At this point all Senior British Officers (SBOs) informed their men of Field Marshal Montgomerys so-called 'standfast' order. Medical reports on conditions in POW camps, with some reports on escapes, are among the Medical Historian's Papers in WO 222/1352-1393. Today, the site of the camp is a memorial. Some notifications of deaths of POWs during the Second World War are included in RG 32. The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. The prisoners were transferred to other camps, though a small number stayed behind to carry out construction work as the site was adapted for the use of GEMA (Gesellschaft fr und mechanische elektroakustische apparate) in developing radar systems The sub-camp was closed in June 1943. Some of the pouches may also contain personal letters to and from prisoners of war. I It is uncertain whether official red cross food and medical supply parcels were ever tampered with by MI9, however, up to 10% of organisations listed who donated clothing/sports equipment and books were, in fact, a front for MI9. Other than the aforementioned, a fee of 100 Swiss francs (currently 67) is charged per hour per research, this only applies to records over 60 years old. Many camps on the eastern edge of Germany were combined into one large camp there. Translation of the German account of Neaves escapes from Stalag XXA (Thorn) on 16 April 1941 and later from Oflag IVC (Colditz) on 7 January 1942: According to Stalag XXA: on 16 April 1941, N disappeared on route to the dentist from Fort 15 and on 26 April 1941, he was recaptured by the Gestapo at Plock. It housed 2455 officers with 297 other ranks. It was located south of the railway tracks. Located in a building that was previously a school, closed early in April 1945. 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Aalsmeer Restricted Residence For Civilians Aalsmeer Holland, Air Corps Transit Camp Verona Italy 45-11, Amsterdam Restricted Residence For Civilians Amsterdam Holland 52-05, Bad Godesberg Lazarett (Serves Stalag XVII-A) Godesberg Rheinland, Prussia 50-07, Bad Soden-Salmunster Hospital (Serves Stalag IX- Bad Soden Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09, Bad Sulze Hospital (Serves Stalag IX-C) Bad Sulze Saxe-Weimar 51-11, Bagno A Ripoli Florence (Firenze) Italy 43-11, Bagnolo-Piano Civilian Internment Camp Bagnolo-Piano Italy 44-10, Beujon Hospital For Civilians Clichy France 49-02, Bratislava POW Camp Bratislava Czechoslovakia 48-17, Brenners Park-Hotel Baden-Baden Baden (Civilian Internment Camp) 48-08, Brens Civilian Internment Camp Tarn France 44-02, Brevannes Sanitorium For Civilians Paris France 49-02, Brides Les Bains Civilian Internment Camp Brides Les Bains France 45-06, Camp Chumen (Shumla) Chumen Bulgaria 43-27, Camp De Gurs Civilian Internment Camp Basses-Pyrenees France 43-01, Camp de Noe Civilian Internment Camp Noe France 43-01, Camp Leled, Near Esztergom, Hungary 47-19, Camp San Tomaso Della Fossa Civilian Internment Camp Near Bagnolo-Piano Italy 45-11, Casablanca POW Camp Morocco North Africa 33-07, Compiegne Civilian Internment Camp (Subordinate to Frontstalag 122) Compiegne France 49-03, Concentration Camp Buchenwald (Near Weimar) Thuringia, Germany 51-11, Deutscher Luftwaffen Lazarett 203, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Deutscher Luftwaffen Teil, Lazarett 201, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Egendorf Hospital (Serves Stalag IX-C) Egendorf Thuringia, Germany 51-11, Elsterhorst Hospital 742 (Serves Stalag 4-C & 4-A) Elsterhorst Saxony 51-14, Eppenhain Hospital Eppenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 49-08, Feldpost 31703(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 10.10.1944 Armee-Gefangenen-Sammelstelle 59 -POW gathering area -Dulag. Located in the town of Prenzlau, Brandenburg, 93 kilometres (58 mi) north of Berlin. In April 1945 the camp was liberated by the Soviet Red Army although there were plans (and some movements?) By Christmas 1940 there were 60 Polish officers, 12 Belgians, 50 French, and 30 British, a total of no more than 200 with their orderlies. Florence Desmond, The perimeter of the each compound was secured by a double barbed-wire fence, fifteen feet in height, on top of which ran a high-voltage wire. Acts of heroism were virtually universal. Located in Colditz Castle situated on a cliff overlooking the town of Colditz in Saxony. Stalag IV-A Hohnstein (Airfield at Dresden-Klotsche) (No Base Camps: 13 Work Camps) Saxony Location N/E 51-14. Stalag XVIII-A Wolfsberg Carinthia, Austria Location N/E 46-15, Stalag XVIII-A/Z