1944 Germany POW Camp Letter Cover Stalag 11B Prisoner of War To Serravalle Ital. [6] They were met at the main gate of Stalag 357 by a guard of Airborne troops, impeccably attired and led by RSM Lord. IWM collections, This media is not currently available. Sometimes they slept unsheltered on the ground; sometimes they were fortunate enough to find a heated barn. 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. Abbondandolo Fred A.. Pte. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. Chrzanowski Stanislaw T.. (d.23rd Oct 1944) Cox John Charles. Pte. [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. At its peak there were about 80,000 POW working in 1,500 Arbeitskommando in agriculture and industry. British Prisoners of War celebrate their liberation from Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel, 16 April 1945. Except for one period when Red Cross food was exhausted and guards became surly, morale of the men remained at a high level. There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. Carder Leonard George. Search the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site: View all names in this list 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. | author = No 5 Army Film & Photogra {{Information |description = {{en|''POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. WO Alexander Aaron. The average tour of duty on a farm Kommando lasted indefinitely. Jacobs Joseph. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. German rations were neither regular nor adequate. If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. The French had a small building of their own. It housed Polish, French, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian and American prisoners of war . [2] In November 1944 British paratroops captured at Arnhem arrived at Stalag 357. [2] It then served as an accommodation centre for German refugees and displaced persons. 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. If they landed safely by parachute, the airmen were often attacked and killed by enemy civilians. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Baker Leonard. British Prisoners of War celebrate their liberation from Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel, 16 April 1945. I think the tag '' should be removed from: Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, WO - Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies, Division within WO - Records of the Central Department of the Permanent Secretary of State, WO 361 - War Office: Department of the Permanent Under Secretary of State: Casualties (L) Branch: Enquiries into Missing Personnel, 1939-45 War, About our Search names within this list, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW During the Battle of the Bulge, some Americans were captured and sent to Stalag IX-B. In the front and rear of each barracks was a urinal to be used only at night. "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. Bell Frank. privacy policy, Need more context? During World War II, the ground I'm standing on was a place of horrible suffering. List of POW camps in Germany If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261373 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Three stoves provided what heat there was for the front half of each barrack, and two for the rear half. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 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). Americans were billeted in a section of a large brick-floored 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. The next morning the house was overrun by troops of the British 6th Airborne. 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. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. This table does not contain the prisoners listed as moved from Stalag 12A to 9B. If you have any unwanted He served in North Africa and Italy and was captured at Arnhem where he received a gunshot wound to his left forearm. Lacking huts the Russian prisoners initially lived in dugouts. If anyone has records or information concerning him, I would appreciate hearing from you. Although prohibited under the Third Geneva Convention, POW from Stalag IX-B also worked in munitions factories. Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 BARNETT, Edgar Albert Lance Bombardier 933008 No 7 Commando Royal Artillery BU3661.jpg English: POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. Records from Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. 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). [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. Quarters were usually unheated barns and stables. During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, in September 1939 it again became a prisoner-of-war camp, [3] and . East Compound Stalag Luft III. [10], There were attempts to escape from the camp or its subcamps. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. A postcard sent by a Scottish prisoner in Stalag XI-A, Bobbie Gracie, to family in Glasgow in 1944. At the top of somepages is'What links here'. Burtenshaw Laurance John . L/Cpl. Post war member of the Commando Association. The following list of names are search results for Camp = 089, "Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09". [1] By November 1941 there were about 11,000 Soviet POW in XI-D, and some huts were built. a painting) which was created prior to 1973. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 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. 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. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. Orderable at item level, Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. List Type: Registration / register List Organized By: Place of Persecution Sex: Male Language: French Persecution Status: Prisoners of War Number of Persons (Est. From September 1943, also Italian POWs were brought to the camp. (d.9th May 1945) Bates George 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. BU3663.jpg 1,790 1,772; 322 KB International Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 846534.jpg 640 480; 97 KB Corporal Robert Hollingshead was reported missing 2June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war from 1 June 1941. Doran Thomas. 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"). Bandurka Leopold. German guards ordered POWs to fall out of the barracks. This consisted of Red Cross food supplemented by German vegetable soup. 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. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. 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. 1944 Germany Stalag 333 POW Prisoner of War Postcard Cover . 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. No. For the next three months, the column was on the move, marching an average of 22 kilometres (14mi) a day 6 days a week. DescriptionPOWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. 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. James is the son of Richard Wedlock and Elizabeth McMillan, Pte. Stalag 11B, Fallingbostel, Germany There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. After 10 days they arrived at Gresse, east of the Elbe. Guards lived in a small room opening onto the Americans' quarters. Two days later the POW column marched back across the British lines. His best friend's name was Cassidy, also held at Stalag 11b, and also served in the same regiment. On warm days the Germans withheld part of the fuel ration. This information will help us make improvements to the website. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. Includes camp name, name, rank, and prisoner number. Busnot Marcel Louis. T/Sgt. [1] In April 1941, Serbian POWs were brought to the camp. 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