If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. [2] Fallingbostel is currently a base of the British 7th Armoured Brigade of British Forces Germany. Records from Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. [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. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. [6], "The Last Escape", The camp housed prisoners from at least eight countries, including Americans, which began arriving in December 1944. Atkinson Raymond. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from [2] In November 1944 British paratroops captured at Arnhem arrived at Stalag 357. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. The evening meal at 17:00 consisted of Red Cross food and the farmers' issue of soup, potatoes and gravy. William Thornley Royal Artillery. Pte. If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. 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. These were transmitted to distant Kommandos by rail and to nearby units by German Army trucks. D Sanigar 6th Btn. [5] Many POWs often recalled German abuse in the subcamps. Emmett William Roy. Stalag II-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp situated 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) west of the town of Hammerstein, Pomerania (now Czarne, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) on the north side of the railway line. Deans was taken to the commander of VIII Corps and explained the situation.
Please, if anyone knows any info on my dad, his regiment, or Stalag 11B I would be truly grateful. [8], In early April 1945 Sergeant Pilot James 'Dixie' Deans RAF, the camp leader of 357, was informed by the Commandant Oberst Hermann Ostmann that 12,000 British POW were being evacuated from the camp in the face of the Allied advance. Briley Scott Andrew. [9] RSM Lord had also been selected to leave, but hid under the floor of a hut for five days in order to avoid it. Pte. J'ai eu l'ide d'utiliser internet et donc j'ai abouti sur votre site. After 10 days they arrived at Gresse, east of the Elbe. http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=644&cat=WR26. Sgt. 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. ''
POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945.}} Faced with frequent escapes from the camp and its subcamps, the Germans gradually deported the Polish POWs to other camps. [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. The ability of the men to steal helped a lot. 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,
Prisoners of Stalag XI-B (10 C) Media in category "Stalag XI-B (357)" The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. In August 1943 the first American prisoners arrived, having been taken prisoner in the Tunisian campaign. 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Copies of two drawings by Capt Bryan de Grineau of the liberation of Stalag 11B at the best online prices at eBay!
He was also in CC 66 in Italy, in a camp in Konisgberg, East Prussia, and Stalag IIIB. Adjoining sections were occupied by pigs, cattle and grain. These newer arrivals found themselves accommodated in tents. He was transferred Prisoner of War to Fallingbostel, Stalag 11B on 25th September, 1944 and was released on 23 April 1945. The average tour of duty on a farm Kommando lasted indefinitely. Dore Leslie Robert. Alton Floyd. Notes: The records do not include all prisoners of war and contain some errors. Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. Officers were held in separate camps called Oflag. [12], Meanwhile, the camps at Fallingbostel had been liberated on 16 April 1945 by British troops[2] from B Squadron 11th Hussars and the Reconnaissance Troop of the 8th Hussars. Description: Includes camp name, name, rank, and prisoner number. [6], On the initiative of the Polish POWs, a camp infirmary was organized, led by Polish doctor and POW Edmund Mroczkiewicz. [7], Post-war Stalag XI-B was used by the British as an Internment Camp for members of the Nazi Party. Cpl. There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. [1] By November 1941 there were about 11,000 Soviet POW in XI-D, and some huts were built. Dvr. [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. Practically all the men shaved at every opportunity and kept their appearance as neat as possible under the circumstances. "The liberated prisoner at the back left is probably Vincent J. Riccio, an American POW and Technical Sergeant ,flight engineer/gunner in the US Army Air Corps. Lacking huts the Russian prisoners initially lived in dugouts. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. Westertimke was liberated by the British on 28 April 1945. It was located south of the railway tracks. L/Cpl. At the top of somepages is'What links here'. The