Spittal Drau (Became Ilag 17) Carinthia, Austria Location N/E 46-13. The camp was liberated by the U.S. Ninth Army on 12 April 1945. In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. In April 1944, most of the prisoners were transferred to Oflag 79 near Braunschweig and the camp was closed. They were successful. And perhaps the most colorful examples have emerged from Colditz, the Nazi camp for Allied officers in Germanys east from 1939 to 1945. It contained POW camps for non-commissioned officers and other ranks. The huts were about 75yds by 10yds and contained two tier beds for up to 200 prisoners. The camp was established on a military training ground in September 1939 to detain Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Some prisoners were bayoneted; others kicked and hit. Stars: In March 1941, the Wehrmacht began constructing the camp in the northwest of Austria, between Innsbruck and Salzburg, the nearest railway station was Bishopshofen. This was recorded in shorthand in a notebook labelled "Shorthand Reading Exercises. Thereis also a mention within the USSME files for PG 60 being located at Villa Marina (Roma), one of these mentions is clearly an error, although more than one source states Lucca as being the location. Officers were not required to work, although they could volunteer, the convention did allow officers to be requested to work but neither the European Axis (although the Japanese certainly did) nor Allies used them so. As with Neave, Fowler successfully escaped from his first camp, Stalag Luft 1, near Barth, a German coastal town off the Baltic Sea. Stalag 366 also had a branch in White Podlaska, which until late 1942/43 was an independent Dulag. By July 1941 Stalag XVIII-D contained nearly 4,500 British and Commonwealth prisoners captured in Greece and Crete. Michael Caine, Ian Dalrymple The Borkum and Helgoland camps were "volunteer" (Hilfswillige) labour camps and the labourers in those camps were treated harshly but marginally better than the inmates at the Sylt and Norderney camps. One ounce of salt and pepper (mustard, onion powder and other condiments were also sometimes enclosed). For Polish officers, this camp opened in October 1939 with the first transport of 1000 officers. Soviet prisoners, without the Convention's protection, were in substantially worse conditions. In order to accommodate them the entire population of Marlag "M" were moved into "O". It had the reputation of being one of the worst Stalags, especially when it was overcrowded in 1945. New Zealand Brigadiers James Hargest and Reginald Miles esc. A huge camp with many compounds and work sites away from the main camp, in fams and factories, partially within the old castle of Malbork. By February 1941 there were 3,166 officers and 565 orderlies in the camp. The French stay was relatively short. Marlag und Milag Nord was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp complex for men of the British Merchant Navy and Royal Navy. The forts had been built at the end of 19th century to defend the western border of Kingdom of Prussia. In June 1942 it was renumbered Oflag XII-B. Fort 12 (XII) named after Wladyslawa Jagielty. OFLAG Va Weinburg (Baden- Wurttemburg) Germany. 1,015 Officers held here as of 26/2/43 originally opened October 1942. This road (the SS448/Due Mari) is now reached via the E45 Autostrada 1st exit after Perugia. Search them HERE NOW! Upon recapture, he was transferred to Colditz in June 1942 where he teamed up with Lieutenant Commander Billie Stephens. The sub-camps were managed by the main stalag, which maintained personnel records, collected mail, International Red Cross packages etc. | Originally opened in July 1942 to house up to 6,000, Opened originally in October 1942 it was recorded as having 101 other ranks on, (23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 10.10.1944 Armee-Gefangenen-Sammelstelle 59 -POW gathering area -Dulag, (1.10.1940-27.2.1941) 2. On 23 November 1941, N and three other English officers and one (Polish) officer (held up someone) to enable an English officer to make an escape attempt near the (Polish) orderly office. With an area of about 7 hectares (17 acres) the camp was divided into two compounds: Lager A which contained four three-storey prisoner blocks, and an administration and canteen block, and Lager B which contained various garages and workshops, some of which were used as additional prisoner accommodation. OFLAG VIIIh Oberlangendorf, Czech republic, OFLAG IXa Spangenburg bei Kassel, Germany. September 1943 - Italians interned after the Allied