The guard in the machinegun-tower later told other prisoners that he refrained from shooting Upham out of sheer respect.. While these two series of reports are duplicates, researchers are advised to order both copies as the second series, in particular, can include Appendices. 5879272 Sergeant C H Jones Pioneer Regiment died 15/8/1942. We have German AND Italian camp listings in our fully searchable databases! The National Archives holds over 100 files concerning the murder of 50 Allied airmen who escaped from Stalag Luft III in March 1944: an incident known as 'The Great Escape' which make fascinating reading. Many prisoners escaped into the Apennine Mountains when guards deserted as the Italian Armistice was announced on 8th September 1943. P.G. The camp was surrounded by a double barbed-wire fence with seven watchtowers. Only 10 managed to remain free, some returned to Poland, others finding their way to the Allied lines. The previously marked Secret files from SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) 254-1 files held at the National Archives (1,036 pages long) under reference WO229/5/0/1. The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz - Denis Avey [see here]. Many camps on the eastern edge of Germany were combined into one large camp there. 9 miles west of the port of Brindisi, mainly Indian POWs. Opened originally in October 1942 it was recorded as having 101 other ranks on December30th 1942. As of 26th February 1943 this housed 1008 men of all ranks but by30th June 1943 this camp housed: 5 Officers, 344 other ranks and was split thus: 323 British, 11 Australians & 15 South Africans. Friesack Camp/Camp Friesack is a name commonly used to refer to a special World War II prisoner of war camp where a group of Irishmen serving in the British Army volunteered for recruitment and selection by the Abwehr (German Intelligence) and the German Army. Tins of coffee, which was hard to come by in Germany late in the war, served this same purpose in many camps. Recaptured they were returned to Stargard and spent 24 days in solitary confinement. Stutthof KZ had up to 110,000 inmates, and more than 85,000 were systematically killed there. The artillery fired from the positions next to the camps, but fortunately had moved away by the time the British Guards Armoured Division liberated the camps on 27 April 1945. Sometimes, due to the shortage of parcels, two or even four prisoners would be compelled to share the contents of one Red Cross parcel. Twelve Frenchmen made it home, 11 Britons, seven Dutch and one Pole. Located in Colditz Castle situated on a cliff overlooking the town of Colditz in Saxony. From May/June 1940 Dutch and Belgian prisoners arrived from the Battle of France, followed by French. A different POW camp in Germany was Colditz Castle. Soon after their arrival the senior Canadian officer, Brigadier W.W. Southam, convened a conference which compiled an after action report on the Raid. There was a camp theatre in Marlag and the POWs performed concerts and plays. Broadcast Sun 26 Feb 2023 at 9:30pm. OFLAG XXIc/z Grune bei Lissa/Skoki, Poland. The camp was opened in September 1940 on what had been originally intended to be a military airfield. Some of the first escapees were recaptured and returned to the camp before the escape had even been discovered by the camp authorities. The first to arrive were 403 men from the Allied campaign in Norway. Located close to the Southern part of Krakow, this was a punishment camp for French and Belgian POWs who refused to work. Opened June 1941, 186 other ranks were held here on 26/2/43. The camp at Mahrisch-Trubau contained around 2,000 officers, mostly British captured in North Africa and the Greek Islands, but there were also numbers of Greek, French and American POW. Built as Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg in 1939, it was extended by the officer camp Oflag II-E in 1940 (renamed Oflag-67in February 1944). True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany. Other camps found as listed but without designations (mostly civilian): Ellera Corciano, Castiglione della Valle/Castel Serena & Pietraffita Tavernelle. On November 8th 1940 all French were then transported to Oflag IIa in Prenzlau, however later in 1942 the camp became almost all French with transfers from other officers camps. 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. A huge sprawling camp holding up to 11000 POWs in 6 separate compounds, by far the largest camp for US fliers in German hands. In Poznan itself, three forts were used to house PoWs; Rauch, IIIA and VIII. The Colditz Association is now the Colditz Society. These officers were the incorrigible ones - the ones who had escaped before and intended to do so again. Sub-camps sometimes held more than 1,000 prisoners, usually split by nationality, although English speakers were usually together for this purpose. 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. Allied reference number for this camp was P-2553. PG 106/1 Molinetto, San Dominano, Palestrino/collabanio, Selvi/Salasco, Tenuta Veneria/Lignano, Castell Apertole, Castell Merlino, Tenuta Palestro, Tenuta Castellone, Langosca a busonegno/villaboit, Viancino, Foglietta, Carpenetto/Bianze, Petiva/San Germano, Vallasino/Olcenegno, Cascina Oschiena. 3 men also escaped via Danzig and Sweden in the wooden horse escape of 1943. The camp, designated Oflag XVIII-B, was opened on 19 October 1939. Collective alphabetical listings of POWs (as opposed to individual pouches) are contained in BT 373/3717-3722. A number of enlisted men and NCOs were housed in the adjacent Oflag to provide necessary services. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. What an enthralling book! Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. The first Soviet prisoners arrived in October 1941, and were housed in a separate enclosure. The camp was originally built as barracks for German Army infantry early in 1939 and consisted of concrete single storey buildings on a plateau north-west of the town. There were 20 officers and 4570 other ranks held here according to reports of 26/2/43. A former residence of the kings of Saxony, the castle was used in 1939 as a prisoner-of-war . The first officers from the battle of Greece arrived on 16 June 1941. Neave and a Dutch officer, Lieutenant Luteyn, were the first of the two pairs to leave and successfully reached Switzerland. These were work battalions formed from the other ranks camps i.e. Prisoners of various nationalities were generally separated from each other by barbed-wire fences subdividing each stalag into sections. Another successful escaper from Marlag was Lieutenant David James, RNVR. Punishment of prisoners was severe, particularly after July 1944 when the SS took over jurisdiction of camp security (although did not place guards generally) US prisoners who did not follow regulations or tried to escape were sentenced to as much as a month in a special solitary confinement building, Soviet POWs fared far worse however, and were generally killed either immediately or worked to death at the nearby Mauthausen KZ. Drama, War. When the Soviet front approached, orders were given to move the prisoners to other camps further west. 240 min It was organised by the Schutzstaffel - SS-Baubrigade Iwhich was at first under direct supervision of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp; and after mid-February 1943 then run under the Neuengamme camp in northern Germanylocated near the old telegraph tower at La Foulre. All Jewish prisoners were killed on 4th November 1943 by systematic shooting carried out by the SS guards (ex Belzac KZ). Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Bolton Littledale was also captured at Calais and escaped from his first camp, Stalag XXI-A in Poznan in Poland. In 1944, as forced labour by concentration camp prisoners became increasingly important in armaments production, a Focke-Wulf aircraft factory was constructed at Stutthof. Researchers should note that these reports mostly relate to the European, Mediterranean or North Africa theatres of war. 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). French and British prisoners disarmed their guards and took control of the camp armoury, and the local Post Office, Railway Station and Police Station. P.G. And perhaps the most colorful examples have emerged from Colditz, the Nazi camp for Allied officers in Germanys east from 1939 to 1945. In 1942, Lager Norderney, containing Soviet and Polish POWs, and Lager Sylt, holding Jews, were placed under the control of SS Hauptsturmfhrer Max List. Several escape attempts, one successful on March 29th 1943 - Six British and New Zealand officers escaped through a tunnel from Castello di Vincigliata (Campo 12) near Florence, Italy. Everyone would scramble for what they could get. Of course, this did not quite work out to be the case. This was the only Nazi concentration camp on British soil. Post-war the site was taken over by the United States Army and renamed Camp King. The perspective is also very limited. Forces war records gratefully acknowledge individual contributions towards our databases and information sources: we would like to work with anyone who feels they have camp or individuals POW data which would be of interest. They awoke one morning to discover that their guards had deserted them. 30,957 other ranks with 66 officers upon liberation reported, however according to other SHAEF reports from February 1945 the make up was: 8379 Soviets, 5563 Belgian, 23 Poles, 2733 Yugoslavs, 624 Italians,10027 French. The camp was built on the site of an old chicken farm, approximately 300 yards north of the main Frankfurt to Bad Homburg road. Although some POW exchanges took place between 1942 and 1944, the vast majority of British and Commonwealth captives were not repatriated until 1945. The bunk beds were in blocks of nine- three on the top, three in the middle and three on the bottom. Intentionally sloppy escape attempt in hopes to be placed in town jail. The US and British POWs stood fast as per their orders when liberated and were later evacuated via a nearby Airfield some 32 miles to the south of the camp to Le Havre and homewards then by Sea. On 24 July, 68 Dutch officers arrived, mostly members of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, who had refused to sign a declaration that they would take no part in the war against Germany. Stalag VII-B Memmingen Bavaria Location N/E 48-10. Oflag XIII-A was opened in August 1940 to accommodate mainly French officers captured during the Battle of France. (short for 'Geheime Staats Polizei': secret state police). 