Through the activity of some of the key NCOs, Red Cross food was obtained from POW camps passed by the column on the march. Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135 . Ten thousand Russians were detained in the East Compound, while the other nationalities 16,000 French, 1,600 Serbs, 900 Belgians and the Americans were segregated by nationality in the North Compound. Busnot Marcel Louis. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. Private Bernard Francis Ricketts 2nd Battalion, 16th Platoon, D Company Highland Light Infantry. Stalag 4B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. T/Sgt. The conditions for Soviet prisoners in Stalag IX B were similar to those in other camps for Soviet POWs, and the inhumane treatment they received resulted in a high death rate; for example, in 1942, 1,430 Soviet prisoners died in the camp. Corporal Robert Hollingshead was reported missing 2June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war from 1 June 1941. [1] In September 1939 the huts were fenced in and designated Stalag XI-B. Royal Tank Regiment. All men fit to work were set out to Kommandos where conditions approximated the following: A group of 29 Americans were taken under guard to a huge farm 6 kilometres (3.7mi) from Supsk (then Stolp), where 12 French POWs were already working without guards. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. J'ai eu l'ide d'utiliser internet et donc j'ai abouti sur votre site. They shaved and washed themselves in three large wash pans filled from a single spigot which gave only cold water. [11], Thus at Dahlen on 67 March the column dwindled to some 900 American POWs. [4] Eventually POWs of various nationalities were sent to numerous forced labour subcamps (Arbeitskommando) located in various cities, towns and villages in Pomerania and northern Greater Poland. Kenneth Samuel Charles Hooper 6 Troop 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Sgt. Search the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site: View all names in this list Stalag 11A (341) Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. At its peak in January 1945, the camp strength was put at 7,200 Americans, with some 5,315 of these out on 9 major Arbeitskommando ("Work Companies"). Some pages will have more, some will not. This table does not contain the prisoners listed as moved from Stalag 12A to 9B. 5=Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases. Lord insisted on proper military discipline with regular exercise and parades. Private George Robins, 5 Troop, from Consett,County Durham, was wounded and taken prisoner of war during operations at Salerno, Italy. Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 BARNETT, Edgar Albert Lance Bombardier 933008 No 7 Commando Royal Artillery [10], There were attempts to escape from the camp or its subcamps. Of the 125,000 aircrew who served with Bomber Command, 55,573 were . Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. If a bomber had to be abandoned after being hit by flak or attacked by a fighter, the aircrew had only a 17 % chance of survival. Officers were held in separate camps called Oflag. Prisoners of war, Germany: Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel; nominal rolls. Atkins Tommie Henry George. SW Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands. At times more than 600 men were quartered in each of the three single-story barracks 45 feet (14m) wide and 180 feet (55m) long. The Museums Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. He never ever spoke about the experiences he'd had. Photocopies of two handdrawn maps (2pp, provenance uncertain) and an aerial photograph (taken on 17 September 1944) of Stalag XIB (Fallingbostel) prisoner of war camp, with a photocopied ts list (2pp) of members of the camp's German administration as at 12 December 1943 and of those British soldiers who died in the camp between 1943 and 1945. Some of the British Prisoners of War liberated from Stalag IIB. Pte. Guards lived in a small room opening onto the Americans' quarters. Photocopies of two handdrawn maps (2pp, provenance uncertain) and an aerial photograph (taken on 17 September 1944) of Stalag XIB (Fallingbostel) prisoner of war camp, with a photocopied ts list (2pp) of members of the camp's German administration as at 12 December 1943 and of those British soldiers who died in the camp between 1943 and 1945. Bassett Christopher Thomas Elijah. Pte. Stalag 11B, Fallingbostel, Germany There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. Adams Alan. The Reading Room at the Shapell Center is open to the public, Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, POWS/POW CAMPS -- Germany -- Fallingbostel. [11], Except for housekeeping chores benefiting POWs, no work was performed in the Stalag. Prisoners of War. The following list of names are search results for Camp = 089, "Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09". At its peak there were about 80,000 POW working in 1,500 Arbeitskommando in agriculture and industry. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. This Commando Veterans Archive website is ownedand managed, independently of the Association. On warm days the Germans withheld part of the fuel ration. Within the American enclosure were the playing field, workshops and dispensary, showers, and delouser. