[6], On the initiative of the Polish POWs, a camp infirmary was organized, led by Polish doctor and POW Edmund Mroczkiewicz. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. - Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Andrew George Donaldson. At 06:30 they washed their spoons and enameled bowls and cleaned their barracks. IWM collections, This media is not currently available. For the next three months, the column was on the move, marching an average of 22 kilometres (14mi) a day 6 days a week. Some of the British Prisoners of War liberated from Stalag IIB. http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=644&cat=WR26. Charles Frederick Webb Parachute Regiment, Tpr. German rations were neither regular nor adequate. [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. Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall. Description: Includes camp name, name, rank, and prisoner number. If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. In the front and rear of each barracks was a urinal to be used only at night. 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. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The weather was atrocious. Pte. Add a Name to this List The card is printed with the word Kriegsgefangenenpost (POW post) and has the camp number printed at the bottom. privacy policy, Need more context? Cpl. [11], Without it, it is doubtful that the majority of men could have finished the march. There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. There they were issued with Red Cross parcels,[10] but were then unfortunately strafed by British Typhoon fighter-bombers, mistaking them for German troops. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. a painting) which was created prior to 1973. Adjoining sections were occupied by pigs, cattle and grain. [1] In MayJune 1940, during and following the German invasion of France and Belgium, French and Belgian prisoners began to arrive. Practically all the men shaved at every opportunity and kept their appearance as neat as possible under the circumstances. Additional fences formed compounds and sub-compounds. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. STALAG 17B, Page 2 of 6 AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY Prepared by MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT 1 November 1945 STALAG 17B (Air Force Non-Commissioned Officers) LOCATION: Stalag 17B was situated 100 meters northwest of Gneixendorf, a village which is 6 kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria (48o27' N - 1539'E). Despite these extremely crowded barracks, conditions contrasted well with the Russian barracks which held as many as 1,000 POWs apiece. Sgt. [2] It then served as an accommodation centre for German refugees and displaced persons. 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. Stalag 11B, Fallingbostel, Germany There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Registry Files, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. [2], In late 1943 a large number of Italian POW arrived at XI-B. Spr. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Americans were billeted in a section of a large brick-floored barn. [9] The Germans decided to treat the epidemic only when the first cases of disease occurred among German personnel. 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. 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. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. 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! 5 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit, WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION. $68.00 + $4.00 shipping. Lance Corporal Cyril Snelson was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations in Cyrenaica (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. Doran Thomas. Another 10,000 Soviet officers were accommodated in XI-B. Frederick Frances Hynes 2nd Parachute Battalion Air Corp. 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. Dore Leslie Robert. [1] Polish POWs recalled miserable living conditions and harassment by . Lance Corporal John Finch was reported missing 20 April 1941, later confirmed prisoner of war, during operations at Cyrenaica (Bardia raid). Records of WWII Prisoners of War, 12/7/1941-11/19/1946, Record Group 389. . This Archive is dedicated to the memory of those that have worn the Commando Green Beret, Read some frequently asked questions here. 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. [8] The organization was involved in intelligence, diversion and sabotage actions. There is a Polish woman on Facebook that has a Stalag 2b page. 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 The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. Bandurka Leopold. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Carder Leonard George. The soup was, as a rule, typical watery German soup, but several times POW got a good, thick dried-pea soup. [11], On 28 January 1945, POWs received instructions to be ready to evacuate the camp at 08:00 hours the following morning. 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. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. County Of London Yeomanry, W Greatbanks 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Gdsm. Each hut contained 400 men, though it had bunks for only 150. The camp was situated on a former army training ground (bungsplatz), and had been used during World War I as a camp for Russian prisoners. This consisted of Red Cross food supplemented by German vegetable soup. to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. Deans confronted Oberst Ostmann and bluntly gave him a choice, to be captured to the Russians or the British. [2] In November 1944 British paratroops captured at Arnhem arrived at Stalag 357. Banfield John Cecil. In August 1943 the Stalag was reported as newly opened to privates of the US ground forces with a strength of 451. Camp history [ edit] We apologize for any inconvenience. 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. Led by the formidable RSM John C. Lord of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, they set about raising the standards of 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. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Stalag IV B was the largest POW camp on German soil during the Second World War and was opened in September 1939. [10], There were attempts to escape from the camp or its subcamps. He died in 1978 of a stroke at the age of 56. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 East Compound Stalag Luft III. 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. Former occupation: Steward. 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. For this item, that is: 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. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. Briley Scott Andrew. Two days later the POW column marched back across the British lines. 18 A cemetery containing the bodies of 1,433 dead Soviet prisoners was located in a forested area about a kilometer from the camp; these prisoners were . Stalag 11A (341) Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Fahl Earl Cornell. Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. The evening meal at 17:00 consisted of Red Cross food and the farmers' issue of soup, potatoes and gravy. This Commando Veterans Archive website is ownedand managed, independently of the Association. Once a month each POW received a large Red Cross food box containing four regulation Red Cross parcels. During World War II, the ground I'm standing on was a place of horrible suffering. The ability of the men to steal helped a lot. If they landed safely by parachute, the airmen were often attacked and killed by enemy civilians. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small James is the son of Richard Wedlock and Elizabeth McMillan, Pte. 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, Eventually the camp was demolished, and a housing estate now occupies most of the area,[1] with the only surviving structure being the delousing hut. If anyone has records or information concerning him, I would appreciate hearing from you. [7], Post-war Stalag XI-B was used by the British as an Internment Camp for members of the Nazi Party. Faced with frequent escapes from the camp and its subcamps, the Germans gradually deported the Polish POWs to other camps. I'm in Austria, and what's hidden beneath decades of underbrush is all that remains of the infamous Nazi POW camp Stalag 17B. 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. Crowle Hubert Treeve. List of POW camps in Germany Gunner Bemmer John Charles. Stalag IV B was liberated by the Red Army on 23 April 1945. Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. 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! 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. Gnr. Baker Peter Arthur David. BU3663.jpg 1,790 1,772; 322 KB International Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 846534.jpg 640 480; 97 KB POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. "Thus, I believe that this is a list/register of Prisoners of War who have been put on a work party." That's right. 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. At almost every stop McMahan bartered coffee, cigarettes, or chocolate for potatoes which he issued to the men. [11], Except for housekeeping chores benefiting POWs, no work was performed in the Stalag. Adams Alan. Private William Hearn was reported missing 18 January 1943in Libya. The same month an epidemic of typhus broke out in both camps which lasted until February 1942. He was a POW 28 months. . If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Ehmann Frederick Elliot. We are now on Facebook. European Regional Office. No. They were moved around a lot as the Allied front lines advanced. Our T/Sgt. Agg George Townson. Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. (1,800 1,772 pixels, file size: 375 KB, MIME type: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:POWs_at_Stalag_11B_at_Fallingbostel_in_Germany_welcome_their_liberators,_16_April_1945._BU3661.jpg&oldid=686487565, War Office Second World War Official Collection, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Smith (Sgt), This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the. 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. [1] In April 1941, Serbian POWs were brought to the camp. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. Alton Floyd. Private Arthur Ives was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone Sicily and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge), later confirmed as a prisoner of war. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. 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"). A postcard sent by a Scottish prisoner in Stalag XI-A, Bobbie Gracie, to family in Glasgow in 1944. Bmbdr. [2] Close by were the barracks of Landesschtzen-Bataillon 461 ("Local Defence Battalion 461"), who guarded the camp. Except for one period when Red Cross food was exhausted and guards became surly, morale of the men remained at a high level. 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. Read tagging guidelines. More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. please Alomaine Edmond. Westertimke was liberated by the British on 28 April 1945. The search field can be used to search by name, serial number, camp, and other fields. Although prohibited under the Third Geneva Convention, POW from Stalag IX-B also worked in munitions factories. 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. He was given a captured Mercedes car and drove back to Gresse. Like this page to receive our updates. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. In the left above it says Kdo Bhrigen. It always seemed to be either bitter cold or raining or snowing. Try clicking on it. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. T/Sgt Dolton Harry Edward. Pte. The guards were considerate, and Red Cross food was available. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or. [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. Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UKs exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located. Some pages will have more, some will not. [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. 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