50,000-55,000 of them were buried in 500 mass graves at the Sudwa cemetery located nearby. Some large camps had both a camp leader and a 'man of confidence' (or several in the biggest camps) who was junior to him and handled any day-to-day negotiations with the Germans regarding, for example, camp routine, work schedules and diet. Stalag I-B Hohenstein was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Hohenstein, East Prussia (now Olsztynek, Poland). Finally the Senior British Naval Officer offered the Germans the POWs parole, in return for being allowed to rest during the day and march at night. Later about 4,500 arrived from Dunkirk and subsequently from the British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division captured at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. Ian Hendry, On 25 February 1945 most of the remaining prisoners were forced to march westward in advance of the Soviet offensive and endured great hardships before they were freed by Allied troops in April 1945. The camp was reopened in January 1942, and housed senior British Army officers, until being liberated in April 1945. 20,770 POWs here (53 British) with 1735 Officers. 14 sub work camps also at isola della scala, Lazise, Mozzecane, Vigasio, San Bernadino, Montecchia di Crosara, Legnano, Vendagadizza, Zevio, San Matino buon Albergo, Bonavigo, Oppeano & Angiari. Dulag Luft was the abbreviated name of Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe - given to Prisoner of War (POW) transit camps for Air Force prisoners captured by Germany during the Second World War. In December 1943 James slipped out of the shower block, but was arrested at the port of Lbeck. A second tunnel, about 40 m (130 ft) long, was built from April to August 1944. Andr Morell, Originally opened in May1941 the camp reported having 3546other ranks on 26th February 1943. Work parties were drawn from this camp to work at Agricultural tasks under Campo 106 and 107. According to Oflag IVC, on the night of 6 or 7 January 1942, N escaped from the camp together with an English and two (Dutch) officers. Frederick Leister, Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness if you notice anything that you feel is missing or incorrect wed be very happy to hear from you. They included 4,000 Africans from French colonial units. Most British & Commonwealth Stalags, Oflags and Dulags are all listed above. On 8 September 1943, the day of the Italian Armistice, the gates at the Bologna POW camp were thrown open and those inside invited by their guards to break for freedom. Besides, many reports include appendices which can provide the names and addresses of civilian helpers, nature of help given, and relevant dates; details of the escape method and fellow POWs who assisted in an escape; the usefulness of officially provided escape aids, which ones were used, and suggested improvements and/or additions. The French and British did set up language lessons between themselves and some sport was played within the confines of the castle. It was surrounded by a countryside divided into huge fields of wheat and oats, and the city of Altamura could be seen in the distance. A civilian hospital attached to Camp 53 (Sforza Costa Liguria) camp. | For three months after their removal the camp was used as a transit camp for Soviet prisoners. Located just north of the town of Sudauen, East Prussia (now Suwalki, Poland). By 1 January 1945, the camp held 1,578 British, American, Soviet, Polish and Canadian troops. Mervyn Johns, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. The next day, at around at 10.00 a.m., the column was strafed by RAF aircraft, and several POWs were killed. There was also a further 'camp' adjacent called 'Belaria' which was opened in 1944 and used to house those suspected of attempting or aiding escape(rs). Stalag IV-D/Z Annaburg (Formerly Oflag 54.E) Sachsen, Prussia Location N/E 51-13, Stalag IV-F + Work Camps Hartmannsdorf-Chemnitz Saxony Location N/E 51-12. With luck, the office door had been relocked and this satisfied the soldiers that nobody had entered the office. In 1942 the French officers were transferred to other camps and replaced with Polish officers. There again they got out to search for a car going to the Netherlands. The escape committee were supplied with full detailed survey and building plans of the castle by SOE during the war, these were better and far more detailed than the Germans had themselves! 332 . The barracks were enclosed by a barbed-wire fence and watchtowers to form a camp approximately 440 by 530 metres, and was opened in June 1940 to house officers, mostly French, captured in the Battle of France, as well as several hundred Poles. After an eight-week 500 kilometres (310 mi) march in bitterly cold weather they reached Stalag X-B and Marlag und Milag Nord in Sandbostel. By July 1944 it housed 9,000 Allied airmen. Girot KIA: Gestapo, May 1944. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. There are document pouches for individual seamen in BT 373/360-3716. Don Chaffey New Zealand Brigadiers James Hargest and Reginald Miles esc. As in other permanent camps the sheets on the beds were the biggest surprise to new arrivals. Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. By the spring of 1942 an estimated 18,000 had died of hunger and disease, mainly typhus fever. Claudette Colbert, In early 1945 Polish Officers, inmates of Oflag II-D Gross-Born and Oflag II-C Woldenberg, were marched westwards and finally reached Oflag X-C. Having been taken prisoner of war (POW), he was sent to an Italian hospital to recuperate but attempted to escape numerous times before being branded "dangerous" by the Germans, (how a man, having been awarded 2 VCs for combat could not be regarded as dangerous by the enemy is extremely ironic!). A large number of the inmates made their way to the Swiss frontier and were interned when the Italian guards abandoned their posts after the armistice in 1943. 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