded and remembered. Birmingham, 1st April 1942 Forest Gate This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. My Father died in 1980 but I have several photographs including the cobblers shop where my father was part of a small team under Arthur Weston making artificial legs. Hertfordshire, 9th Jul 1943 All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. 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. In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact theMedia Sales & Licensing Team. 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. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. D. A. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Place des Pointeliers In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. Brixton Hill Park Road Camp commander Czesaw Gborski was later put on trial for his role in running the camp. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. Jun 2016 Couples. 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 . 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. Johnnie W. Mayhead Permission must be sought for publication. 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. Arcadian Buffet I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Robert Stoker 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. It saw almost a century of misery. Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. 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. He was tortured by the Under Officer in charge of his first working party (Groschowitz/ Groszowice) to find out if he was a Jew. Thanks again for the contact. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. 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. 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. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. Stalag VIII-B was a German Army prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf (now ambinowice) in Silesia. 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). A. Carmichael Fawdon 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). Junction Lane 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, Tpr. Quantity: 1 b&w origi. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. Wallasey Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Laband E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. Kyrle Street It was opened in June or July 1941 by the Luftwaffe and housed mostly Russian air force prisoners from the Eastern Front. "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." St Kilda The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. London, Ont I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Mountain View The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. 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. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright London, 19th Oct 1944 The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. A. E. Collins The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. New South Wales Ronald Arnold Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. During 1941-42 Stalag 8B was also used for captured RAF non-commissioned officers. The montage also features some of the stamps which he carved. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. 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. Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia's military forces. Junction Rd There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. The men were marched along country roads towards the Oder, first north towards Dresden, then when the Germans changed their mind, south towards Bavaria, eventually reaching Stalag XIII-D near Nuremberg. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. In the time of successive wars, it provided facilities where prisoners-of-war were detained . If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. The inmates who were selected to be gassed went through the procedure of preparing for a bath, they stripped their clothes off, and walked into the bathing room. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Batley recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Hall St 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. Dagenham Welwyn Garden City The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Ross-on-Wye James Badcock Manitoba Boundary Road Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. 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. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. Dagenham Ave In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. John Warren Herts Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. It was liberated by Soviet forces in January 1945. cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. 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. If you think that this page can be improved, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. Royal Tank Regiment, The Last Escape. cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. 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. Hunt and Dad had first met while at IX C. Hunt later became a doctor. Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armands mother tongue they became good pals. Stalag Luft 3Used for: Stalag Luft 3, Stalag Luft iii, Stalag Luft III, Belaria camp, Belaria, Belaria compound, Zagan camp, Zegan camp, Sagan camp, Stalag Luft 3 was in Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan, 100 miles (161 kms) south-east of Berlin. We are now on Facebook. Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Sukasari The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). E715 was next to the I.G. 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). If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. I have found some postcards from my Grandfather Corporal William Henry Sadler who was imprisoned there . Canada, 2nd Nov 1944 Sid Hall The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Your email address will not be published. Ayot St. Peter Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Ladysmith St Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Standerton I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Corrections and integrations. I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. Want to know what life was like during the War? I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. It is estimated that 200,000 prisoners passed through Stalag 3A during the war of whom approximately 5,000 died. Pine Ave stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. coal mine. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. Dad arrived at Belaria in late October44. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. Ferry Road When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe) 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. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Y Yithers It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Hornchurch Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. Shaw Heath D Gardiner In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. 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. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, Home > Browse tags > Prisoner of war camps. IWM collections. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. 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. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. If you have any unwanted Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. Douglas E. K. West (Lofty) 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. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." About 9,000 airmen - 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian - were imprisoned there when it was liberated on the night of 30 April 1945 by Soviet troops. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. What a revelation - they told me so much about this young man who joined up in 1939 - about his education, his previous employment (and what he earned) and his physical appearance. Add a Name to this List Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). It was located in the area of the former Camp II (Lager II), initially referred to as a camp of field artillery (Feldlager). The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. Regina, Saskatchewan Nous avons dvelopp pour cela un moteur de recherche ddi, accessible gratuitement tous via la Bibliothque numrise. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. I recall one of these broadcasts was by Anthony Eden himself. 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. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . Stourbridge, F Firman He was captured in Calais on 26th May 1940 and was imprisoned at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf from June 1940 to May 1945. Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were: From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to Stalag XIII-C in Bavaria or Stalag XIII-D Nrnberg. The crematorium where 1500 bodies were burnt was in the south-east part of the camp. Stalag 8B Usef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Ian F. Keys (Ardoch) All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. D. A. Of the many horrors that would emerge from the bloody conflict, few could match the cruel concentration camps established by Germany. Cemetery House 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. 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. Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). 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. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. 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. London, 14th Nov 1940 Fulham Road He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. 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. Add a Name to this List Dudley W. Attwood 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. All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. 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). More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. 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. Gordon D Pepper Tpr. 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. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. At the end of 1943 within Stalag VIII-B Teschen there were about 50,000 Soviet prisoners, and another 10,000 from other countries,[3] including Great Britain, the Commonwealth and Italy. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. 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). Cameron St. Darling St Buitenzorg Thus a camp within a camp was created. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by South Africa, R W Kinsey South Africa, Owen L Griggs Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. Wednesbury The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. My interest in Stalag VIIIB, German Prisoner of War Camp, started with the fact that many New Zealand POWs ended up here, including some friends of my family. Want to find out more about your relative's service? The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. All the civilian population knew it. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. From . He told us that the Gaelic speakers in the camp were able to pass information to each other without the Guards knowing what they were saying. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. Worsbrough Dale Mullins did well post war owning some hotels and is said to have employed Rondeau when he was on the outs. Dad had one of their recordings. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. 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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 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. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. East Street From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Staines 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. Repatriation; Prisoners of war; Digital Folder: S-0523-0648\S-1451-0000-0070. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Clacton-on-Sea The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. The J.H. Nr. Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? Knighton Road Cheshire, 26th April 1944 E542 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz, E552 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenberg Philipstr. Beresford Ave The so-called Lazarett was set up on separate site with eleven concrete buildings. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. 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. They were originally buried at Lamsdorf but moved to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Krakow after the war. Essex, 25th Jul 1942 Today on the site of the camp is the Polish Central Prisoner of War Museum (otherwise labeled incorrectly). 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