[11], Except for housekeeping chores benefiting POWs, no work was performed in the Stalag. WO 361 - War Office: Department of the Permanent Under Secretary of State: Casualties (L) Branch: Enquiries into Missing Personnel, 1939-45 War This record (browse from here by hierarchy or by. 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. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. ''
POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945.}} Kdo means kommando, in this case most probably an Arbeit Kommando, and Bhrigen is a . Barracks were divided in two by a centre washroom which had twenty taps. He worked as a Plant Controller at the Shell Oil Refinery for many years, then as a Clerk of the Court. This Commando Veterans Archive website is ownedand managed, independently of the Association. 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. 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. 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. At first they lived in tents, throughout the severe winter of 19391940,[1] and construction of all the huts was not completed until 1941. You need to sign in to tag. Despite these extremely crowded barracks, conditions contrasted well with the Russian barracks which held as many as 1,000 POWs apiece. 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. Dore Leslie Robert. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Baker Leonard. SW Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands. [2] Close by were the barracks of Landesschtzen-Bataillon 461 ("Local Defence Battalion 461"), who guarded the camp. Adjoining sections were occupied by pigs, cattle and grain. DescriptionPOWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. The soup was, as a rule, typical watery German soup, but several times POW got a good, thick dried-pea soup. TTY: 202.488.0406. 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. T/Sgt Dolton Harry Edward. When it was needed most it was never available. [3] In December 1940, 1,691 Polish prisoners were recorded as being there. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag. If you don't have an account please register. [2], In September 1944 Stalag 357 was moved from Toru in German-occupied Poland to the site of the former XI-D, with construction being carried out by the Italian POW from XI-B. Pte Jackson Harold. 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"). It was among the most notorious of all prisoner-of-war camps, detaining as many as 66,000 prisoners4,200 being American. 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. Beer William Henry . Private William Hearn was reported missing 18 January 1943in Libya. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Contact the Archive to have a name included. If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. At 06:30 they washed their spoons and enameled bowls and cleaned their barracks. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. [2] In late 1941 the SS separated out the senior officers, Communist Party officials and Jews from the Soviet POW, and sent them to the concentration camps at Sachsenhausen and Neuengamme. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. IWM collections, This media is not currently available. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. Charles Frederick Webb Parachute Regiment, Tpr. 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. 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 He served in 'A' Section, No.2 Sub-Section of the Troop. 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. {{User:F/IWM | description = {{en|''POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. The following list of names are search results for Camp = 089, "Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09". 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. If they landed safely by parachute, the airmen were often attacked and killed by enemy civilians. From 1939 to 1944, captured soldiers from 33 nations passed through the camp. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 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. The card is printed with the word Kriegsgefangenenpost (POW post) and has the camp number printed at the bottom. [11], After the first day, the column was broken down into three groups of 400 men each, with NCOs in charge of each group. Some pages will have more, some will not. We apologize for any inconvenience. Pte. Want to know what life was like during the War? Quarters were usually unheated barns and stables. (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. 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 . 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. 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 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." Some of the British Prisoners of War liberated from Stalag IIB. Adams Alan. He was one of the twelve Dutch commandos who were attached to the 1st Airborne for Operation Market Garden at Arnhem. [1] In April 1945 the camp was liberated by the Soviet Red Army. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. [1] Polish POWs recalled miserable living conditions and harassment by . L/Cpl. Hymer Roger Lee. Camp history [ edit] Sometimes they slept unsheltered on the ground; sometimes they were fortunate enough to find a heated barn. Busnot Marcel Louis. "Thus, I believe that this is a list/register of Prisoners of War who have been put on a work party." That's right. Corporal Robert Hollingshead was reported missing 2June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war from 1 June 1941. Atkinson Raymond. Bread, the most important item, was not issued regularly. Pte. [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. 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. Atkins Tommie Henry George. He emigrated to Sydney, Australia at the age of 30 where he met and married my mother. This page was last edited on 3 September 2022, at 21:39. [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. Lord insisted on proper military discipline with regular exercise and parades. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Ehmann Frederick Elliot. following list of names are search results for Camp = 089, Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Japan. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. 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. BU3661.jpg. More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. Once a month each POW received a large Red Cross food box containing four regulation Red Cross parcels. 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"). SSgt. (Camp=063) Service code abbreviation is A = Army. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. [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. [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. 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. 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 . It housed Polish, French, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian and American prisoners of war. [11], Without it, it is doubtful that the majority of men could have finished the march. 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. 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. [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. These additional online resources from the U.S. John M. McMahan, the "Man of Confidence" (MOC) (a prisoner selected to liaise with the camp authorities) set up a plan of organisation based on 25-man groups and 200 man companies with NCOs in charge. In August 1943 the first American prisoners arrived, having been taken prisoner in the Tunisian campaign. 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. Capt. It housed Polish, French, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian and American prisoners of war . The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. Americans were billeted in a section of a large brick-floored barn. Bandurka Leopold. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. [1], In total around 30,000 Soviet POWs died in Stalag XI-B and XI-D. Another 734 POW from the United States, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, South Africa, Canada, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia died in XI-B and 357. 3,000 internees perished in the camp due to sickness and life circumstances. 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. Practically all the men shaved at every opportunity and kept their appearance as neat as possible under the circumstances. Sgt. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from J'ai eu l'ide d'utiliser internet et donc j'ai abouti sur votre site. 1944 Germany POW Camp Letter Cover Stalag 11B Prisoner of War To Serravalle Ital. [2] It then served as an accommodation centre for German refugees and displaced persons. Includes camp name, name, rank, and prisoner number. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. BU3661.jpg English: POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. It was located south of the railway tracks. Faced with frequent escapes from the camp and its subcamps, the Germans gradually deported the Polish POWs to other camps. On warm days the Germans withheld part of the fuel ration. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. Doran Thomas. 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 Pte. Three stoves provided what heat there was for the front half of each barrack, and two for the rear half. Free shipping for many products! During the Battle of the Bulge, some Americans were captured and sent to Stalag IX-B. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. This consisted of Red Cross food supplemented by German vegetable soup. During World War II, the ground I'm standing on was a place of horrible suffering. He was a POW 28 months. Stalag 11A (341) Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Under the watchful, armed guards they dug potatoes until 11:30 when they rode back to the farm for the noon meal. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Sgt. The camp housed prisoners from at least eight countries, including Americans, which began arriving in December 1944. Carder Leonard George. The first prisoners to arrive were Poles in late 1939, followed by French and Belgians the following year. Brooks Joseph John. List of POW camps in Germany recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. The average tour of duty on a farm Kommando lasted indefinitely. Fahl Earl Cornell. The same month an epidemic of typhus broke out in both camps which lasted until February 1942. Former occupation: Steward. German guards ordered POWs to fall out of the barracks. The next morning the house was overrun by troops of the British 6th Airborne. 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. James is the son of Richard Wedlock and Elizabeth McMillan, Pte. The rest of the column proceeded to Marlag X-C, Westertimke, where they met the men they had left behind at Stalag II-B who had left on 18 February, reached Stalag X-B after an easy three-day trip, and then moved on to adjacent Marlag X-C on 16 April. 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. In August 1943 the Stalag was reported as newly opened to privates of the US ground forces with a strength of 451. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. 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. 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. Please, if anyone knows any info on my dad, his regiment, or Stalag 11B I would be truly grateful. Frederick Frances Hynes 2nd Parachute Battalion Air Corp. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. L/Cpl. He was transferred Prisoner of War to Fallingbostel, Stalag 11B on 25th September, 1944 and was released on 23 April 1945. Thus at the end of May 1944, although the strength was listed as 4,807, only 1,000 of these were in the enclosure. 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. Sgt. The weather was atrocious. You can embed or download low-resolution images free of charge for private and non-commercial use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. please This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. He was also in CC 66 in Italy, in a camp in Konisgberg, East Prussia, and Stalag IIIB. privacy policy, Need more context? Deans was taken to the commander of VIII Corps and explained the situation. Stalag IV B was liberated by the Red Army on 23 April 1945. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Contact our Media sales & Licensing team about access. [7] The infirmary was also the focal point of the Polish resistance organization Odra, and Mroczkiewicz was its member. Post war member of the Commando Association. Prisoners of war, Germany: Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel; nominal rolls. 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POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945.}} 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. [8] The organization was involved in intelligence, diversion and sabotage actions. to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. [3] A total of 38,383 Soviet POWs were held Stalag II B. [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. Drvr/Cpl Search names within this list, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, in September 1939 it again became a prisoner-of-war camp, [3] and . See also. [1] In April 1941, Serbian POWs were brought to the camp. Sixty POW were killed and many wounded. Records from Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Asquith Wilfred. 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. European Regional Office. Pte. British Prisoners of War celebrate their liberation from Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel, 16 April 1945. K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, WJ Manning 3rd Sqd. We are now on Facebook. They shaved and washed themselves in three large wash pans filled from a single spigot which gave only cold water. Description: Includes camp name, name, rank, and prisoner number. Burness William Noble. Notes: The records do not include all prisoners of war and contain some errors. 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. [11], On 28 January 1945, POWs received instructions to be ready to evacuate the camp at 08:00 hours the following morning. Each hut contained 400 men, though it had bunks for only 150. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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). 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. Except for one period when Red Cross food was exhausted and guards became surly, morale of the men remained at a high level. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. [5] Many POWs often recalled German abuse in the subcamps. Status codes are 4=Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 Brooker T.. Pte. 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. Forward platoons of D Company were taken prisoner and sent to Stalag 11B, Fallingbostal. 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. Ball William Leonard. 5=Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. [1] In July 1942 Stalag XI-D was dissolved and incorporated into Stalag XI-B. Ten POWs were killed. Cpl. Mon pre Camille MARANDEL parlait tjrs de ses annes de captivit en Prusse Orientale au stalag 1B. In the front and rear of each barracks was a urinal to be used only at night. Stalag IV B was the largest POW camp on German soil during the Second World War and was opened in September 1939. 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. Cpl. 5 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit, WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION. [1] In September 1939 the huts were fenced in and designated Stalag XI-B. Pows at Stalag 11B on 25th September, 1944 and was released on 23 April 1945 the.. '' < br/ > POWs at Stalag 11B on 25th September, and. 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