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. [2] Cold combined with poor sanitary conditions and food rations, resulted in widespead diseases and many deaths. View the catalogue description for. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09: BRUCE, ROBERT C: Army. Status codes are 4=Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape. [5] Many POWs often recalled German abuse in the subcamps. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. The camp is Stalag 11B just south of Fallingbostel, which is about 10 miles southwest of Soltau. After 10 days they arrived at Gresse, east of the Elbe. These additional online resources from the U.S. Bessanson Al. He was later found to be aprisoner of war. In the left above it says Kdo Bhrigen. Parcels were stored in the guards' room until issued. [11], On Sundays, the guard permitted POWs to lounge or to walk back and forth in the "yard" all day, but they spent a good deal of their time scrubbing their barracks and washing their clothing. The evening meal at 17:00 consisted of Red Cross food and the farmers' issue of soup, potatoes and gravy. If you have any unwanted Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. This page was last edited on 3 September 2022, at 21:39. Additional fences formed compounds and sub-compounds. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. BU3663.jpg 1,790 1,772; 322 KB International Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 846534.jpg 640 480; 97 KB Sgt. 3,000 internees perished in the camp due to sickness and life circumstances. These were transmitted to distant Kommandos by rail and to nearby units by German Army trucks. German guards ordered POWs to fall out of the barracks. Carder Leonard George. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Baxter Norman William. Ret. TTY: 202.488.0406. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. See also. Despite these extremely crowded barracks, conditions contrasted well with the Russian barracks which held as many as 1,000 POWs apiece. Water fit for drinking was available at all hours except during the last two months when it was turned off for part of the day. The next morning the house was overrun by troops of the British 6th Airborne. Except for one period when Red Cross food was exhausted and guards became surly, morale of the men remained at a high level. [8], The construction of the second camp, Lager-Ost ("East Compound") began in June 1941 to accommodate the large numbers of Soviet prisoners taken in Operation Barbarossa. TTY: 202.488.0406. [2] It then served as an accommodation centre for German refugees and displaced persons. List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries Date (s) 1945-07-06 - 1947-07-02 (Creation) Level of description Folder Context area Name of creator. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, WJ Manning 3rd Sqd. Stalag7a AK2780 Prisoner of war Work Camp Arbeits kommando 3911 was a work camp under Stalag 7b which held around 500 British Prisoners of War and was located in Ludwig-Ferdinand Street in Munich. British Prisoners of War celebrate their liberation from Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel, 16 April 1945. It housed Polish, French, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian and American prisoners of war . Sometimes they slept unsheltered on the ground; sometimes they were fortunate enough to find a heated barn. [2] In early 1942 rations for the Soviet prisoners were slightly increased in order to enable them to work, however it was still so inadequate that many prisoners died from exhaustion. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from He went home to Brighton, UK and worked in the Special Constabulary, a bar manager at the British Legion Club at Shoreham-by-Sea and as a diamond polisher in Brighton and London. 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. Contact our Media sales & Licensing team about access. Stalag 11A (POWs from Stg L4 & L1) Altengrabow Brandenburg, Prussia 52-12: Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09: Stalag 12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-08: Stalag 12C Wiesbaden Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-08: Stalag 12D Waldbreitbach Rheinland, Prussia 50-07: Stalag 12F Forbach Bei Saarbrucken Baden 49-08 [3] This Army unit was composed of men considered too old or otherwise unfit for front-line service, and were commonly used for guard and garrison duties. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. [11], The camp sprawled over 25 acres (10ha) surrounded by the usual two barbed-wire fences. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Our In August 1943 the Stalag was reported as newly opened to privates of the US ground forces with a strength of 451. German guards shot at those escaping without warning, and POWs captured after a chase were either murdered or sent to penal subcamps and later to concentration camps, mainly Gross-Rosen and Stutthof.[3]. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Orderable at item level, Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Stalag 8B (VIII-B, according to the German designation system) was established in late 1939 to hold Polish POWs taken during the German invasion of Poland. The Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project, UNRRA selected records AG-018-008 : European Regional Office (ERO). Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. At almost every stop McMahan bartered coffee, cigarettes, or chocolate for potatoes which he issued to the men. Former occupation: Steward. The fuel ration was always insufficient, and in December 1944 was cut to its all-time low of 26 pounds (12kg) of coal per stove per day. More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. Quarters were usually unheated barns and stables. Sgt. Emmett William Roy. Mon pre Camille MARANDEL parlait tjrs de ses annes de captivit en Prusse Orientale au stalag 1B. Briley Scott Andrew. Want to know what life was like during the War? Sgt. Brooker Elijha. I would love to know more if anyone has more information regarding his service. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. Alomaine Edmond. For the next three months, the column was on the move, marching an average of 22 kilometres (14mi) a day 6 days a week. [11], On 28 January 1945, POWs received instructions to be ready to evacuate the camp at 08:00 hours the following morning. POWs slept on double-decker bunk beds under two blankets. The guards were considerate, and Red Cross food was available. ''
POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945.}} Private William Hearn was reported missing 18 January 1943in Libya. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Stalag IVG The list, however, reads IVB Stalag IV-B - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stalag IVB . He was a POW 28 months. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or. 1944 Germany POW Camp Letter Cover Stalag 11B Prisoner of War To Serravalle Ital. We apologize for any inconvenience. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. On other work detachments it lasted until the specific project had been completed. If they landed safely by parachute, the airmen were often attacked and killed by enemy civilians. Gdsm. IWM collections, This media is not currently available. 22nd Jul 1941 Parcels 1st Dec 1941 77 Squadron Whitley lost 22nd Feb 1942 106 Squadron Hampden lost 26th Jul 1943 15 Squadron Stirling lost Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. [1], Since October 1939, Polish POWs were sent to newly formed forced labour subcamps in the area, to work in forestry and agriculture. The same month an epidemic of typhus broke out in both camps which lasted until February 1942. Agg George Townson. [1] In July 1942 Stalag XI-D was dissolved and incorporated into Stalag XI-B. His best friend's name was Cassidy, also held at Stalag 11b, and also served in the same regiment. Pte. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents, POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. BU3661.jpg. Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. A postcard sent by a Scottish prisoner in Stalag XI-A, Bobbie Gracie, to family in Glasgow in 1944. Another 10,000 Soviet officers were accommodated in XI-B. STALAG 2B, Page 2 of 6 AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY Prepared by MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT I November 1945 STALAG 2B LOCATION: The camp was situated 1 miles west of Harmmerstein, (5341'N - 1658'30"W.) west Prussia, on the east side of a highway leading to that city. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. Bell Frank. When it was needed most it was never available. 1st Lt. Dolsen Francis George. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. From left to right: Private Smyth of Downham, captured at Cherbourg in 1944; Private Ryan of Bradford, captured at Hertogenbosch, 1944; Corporal Beardmore of Cheadle, captured at Arnhem, 1944; Private Still of Manchester, captured at Arnhem, 1944 and Private Greare of Glasgow, captured at St. Valery, 1940. It was located south of the railway tracks. Dore Leslie Robert. [1] In MayJune 1940, during and following the German invasion of France and Belgium, French and Belgian prisoners began to arrive. Read tagging guidelines. The camps housed Polish, French, Belgian, Soviet, Italian, British, Yugoslav, American, Canadian, New Zealander and other Allied POWs. Sixty POW were killed and many wounded. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Abbondandolo Fred A.. Pte. Gnr. Hymer Roger Lee. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Jacobs Joseph. Japan. Stalag 21B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. L/Cpl. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. The camp was built in 1937 as accommodation for workers building the barracks at the nearby Westlager ("Western Camp") of Truppenbungsplatz Bergen ("Military Training Area Bergen"). Asquith Wilfred. I was 23 when he died, and had not talked to him in detail about his war service or time as a POW, I had no idea really until recently when I began to look at my family history and obtained his military records. From time to time weak POWs would drop out of the column and wait to be picked up by other columns which were on the move. Bunks were the regulation POW triple-decker bunk beds with excelsior mattresses and one German blanket (plus two from the Red Cross) for each man. Baker Leonard. Stalag IV B was liberated by the Red Army on 23 April 1945. 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