Ganem George A.. T/Sgt. 1st Lt. Dolsen Francis George. During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, in September 1939 it again became a prisoner-of-war camp, [3] and . Parcels were stored in the guards' room until issued. Sgt. Except for one period when Red Cross food was exhausted and guards became surly, morale of the men remained at a high level. In the 2012 film Red Tails, Ray "Ray Gun" Gannon, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, is imprisoned as a POW in Stalag 18 and is part of an escape from the camp. Newly liberated British POWs sit on the grounds of Stalag XIB [Eleven B], a camp outside Fallingbostel.The original caption reads, "On April 16th the first Prisoner of War Camp containing British prisoners was liberated by advancing tanks of the British Armoured Brigade. [2] Cold combined with poor sanitary conditions and food rations, resulted in widespead diseases and many deaths. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Lack of warm clothing and malnutrition resulted in high mortality among POWs from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, French Sudan, Madagascar and Indochina. Stalag II-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp situated 2.4 kilometres (1.5mi) west of the town of Hammerstein, Pomerania (now Czarne, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) on the north side of the railway line. The Hammerstein installation acted as a headquarters for work detachments in the region and seldom housed more than one fifth of the POWs credited to it. Stalag IV B was the largest POW camp on German soil during the Second World War and was opened in September 1939. Boarding the wagons at 13:00, POWs worked until 16:30. They were poorly treated and suffered, second to the Russians, the most deaths in the camp. 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. 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. Prisoners of War. At first they lived in tents, throughout the severe winter of 19391940,[1] and construction of all the huts was not completed until 1941. Gnr. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Like this page to receive our updates. German rations were neither regular nor adequate. Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. (Camp=063) Service code abbreviation is A = Army. Ball William Leonard. please
This new camp was used to house mostly British and Commonwealth POWs. Drvr/Cpl On the day of the evacuation, however, POWs were moved out of camp in such a manner that the original plan was of little assistance. Sergeant Willie De-Waard, No.10 (IA) Commando 2 Troop 'Dutch' was wounded and taken prisoner of war on 24 September 1944 during operations at Oosterbeek, Holland. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. A postcard sent by a Scottish prisoner in Stalag XI-A, Bobbie Gracie, to family in Glasgow in 1944. List of POW camps in Germany The camps housed Polish, French, Belgian, Soviet, Italian, British, Yugoslav, American, Canadian, New Zealander and other Allied POWs. Former occupation: Steward. German guards ordered POWs to fall out of the barracks. [7] By February 1945 the POW of XI-B and 357 were suffering from lack of food and medical supplies exacerbated by the influx of several hundred American POW captured in the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Nordwind. Pte. In 1933 it was established as one of the first Nazi concentration camps, to house German communists, however, it was dissolved after several months, and the prisoners were deported elsewhere. James is the son of Richard Wedlock and Elizabeth McMillan, Pte. The following list of names are search results for Camp = 089, "Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09". Deans confronted Oberst Ostmann and bluntly gave him a choice, to be captured to the Russians or the British. [5], In July 1941 the first Soviet POWs arrived, and were accommodated in a large fenced-off open area called Marquartsfeld about 1km (0.62mi) north-east of Stalag XI-B, and designated Stalag XI-D (also known as Stalag 321). Baker Peter Arthur David. Deutsch italiano sicilianu English Espaol portugus Nederlands Trke slovenina polski franais suomi +/. Our ): 80 Number of Pages (Exact): 2 Legibility: Easily Legible Text Document Format: Typed Document Place of Incarceration: Registry Files, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. William Francis Brinley 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group (H), He married Margaret Gormley during his service in 1941. Thus at the end of May 1944, although the strength was listed as 4,807, only 1,000 of these were in the enclosure. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. After his airplane was disabled, he was sent to Stalag Luft IV and then taken on a forced march to Fallingbostel where British prisoners helped care for him. Stalag XI-B and Stalag XI-D / 357 were two German World War II prisoner-of-war camps (Stammlager) located just to the east of the town of Fallingbostel in Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany. [3] In December 1940, 1,691 Polish prisoners were recorded as being there. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. By downloading or embedding any image, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. Search the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site: View all names in this list
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. Asquith Wilfred. 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 . following list of names are search results for Camp = 089,
Fahl Earl Cornell. (d.9th May 1945) Bates George Charles. [11] On 1 May Deans and his guard were sheltering in a house east of Lauenberg when they heard over the radio the news of the death of Adolf Hitler. No doubt the memories lived with him until his death 2002. 14049156. Bread, the most important item, was not issued regularly. If anyone has records or information concerning him, I would appreciate hearing from you. Adams Alan. Area abbreviations are ET= European Theatre, G= Germany, F= France.