Armistice with Italy arrived. Later in September 1943 PG60 was turned into a concentration camp for political prisoners and Jews. Stars: Transferred to Lamsdorf since not officers, escaped from Breslau work party, Hunger strike in order to receive transfer, escapes twice from new camp, reaches Switzerland. There was a report of a war crime here when 2 officers who had been recaptured after escaping were shot (one died). Muhlhausen Opened in February 1940 and closed on 29/3/45, the hospital was located at Bad Sulza. Their escape, on 14 October 1942, took place with two other officers. From the Camp looking north through the perimeter barbed wire system, there was a spectacular view of the Dolomites and the mountains of nearby Yugoslavia. There were several escape attempts during the summer of 1941. Located close to Coltano, later part of a US camp until 1955. In December 1940, 1,691 Polish prisoners were recorded as being there. A notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, in Silesia. Stalag IV-C Wistritz Bei Teplitz Bohemia Location N/E 50-13. As usual with Oflags the other ranks were there mainly for use as orderlies to the officers. The oldest British prisoner. The area in between contained the guard house, a prison block, fuel bunker, and the camp hospital. On 21 April 1945 the Red Army liberated the camp. On February 6, 1945, according to Red Cross reports, some 8,000 men of the camp set out on what would be called the "Black March". About 200 escaped from the marching column and returned to the camp. From December 1944 to March 1945 STALAG 13d (XIII-D) was designated Oflag 73. Eight Channel Island internees died in Laufen camp during the period of internment. Please look us up. The numbers increased sharply in 1943 when a further 65 army officers arrived with a contingent of other nationalities, including American, French, Dutch and Polish. The main camp was in a former brewery in a suburb of the town with a few large brick buildings up to 3 storeys high. It could have ended much worse. It was opened as a POW camp in September 1939 and housed mainly Belgian officers. As well as the food-related parcels, there were also medical and sanitary supplies in specific Red Cross packages. Also noted as 'Sforza costa Liguria' elsewhere, although this may be a mistake as PG 56 was in this location. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. SHAEF reports from February 1945 show 6781 POWs held, all Polish. Bernard Lee, They also organized the dates of escapes so that one group did not interfere with another. In the south-western corner of the camp, separated by a barbed-wire fence, were two hospital blocks, the shower/delousing block, and the detention block. Searches are only made in response to written enquiries, and an hourly fee is usually charged. Stalag IV-G Oschatz Saxony Location N/E 51-13. Feigned heart disease by smoking heavily and drinking concentrated black coffee prior to medical examination and was repatriated. Some of the first escapees were recaptured and returned to the camp before the escape had even been discovered by the camp authorities. Free shipping for many products! Opened originally in May 1942, 562other ranks were reported here on December30th 1942.. The first prisoners, 140 Polish officers, arrived in 1939 and the castle was officially renamed as Oflag IV-C. 101 min Eventually, all 65 were recaptured, but had occupied over 50,000 police, soldiers, home guard and Hitler Youth for a week. In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. Drama, War. | In 1943, the camp was enlarged and a new camp was constructed alongside the earlier one. The remainder of the camp was then separated and taken over by the SS to house Jews intended for shipment overseas in exchange for German civilians. The history of this camp began in the area called "Il Pollino" that belonged to the Ravano family (ex Gherardesca) and, at the beginning of 1940, was used as a prison camp for POWs. There was a camp theatre in Marlag and the POWs performed concerts and plays. Building work commenced on 5th June 1942 and the camp could house up to 6000 POWs. In late summer 1941 Soviet prisoners from Operation Barbarossa arrived and were placed in a separate enclosure built south of the main camp. 45 officers held here in a convent, originally opened November1941. The camp was liberated by troops of the U.S. 12th Armoured Division on 29 April 1945. Originally a hutted and tented camp with a double boundary fence and watchtowers set up in the Great War. It was then renumbered Oflag XII-B. Often, the food was placed in the barn in the dark of night for the men to get what they could. Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg Mecklenberg location N/E 53-13. Stars: Clothing was misfit being the most dominant, gathered from what they could; the German government provided no clothing. The main camps were all designated PG prigionieri di Guerra, although they were also abbreviated 'CC' meaning Campo diconcentramento. Stalag XIII-D Nuremburg (Oflag 73) Bavaria Location N/E 49-11. The Germans built one concentration camp and three labour camps on the island, subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp (located in Hamburg, Germany). Opened originally in August1942, 250other ranks were reported here on December30th 1942.. Also known as San Pietro Novara near to Milan. The camp was built around a Polish boys' school by adding barracks. Many escapes, evasion and liberation reports (see below) include one or more Appendices. Stalag I-B Hohenstein East Prussia Location N/E 53-20. The military authorities decided to conscript local German civilian women to assist with the rescue and clean up work. Oflag X-B was opened in May 1940, and was used to hold French officers captured during the battle of France. Fort 17 (XVII) named after Michala Zymierskiego. POWs were moved out of this camp on March 10th 1944 towards Germany. I particularly liked the last chapter, where he followed up on what happed to the main characters. In July 1942 a new camp at Mhrisch-Trbau, about 200 km (120 mi) to the south, was designated Oflag VIII-F, while the original camp was redesignated Oflag VIII F/Z, a sub-camp of Mhrisch-Trbau. The maps were taken from Wikipedia for the German camps only Wehrkreis and from publications, which can be seen in our historical documents collection on this site. These records, in the series WO 416, consist of British and Allied prisoner of war records created by the Germans and captured by the Allied forces when the camps were liberated at the end of the war. In April 1942 the last group of Polish officers arrived from Oflag X-C near Lbeck. On 22 May 1940 all 1,336 Polish prisoners were transferred to Oflag VII-A Murnau, and were replaced with British, French and Belgian officers taken prisoner during the battle of France. It is set in a POW camp in Poland and portrays the real-life audacious escape attempt of 76 Allied airmen during WWII. Opened 12/44, this is possibly either a redesignated Oflag IIa or a sub camp of Oflag IIa. Released were 535 Italians, 58 Yugoslavs, 3 Poles, 399 Soviets, 3 medical staff (unknown nationality). Size salary was dependent of your military rank and was for Colonel 150 (eg, Brigadier 180), Col. 120, Major 108, Captain 98, Lt. 81, Lieutenant 72. Importantly for other internees in the camp, among the 68 Dutch was Hans Larive with his knowledge of the Singen route. Terence Alexander, Not Rated On January 21, 1945, the roll call established a total of 1,471. Margnano lignite mine, listed elsewhere as 'Morgnano' -clearly a spelling error. The New Zealand parcels were amongst the rarest and under their novelty perhaps, one of the most sought after in some camps. From the 15th of August 1940 there were 356 officers and 140 other ranks. From February to April 1945 Neubrandenburg was a waypoint in the forced march westward of Allied prisoners from POW camps further east. Consequently, additional documentation is sometimes attached. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from Dulag Luft or Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe (transit camp of the Luftwaffe) These were transit camps for Airforce POWs. True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany. Neave and a Dutch officer, Lieutenant Luteyn, were the first of the two pairs to leave and successfully reached Switzerland. During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. This camp was moved to Hammelburg in April 1943 under the same designation. | | Tin of 50 cigarettes or tobacco (sent separatelyusually Player's brand cigarettes or Digger flake pipe tobacco). Jack Lee I know Harry Lockwood ran it till his death in 2007. The Prisoners of War and Internment Files in the Admiralty and Secretariat Papers ADM 1 (code 79) contain documentation on many aspects of the Royal Navy's involvement with the capture and internment of the enemy and Allied POWs, naval and other services. Intentionally sloppy escape attempt in hopes to be placed in town jail. Research is carried out free of charge when it has been requested by the individual concerned himself/herself or by his/her next of kin (brother, sister, wife, husband, father, mother, children, grandchildren). Ron Arad - Israeli fighter pilot, shot down over Lebanon in 1986; not seen since 1988 and is presumed dead; Everett Alvarez, Jr. - Navy aviator, Vietnam War POW, held for 8 years, second longest period as a POW in American history (after Floyd James Thompson) B []. A []. Finally, in late December 1944, Americans captured in the Battle of the Bulge arrived. Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. 332 . Highly recommended for further background and some specific camp research: POW Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1939-1945 by Adrian Gilbert [see here]. Despite harsh conditions in the living chambers, the officers were granted relative freedom and had a part of the fortress gardens at their disposal. Stalags were operated in both World War I and World War II and intended to be used for non-commissioned personnel (Enlisted ranks in US Army, Other ranks in British Commonwealth forces). Most data files are not currently available online however and would need either a personal visit by yourself or a professional researcher to seek these files out. There were 4 sub camps located in the vicinity also. District V In the Far south-west of German, the nearest large city being Posen. In May and June 1940 American, French and Belgian soldiers taken prisoner during the Battle of France arrived. Used as a Transit Camp. The prisoners were liberated there by units of the British Army on 5 May 1945. They were liberated by the British 11th Armoured Division on 1 May 1945. The camp held mostly Indians and Cypriots. Researchers should note that in 1948, at General Eisenhower's request, the records of the Allied Screening Commission were transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington DC. According to Oflag IVC on 29 August 1941, N tried to escape from the camp after evening roll call, using a fake German uniform, but was stopped at the gate post and seized. -Also known as Stalag 344, Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-b. Located at Schirwindt (Sirvintos) in Lithuania. What a refreshing book. The successful escapes by Lt. Michael Duncan and Captain O'Sullivan were documented extensively at the time by British Intelligence. Had a subsidiarywork camp located at Poggia Cancelli. The sick were mistreated when dysentery and diarrhoea set in. Opened 09/40 closed 04/45, also listed under 'Warburg'. The exact date of the escape is not known, but many sources quote it as occurring during the Whitsun weekend. Patric Knowles, Feldpost 07465 (27/1/42-14/7/42) Stalag 310 Weitzendorf (Soviet POWS), Feldpost 07667 (3.10.1944) Stalag 304 Zeithain (Soviet POWS), Festetich Street (Civilian Camp), Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Field Hospital 519, Raab (Gyor), Hungary 47-17, Field-Hospital 1244 ABT/2-D Bad Nauheim Rheinland, Prussia 50-08, Freising Hospital (Serves Stalag VII-A) Moosburg Bavaria 48-11, Frontstalag 122 Civilian Internment Camp Clermont France 45-03, Frontstalag 194, Vittel Civilian Internment Camp Vosges France 48-06, Frontstalag 221 Civilian Internment Camp St. Medard France 45- 0, Giromagny For Civilians Giromagny France 47-06, Haftanstald Kattowitz Upper Silesia 50-19, Hohe Mark Hospital (Serves Dulag Luft) Oberursel Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-07, Hospital #11 (Serves Stalag X-A) Schleswig Schleswig 54-09, Hospital 18-A (Serves Stalag XVIII-A) Villach-Karnten Carinthia, Austria 46-14, Hospital 3 B and 4 (Graz) Graz Styria, Austria 47-15, Hospital At Bilin (Serves Stalag IV-C) Bilin Bohemia 50-13, Hospital At Kosel Kosel Upper Silesia 50-18, Hospital at Muenstierel Lazaret(Serves Stalag VI-G) Bonn Rheinland, Prussia 50-07, Hospital at Stalag I-B Hohenstein East Prussia 53-20, Hospital at Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg Mecklenberg 53-13, Hospital Franzis Kusplatz Prague Bohemia 50-14, Hospital Karoly Boulevard, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Hospital Le Calvaire Pont-Chateau France 47-02, Hospital Meiningen #1288 (Serves Stalag IX-C) Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen 50-10, Hospital Sandbostel (Serves Stalag X- Sandbostel Schleswig 53-09, Hospital Lingen (Thuine) (Serves Stalag VI-G) Hanover Prussia 52-07, Ilag (Civilian Internment Camp) Bergen-Belsen Hanover, Prussia 52-10, Ilag 18 Spittal Am Drau Carinthia, Austria 46-13, Ilag 7/H Laufen (Civilian Internment Camp) Bavaria 48-13, Ilag 7/Z Tittmoning (Civilian Internment Camp) Bavaria 48-12. 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