list of british prisoners in colditz

After the Soviet takeover (in 1945) it was until 1949 a special camp, NKVD-camp Nr. Reports from SHAEF in 1945 show although the camps had a designated holding capacity of 5000 it actually (had) held: 1090 British, 23 US, 11135 Soviets, 7 Poles, 2211 Yugoslavs, 19 Dutch, 257 Italians, 13987 French. With so many escape-prone prisoners housed together it was inevitable that they would plan escapes. There was a military hospital also at this location, it held 2 British, 3703 US, 9053 Soviet, 840 Yugoslav, 2200 Italian and 15514 French Pows as of February 1945 (Shaef reports). 42521 (4546 British) POWs with 1029 officers in total held at this camp and the surrounding work camps. Dirk Bogarde, November 1939 - Polish officers and a small number of orderlies were transported to Hadamar from other collection camps in Poland. Located at Heydekrug- Pogegen (Pagegiai) in Lithuania. Drama, History, War. Lamont Johnson Camp E715 Buna/Monowitz where POWs worked alongside Jewish inmates from the adjacent Auschwitz III KZ (Konzentrationslager) -otherwise known as Extermination through work (Vernichtung durch Arbeit) camp. 47,533 POWs here with 1,627 Officers (162 British). Oflag 79 was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers. That month there were a total of 38,831 prisoners registered at the camp. All PW camps in Italy had postal marks which indicated the central postal reception area for the camps mail, several camps could (and did) have the same code as it was area based. The most famous camp of them all, the book was written by the escape officer and one of the men to successfully escape Oflag IVc. A number of enlisted men and NCOs were housed in the adjacent Oflag to provide necessary services. Sessue Hayakawa, Votes: Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. The files WO 208/5451-5460 contain the detailed recommendations for honours and awards made to foreign civilians and military personnel who assisted Allied escapers and evaders. According to the Third Geneva Convention of 1929 and its predecessor, the Hague Convention of 1907, Section IV, Chapter 2, those camps were only for prisoners of war, not civilians. On 14 February 1945 the Americans and British were marched out of the camp westward in advance of the Soviet offensive into Germany. These were work battalions formed from the other ranks camps i.e. Peter Finch, Stalag IV-B Muhlberg Sachsen Location N/E 51-13. Opened in July 1941 in Suwalki/Sudauen in Poland (also known as Stalag IF see listing) mostly housing Soviets, a very large number of deaths were reported here from a peak population of over 100,000 men. Also a separate part of the camp was set aside as a hospital for prisoners Reserve Lazarett 742. Hence a person imprisoned under the main camp (Stalag III for example), could not have been kept there for the majority of his time as a POW and may have had an easier or harder experience than those kept elsewhere. Originally a Hitler Jugend camp, then in October 1939 it housed Polish POWs, and after the fall of Belgium/France it came to cram in around 30,000, originally designed for half that number. Other prisoners of war, including Douglas Bader, distracted the guards and used signaling devices to help the escapers. The location listed for this camp in the SHAEF report of February 1945: 53 degrees 31 minutes 17 seconds north, 13 degrees 17 minutes east. After this point the stonehouse was used as the interrogation centre for new POWs, and the barrack blocks were used to house the permanent staff POWs and other POWs awaiting transfer to other camps. They were made by individuals identified by MI9/IS9 lists as having been directly involved with an escape organisation or who had some other significant function within the POW camp's internal organisation. This was the POW camp next door to Auschwitz death camp and the inmates of Auschwitz frequently worked alongside British POWs on this work detail. In December 1943 James slipped out of the shower block, but was arrested at the port of Lbeck. Stars: Data and factual references were sourced from: The National Archives, Wikipedia, The International Committee of the Red Cross, POW Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1939-1945 by Adrian Gilbert and various other books mentioned in the tutorial where possible. | | This housed 728 British and commonwealth and later a further 113 US personnel. The German's would frequently refuse to recognise ranks as being of NCO status even after the British Government had sent proof of individuals rights in this respect, this coupled with the fact that a few POW Privates would pretend to have a higher rank to escape compulsory work meant that anyone below a significant rank would struggle in choosing not to work. Camps in Italy were normally prefixed PG prigionieri di guerra (prisoner of war), however the full title is campo concentramento prigionieri di guerra hence abbreviations may have the title Campo 57 or PG 57 etc so CC is also commonly used. Over roof of Kellerhaus. In February 1945 according to SHAEF reports the prisoners were: 20815 Soviets, 481 Belgian, 270 Poles, 819 Italian and 24,000 French. There were as many as 700 different work parties (Arbeitskommando) to various factories and other locations from this camp. 