Pte. I would love to know more if anyone has more information regarding his service. He died in 1978 of a stroke at the age of 56. [7] The infirmary was also the focal point of the Polish resistance organization Odra, and Mroczkiewicz was its member. When it was needed most it was never available. [2] It then served as an accommodation centre for German refugees and displaced persons. The same month an epidemic of typhus broke out in both camps which lasted until February 1942. Adams Alan. In the left above it says Kdo Bhrigen. If you don't have an account please register. Capt. Carder Leonard George. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. 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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Bmbdr. [10], There were attempts to escape from the camp or its subcamps. The Museums Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. IWM collections, This media is not currently available. He was a POW 28 months. If you have any unwanted Two days later the POW column marched back across the British lines. Brooks Joseph John. 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. Chrzanowski Stanislaw T.. (d.23rd Oct 1944) Cox John Charles. 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. He was later found to be aprisoner of war. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. 5 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit, WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION. 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]. Stalag IX-B was a German Army training camp during WWI, but in 1939, the Wehrmacht seized it and converted it into a POW camp. SSgt. Add a Name to this List
[2], In late 1943 a large number of Italian POW arrived at XI-B. This consisted of Red Cross food supplemented by German vegetable soup. On 19 March at Tramm, 800 men were sent to work on Kommandos, leaving only 133 POWs who were joined a week later by the Large Kommando Company from Lauenberg. Some pages will have more, some will not. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 Je suis n en 1950, actuellement je travaille sur la gnalogie de notre patronyme et depuis qq jrs je constitue le classeur de mon pre. From September 1943, also Italian POWs were brought to the camp. [3] A total of 38,383 Soviet POWs were held Stalag II B. Lance Corporal John Finch was reported missing 20 April 1941, later confirmed prisoner of war, during operations at Cyrenaica (Bardia raid). 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). [11], Each day the men rose at 06:00 and breakfasted on Red Cross food and potato soup, bread and hot water (for coffee) which they drew from the farm kitchen. Stalag IV B was liberated by the Red Army on 23 April 1945. The Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database will be unavailable from 6 PM ET on Friday, February 15th, 2019 to 12 PM ET on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 due to scheduled maintenance. Another 10,000 Soviet officers were accommodated in XI-B. Try clicking on it. 7=Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1944 Germany POW Camp Letter Cover Stalag 11B Prisoner of War To Serravalle Ital at the best online prices at eBay! Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Bandurka Leopold. Barracks were divided in two by a centre washroom which had twenty taps. By the end of 1940 around 40,000 POW were registered there, although only about 2,500 of these were housed at the camp, with the majority assigned to various Arbeitskommando ("work camps") in the area. List Type: Registration / register List Organized By: Place of Persecution Sex: Male Language: French Persecution Status: Prisoners of War Number of Persons (Est. Brinley William Francis. Dvr. Stalag IVG The list, however, reads IVB Stalag IV-B - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stalag IVB . Post war member of the Commando Association. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. . Atkins Tommie Henry George. Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall. [14], On 16 April 2005, the 60th Anniversary of the camp's liberation, the Stalag XI-B (357) POW Memorial Gates were unveiled, dedicated to the POW of 13 nations who were imprisoned in Stalag XI-B, XI-D and 357 from 1939 to 1945. There they were issued with Red Cross parcels,[10] but were then unfortunately strafed by British Typhoon fighter-bombers, mistaking them for German troops. Lord insisted on proper military discipline with regular exercise and parades. Free shipping for many products! Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. At 07:00 they rode out to potato fields in horse-drawn wagons driven by "coldly hostile German farmhands" who would welcome the opportunity to shoot a "kriege." Pte. More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. 5=Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases. County Of London Yeomanry, W Greatbanks 50th Btn. Of the 125,000 aircrew who served with Bomber Command, 55,573 were . BU3661.jpg English: POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. He served in North Africa and Italy and was captured at Arnhem where he received a gunshot wound to his left forearm. Davis James. He worked as a Plant Controller at the Shell Oil Refinery for many years, then as a Clerk of the Court. In August 1943 the Stalag was reported as newly opened to privates of the US ground forces with a strength of 451. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. Stalag 11B, Fallingbostel, Germany There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. [11], United States Army Official Report, 1 November 1945, "American Prisoners of War in Germany: Stalag IIB", "Sowjetische Kriegsgefangene in deutschem Gewahrsam 19411945: Zahlen und Dimensionen", Records of World War II Prisoners of War (1942-1947), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_II-B&oldid=1146669329, Polish, French, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian, American, Senegalese, Malagasy, Tunisian, Moroccan, Algerian and other, Executive Officer - Oberstleutnant Segars, This page was last edited on 26 March 2023, at 08:16. Want to know what life was like during the War? Border Regiment, Gnr. It always seemed to be either bitter cold or raining or snowing. Agg George Townson. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. [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. http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=644&cat=WR26. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. On 13 April the column was strafed by four Spitfires near Dannenberg. Corporal Robert Hollingshead was reported missing 2June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war from 1 June 1941. A disorganised column of 1,200 marched out into the cold and snow. Additional fences formed compounds and sub-compounds. Stalags were operated in both World War I and World War II and were intended to be used for non-commissioned personnel (enlisted ranks in the US Army and other ranks in British Commonwealth forces). The first prisoners to arrive were Poles in late 1939, followed by French and Belgians the following year. Anderson Harold Spencer. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW He never ever spoke about the experiences he'd had. {{User:F/IWM | description = {{en|''POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. [3] Polish Jewish POWs were assigned to hard and humiliating work. [1] In April 1945 the camp was liberated by the Soviet Red Army. After this meal they could sit outdoors in the fenced-in pen of 30 feet (9.1m) by 8 feet (2.4m) until 18:30, after which the guard locked them in their section for the night. Although prohibited under the Third Geneva Convention, POW from Stalag IX-B also worked in munitions factories. The soup was, as a rule, typical watery German soup, but several times POW got a good, thick dried-pea soup. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. Sgt. 20th Mar 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. The U.S. National Archives (archives.gov) has put a searchable database of
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. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. I'm in Austria, and what's hidden beneath decades of underbrush is all that remains of the infamous Nazi POW camp Stalag 17B. "Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09". Mon pre Camille MARANDEL parlait tjrs de ses annes de captivit en Prusse Orientale au stalag 1B. Want to find out more about your relative's service? "Thus, I believe that this is a list/register of Prisoners of War who have been put on a work party." That's right. Alomaine Edmond. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or. Ehmann Frederick Elliot. K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, WJ Manning 3rd Sqd. World War II Prisoners of War records online at
Sometimes they slept unsheltered on the ground; sometimes they were fortunate enough to find a heated barn. Private Farmer was reported missing between 25 and 28 February 1941 during operations on the occupied Greek island of Kastellorizo (Operation Abstention), later found to be a prisoner of war. We are now on Facebook. The camp is Stalag 11B just south of Fallingbostel, which is about 10 miles southwest of Soltau." The liberated prisoner at the back left is probably Vincent J. Riccio, an American POW and Technical Sergeant ,flight engineer/gunner in the US Army Air Corps. [1] In MayJune 1940, during and following the German invasion of France and Belgium, French and Belgian prisoners began to arrive. He was one of the twelve Dutch commandos who were attached to the 1st Airborne for Operation Market Garden at Arnhem. Within the American enclosure were the playing field, workshops and dispensary, showers, and delouser. Quarters were usually unheated barns and stables. This is because it is one of the following: HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)More information. Abbondandolo Fred A.. Pte. Stalag 11A (341) Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. SW Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands. Original file (1,800 1,772 pixels, file size: 375 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg), http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//46/media-46267/large.jpg. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Freeborn Joseph James. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. POWs slept on double-decker bunk beds under two blankets. They shaved and washed themselves in three large wash pans filled from a single spigot which gave only cold water. [11], On 28 January 1945, POWs received instructions to be ready to evacuate the camp at 08:00 hours the following morning. Banfield John Cecil. 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