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. | Became a branch camp of Stalag IIIb in June 1942. Sent for court martial in Stuttgart, jumped train but found unconscious next to tracks, sent to hospital, escaped from hospital. It is estimated that over 4,000 British and Allied personnel escaped or evaded capture across Europe during the Second World War. The sprawling prison complex was divided into compounds. The camp was built in 1939 and designated Stalag I-C. At first it held Polish POWs, then from 1940 also French and Belgians, and from 1941 Soviets. However the situation improved as the war went on. It was named "Lindele". Stalag IV-G Oschatz Saxony Location N/E 51-13. Some of the Dutch prisoners escaped when en route to Neubrandenburg camp via train by jumping from the boxcars and managed to get home. It was located in a former Benedictine Abbey dedicated to Saint Hedwig of Silesia, that had been a military school between 1840 and 1920, and used by the Nazis as a "National Political Educational Institution" from 1934. Although designated as a POW camp, this appears like many mainly Soviet POW camps to actually be a slave labour camp. This is sometimes confusing as Italy also had concentration camps in the normal sense of the word for holding of Political opponents and Jews. Timothy Bottoms, Five work sub-camps, including Prati, San Don di Piave, Torre di Confine, La Salute. It had the reputation of being one of the worst Stalags, especially when it was overcrowded in 1945. After 1935 it was a training camp and military training area for the newly reconstituted German Army. The perimeter fence was electrified and there was also two searchlight towers that covered the exercise yard. Also recorded elsewhere (incorrectly?) Besides, the so-called 'Black List' foreigners were also included. The main Dulag Luft camp at Frankfurt was the principal collecting point for intelligence derived from Allied POW interrogation. Government Licence v3.0. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. In 1933 it was established as one of the first Nazi concentration camps, to house German communists. According to official figures in April 1944 there were 4,268 men held there. This camp was unique in that it comprised several buildings in the centre of the small town, from which the remaining Polish inhabitants had been removed. Upon escape, the two parties separated. Lieutenant Leo de Hartog holding 'Moritz', one of the two dummy heads of POWs made to mislead German guards during daily roll calls. Also recorded as Johannis Bannberg/Denting, although this part of the camp/sub camp was for Soviet POWs only. Edward Underdown, Not Rated | Frank Sinatra, On the eastern, right, bank of the River Warter, near to the present day St. Roch bridge, stood Fort Rauch, the most southern of the right bank fortifications. Attempted to walk out disguised as a woman. They caught the train to Stuttgart where they stayed overnight in a small hotel. Often, the food was placed in the barn in the dark of night for the men to get what they could. Moved to Hotel Golden Lion - an annex of the Leipzig Warren lazaretto in February 1944. Littledale and Stephens, with forged papers, caught the morning train from Rocklitz to Chemitz. Votes: 2,738 Soon after all the other prisoners were also transferred, and the camp was closed on 1 July 1942. The camp was built by forced labour. By February 1941 there were 3,166 officers and 565 orderlies in the camp. | During WWI it was a Military prison, before becoming a garrison for the Polish army after 1918. In September 1942, British officers from Oflag VI-B Dssel, were transferred to VII-B after a mass escape (the "Warburg Wire Job"). In June 1940 French and Belgian prisoners from the Battle of France began to arrive. Many local Poles assisted the POWs with food and other supplies during their time at Stalag 369, often at huge risk to themselves. II Bereitschaftspolizeiabteilung ("2nd Riot Police Division") of the Bavarian State Police. Leo Genn, However, later most of them were transferred to other Oflags. A former residence of the kings of Saxony, the castle was used in 1939 as a prisoner-of-war . Two days, later, on January 23, 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet 61st Army. We have a private group on Facebook. Action, Adventure, War. Two hundred NCOs were transferred to Stalag XVIII-C at Markt-Pongau in June 1944. Action, Drama, War. During World War II these packages augmented the often-meagre and deficient diets in the POW camps, contributing greatly to prisoner survival and an increase in morale. Stalag II-C Greifswald Pomerania, Prussia Location N/E 54-13. Opened July 1941, 119 other ranks were held here on 26/2/43. 34795 (4168 British) POWs with 340 officers held here. The castle was home to some 400 officers for much of the war yet, despite the security measures in place, there were a number of significant attempts at escape made. The bunk beds were in blocks of nine- three on the top, three in the middle and three on the bottom. Originally opened in April 1941 the camp reported having 155 officers and 4785 other ranks on 26th February 1943. Files concerning this complex subject are dispersed over various record series and, although not exhaustive, any search should include ADM 1, ADM 116, AIR 2 (code B 89), AIR 14, AIR 20, CO 980, FO 369, WO 32 (code 91), WO 170, WO 203, WO 204 and WO 219. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. Helgoland Soviet forced labour camp, 1500 prisoners. In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. A different POW camp in Germany was Colditz Castle. On that morning many were hidden by local Italian families and the Modena Escape Route, commenced which eventually helped some 250 escaping POWs. On the way to the border they were stopped by an SS policeman, but their forged papers were sufficient to pass inspection. From December 1944 to March 1945 XIII-D was designated Oflag 73 and used to accommodate officers of various nationalities evacuated hastily from camps in the east that were threatened by the rapid advance of the Red Army. While no discrete record holds these forms, they are occasionally found in War Crimes files. Finally, in late December 1944, Americans captured in the Battle of the Bulge arrived. Over 900 POWs died in the camps in this location. West of Porto St. Giorgio on the Italian East coast. | Noted as having 2 shed like buildings at 53 degrees 26 minutes North, 11 degrees 52 minutes south map reference T74045C, Parchim had a POW camp during WWI located in this vicinity also. This camp consisted of high ranking officers, mostly of the rank Major and above. Richard Attenborough, Corran Purdon, Approved We add around 200,000 new records each month. Oflag VIII-F was first established at Wahlstatt in July 1940 and housed French and Belgian officers taken prisoner during the Battle of France. This installation was significantly expanded from June 1941, once Germany prepared to invade the Soviet Union, becoming an independent camp known as Stalag XI-C (311). Andr Morell, The first prisoners detained at the camp had been Poles, taken captive during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. Upon recapture, he was transferred to Colditz in June 1942 where he teamed up with Lieutenant Commander Billie Stephens. He returned to the UK in October 1945. Housed up to 2,000 eastern European POWs, this was the biggest POW camp in Umbria. OFLAG 4 IVa Hohenstein-Ernstthal/Bad Schandau, Germany. Two visits by the Red Cross were made and the following comments were made: "Tented Camp in two sections with no Heating or lighting. Some of the material on this page was partially derived from < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag> and ,, , , , Piotr Setkiewicz 'The Histories of Auschwitz IG Farben werk camps 1941-45. learnt some new things about the castle which didn't know beforehand. Located to the south of the town of Wolfsberg, in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia, then a part of the German reich. The likely centre for the main part of the camp was in Willenberg, 3km south of the catle on the river Nogat. Behind the imposing walls of . On 7 November, six British officers, the "Laufen Six", named after the camp (Oflag VII) from which they made their first escape, arrived: Harry Elliott, Rupert Barry (later Sir Rupert Barry), Pat Reid, Dick Howe, Anthony "Peter" Allan, and Kenneth Lockwood. In 1943, the camp was enlarged and a new camp was constructed alongside the earlier one. In a stone building in Bohringen 200 yards from an ammunition factory (!) 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. Other inmates/patients were Italian military internees from August 1944 and, following the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in October 1944, around 1,000 members of the Polish Home Army were imprisoned in a separate section of the POW camp. Another successful escaper from Marlag was Lieutenant David James, RNVR. Centre -opened 11 April 1942 -Firstly housed RAF Sergeants until the end of 1942 when USAAF POWs replaced them. Luftwaffe Lazarett IV/XI Wismar Mecklenberg. Reserve Lazarett Heilanstalt Ueckermunde Pomerania, Prussia. The Germans, however, always treated Merchant Navy seamen as POWs (as did the British from 1942). It comprised eight barracks for the inmates and a "kommandantur" for the SS guards, totalling 120,000 square metres. A card index to additional more comprehensive Liberation reports in WO 208/3328-3340 is located in the Document Reading Room at The National Archives. P.G. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. In November 1941, it became a "labour education" camp, administered by the German Security Police. The Germans could not be collaborated with. 161 officers were held here on 26/2/43 and it opened originally in June 1941. Sessue Hayakawa, Tous Public The prisoners were marched towards Linz, some 128 km (80 mi) to the west. The first HQ was in Fort 17, but during the first half of 1940, the camp authorities were moved to a two-storey house, now in Okolna Street, opposite Fort 13. | Nearest Village Lauta, 85 British POWs here. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War. Prisoners were separated by nationality, and were intentionally kept from communicating with any other nations POWs this was common in most POW camps however. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B. The famous camp of The Great Escape of 24/3/44 and the Wooden Horse escape of October 1943. On 31 August 1942 Canadian officers captured during the Dieppe Raid arrived. 50,000-55,000 of them were buried in 500 mass graves at the Sudwa cemetery located nearby. Some larger camps will have dozens of websites that you can investigate, always look at the links pages from these sites also a spiders web of information can often be discovered. 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. Over the next few days the column was attacked from the air several times. Stars: The main building, known as the stonehouse, had been used as a prison for a small number of airmen captured in the early months of the war, before it became a transit camp. The Villa Orsini close by, was used to house very senior British and Commonwealth officers including: Major-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, Air Marshal Boyd, General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, Brigadier Reginald Miles and Brigadier James Hargest. After this incident, Upham was considered extremely dangerous and was placed in solitary confinement. Hammelburg was a large German Army training camp, set up in 1893. Upham jumped from the truck at a bend and managed to get 400 yards (370 m) away before being recaptured. Altogether 141 prisoners died in Oflag VI-B. | David McCallum, 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). I knew of Colditz (from the game) but not to the madness and school boy type behaviour at times. The 357 designation was later transferred to Oerbke near Fallingbostel. In the centre of the camp was camp kitchen and canteen. From January 1944, Wietzendorf was the site of one of the largest camps for Italian officers known as Oflag 83. This camp was moved to Hammelburg in April 1943 under the same designation. Stalag XX-B Marienburg Danzig Location N/E 54-19 (now Malbork Poland). The number of remarkable stories it contains is incredible, the pacing is fast and taut, and the inclusion of original recollections from the prisoners and one of their captors adds tremendous texture. Then were put into a barn, under guard, and slept for the night. Located at 53 degrees, 41 minutes North, 16 degrees, 54 minutes East. Stalag IX-A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia Location N/E 51-09. Sep 1939 - Dulag Gneixendorf was created; renamed Stalag XVII B Oct 1939; received first American POWs in Oct 1943 (that part of the camp was then called Stalag Luft XVII B). More prisoners arrived in July 1944 transferred from Oflag VIII-F. On 24 August 1944 the camp was strafed by American and British aircraft. District XX Nearest city Olsztyn, Poland (German name: Allenstein). District XV Nearest city Strasbourg, now in France. Stars: The north and south parts of the camp consisted of tall storage buildings housing up to 2000 POWs each on just the one floor. Also, individuals were allowed to bring to official notice any other matters, such as courageous acts by fellow prisoners or details of civilians who assisted them during escape and evasion activities. In April 1945 many POWs were force marched away from the camp where they met advance units of the US army in May. Near Arezzo and had mostly Indian inmates, also known as 'Caserta.'. A simple list of (mostly) British or Commonwealth war films about prisoners of war. The Germans agreed. Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Only those too sick to walk were left behind. 142 Italian military internees had died in the nearby Bergen-Belsen hospital by the end of the war and were buried in a separate area at the edge of the POW cemetery. Located at Cividale del Friuli, 75 miles north east of Venice. Red Cross parcels were not permitted to be sent to the disarmed prisoners of the Axis forces after the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945 as they were not classified as POWs at this stage. The camp covered an area of 35 hectares (86 acres). I listened to the audiobook with Simon. The first to arrive were 403 men from the Allied campaign in Norway. On November 1, 1944 the prisoner count was: 4,895 Poles, 11,337 French, 1,732 Belgian, 3,040 Serbians, 20,169 Soviets, 9,453 Italians. | Gross: The Senior British Officer at Campo 78 was Lt Col Munro of the 2/3rd Anti-Tank Regiment AIF. Stalag XXI-D Posen (Posnan) Poland Location N/E 52-17. May 1940: The camp was built to house Belgian and French enlisted men captured in the Battle of France; initial count: 600. It then it became Oflag XXI-B for French and British Commonwealth officers, subsequently for Soviet officers until June 1943. The number of inmates reached its peak of 5,944 officers and 796 orderlies. If one is interested in spy craft and traitors during World War II and the Cold War there are few authors that have produced more satisfying works than Ben Macintyre. Stalag 366 also had a branch in White Podlaska, which until late 1942/43 was an independent Dulag. 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