From May 1940, after the invasion of Norway and the Battle of France, prisoners arrived in large numbers, until they totalled 150,000 from all occupied countries, except Britain. Rachel Kempson, It has had a chequered history over the past 500 years and has been used for a variety of purposes including a hunting lodge, workhouse, mental hospital, sanatorium, political prison and hospital. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Basil Dearden Incidentally the sanatorium of this town was where the Aktion T4 Nazi state euthanasia programme was instituted in 1939, by the end of WWII over 275,000 Germans had been murdered countrywide in this scheme. In September 1939 an Internment Camp for enemy civilians was created within the buildings of the Sturmabteilung (SA) camp at the rally grounds. POWs transferred to San Guiseppe Iato later. This grim and claustrophobic drama chronicles the lives of the prisoners in Colditz Castle from the arrival of the first British prisoners after Dunkirk until the liberation of the castle by the Americans in 1945. Tom Hardy, P.G. The camp where the POWs were quartered was located on a large plain. SHAEF report dated 10/2/45 writes this camp to be evacuated to a destination unknown however it was moved to Sprottau according to Bundesarchiv reports. Opened in February 1942 &built with a brand new stone barracks for the incoming POWs. On 3 September 1941 three RAF officers, Dominic Bruce, Peter Tunstall and Eustace Newborn, escaped disguised as members of a "Swiss Commission". 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. Of course, this did not quite work out to be the case. Sub-camps sometimes held more than 1,000 prisoners, usually split by nationality, although English speakers were usually together for this purpose. OFLAG XXIc/z Grune bei Lissa/Skoki, Poland. In September and October 1943 Italian prisoners arrived after the Italian capitulation. Camp closed following a mass breakout of POWs after the armistice. In November 1943, after the Italian armistice, Italian and Commonwealth prisoners arrived from Italy. 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. Most officers made the Allied lines or the UK, whilst many NCO's and other ranks were rounded up by the Germans, and sent to camps in Germany until the end of the war. 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. After an eight-week 500 kilometres (310 mi) march in bitterly cold weather they reached Stalag X-B and Marlag und Milag Nord in Sandbostel. Stalag IV-C Wistritz Bei Teplitz Bohemia Location N/E 50-13. Included are POWs of all services and Merchant navy held in Germany or German-occupied territory and also in Italy. The sick were mistreated when dysentery and diarrhoea set in. By the spring of 1942 an estimated 18,000 had died of hunger and disease, mainly typhus fever. Part of the wages earned was transferred to a Mutual Fund . The site chosen was on a river plain of the Natisone, south-west of the town of Cividale and the nearest railway line. Christopher Rhodes, Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria Location N/E 50-10. Stalag II-E Schwerin Mecklenberg Location N/E 53-11. The POWs who were working outside of the camp were simply left there and allowed to leave. It was also surrounded by electrified barbed-wire fence and contained thirty new barracks, raising the total area to 1.2 km. Consequently, additional documentation is sometimes attached. Stalag IV-D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia Location N/E 51-13. Located in Fara in Sabina 35 km from Rome. The guard in the machinegun-tower later told other prisoners that he refrained from shooting Upham out of sheer respect.. Forces war records gratefully acknowledge individual contributions towards our databases and information sources: we would like to work with anyone who feels they have camp or individuals POW data which would be of interest. Prisoners working on farms did not have the essential assistance that was provided in Oflags by teams of dedicated specialists who forged documents and prepared maps. Originally, Stutthof was a civilian internment camp under the Danzig police chief. Stalag VII-A Moosburg Bavaria Location N/E 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich Location N/E 48-11). In 1940 the Poles were joined by Belgian and French prisoners, and by Soviets in 1941. Located at Lichterfelde-Sud in the south west of Berlin also known as Steglitz-Berlin. 357 officers and 58 other ranks were reported here on 26/2/43. It served as the hospital for all Soviet POWs in the region until January 1945. Lazarettnormally a Kreigslazzarett or field hospital, (literally war hospital). I was fortunate enough to visit Colditz Castle, 25 miles south-east of Leipzig, in July last year when on holiday in Germany. It is subdivided by nationality as Belgium, Chinese, Czech, Denmark, France, Holland, Italy, Poland and Greece. In September 1943 many British Commonwealth officers from the North Africa campaign. Very engrossing. Reports from SHAEF dated February 1945 showed 1 Belgian, 1 Yugoslav and 2870 French were held. Moved from Spittal to Wagna in 1942. Again, a camp previously used in WWI was located here at 53 degrees 32 minutes North, 11 degrees 6 minutes south map reference T220530. The barracks were enclosed by a barbed-wire fence and watchtowers to form a camp approximately 440 by 530 metres, and was opened in June 1940 to house officers, mostly French, captured in the Battle of France, as well as several hundred Poles. District XI Nearest city Kassel, in the centre of Germany. Director: Neave and a Dutch officer, Lieutenant Luteyn, were the first of the two pairs to leave and successfully reached Switzerland. Nick Tate, On Christmas Eve 1942 a number of officers arranged a fight outside one of the huts. The Colditz Story: Directed by Guy Hamilton. The POWs ate charcoal to help stop dysentery and every POW became infected with lice. H 203 Ospedale Castel St. Pietro, Bologna, CC 38 Civilian Internment CAMP Arezzo Italy 43-12, CC77 (was Dulag 226) Pissiguano Italy 43-12. Suffixes on camps relate to their parent camp: i.e. In October 1944 a small number of higher ranking officers arrived from the Warsaw Uprising. Used as a Transit Camp. 161 min The camp was supposed to be closed completely late in 1944 when most of the camp were transferred to Sagan (Stalag Luft III) but a few of the sick remained to be liberated by the Soviet a few months later. John Sturges In particular, the memoir of British Army officer . Only Dutch officers and a few Soviet officers remained. In May 1941 Oflag XIII-B was created in a separate compound for Serbian officers captured during the Balkans Campaign. There was still little or no food available, and the pace was much slower, advancing 4-5 miles a day. Reports from December30th 1942show 250 other ranks held here. Some great stories, but it can also be a bit slow. The camp was adjoined on one side to Stalag VIIIc, the 'other ranks' army camp, although the administration of both camps was entirely seperate. They were divided among the 25 huts to work as orderlies, in addition to the lower ranks that were already doing this work. Oflag IV-D Elsterhorst was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers located near Hoyerswerda in Saxony, 44 km north-east of Dresden. District XVIII Nearest city Frankfurt am Main in the west of Germany. They carried two blankets, and an overcoat for bedding. By 1 January 1945, the camp held 1,578 British, American, Soviet, Polish and Canadian troops. Votes: 2,738 All were prefixed and numbered with the exception of the 2 Dulags and 1 Stalag within Italy which were German controlled transit centres for POWs being transferred to Germany. Opened originally in August1942, 250other ranks were reported here on December30th 1942.. Also known as San Pietro Novara near to Milan. Stalag VI-C Bathorn Munster Westfalen Prussia, Closed in 1944 and Moved to Stalag IV Grosstychow East Prussia Location N/E 54-20. The prisoners lived outdoors in dugouts until 1943 when 43 barrack huts were built, though due to overcrowding, many were still forced to live underground. Twelve ounces of C-ration vegetable soup concentrate. It was located around the village of Westertimke, about 30 km (19 mi) north-east of Bremen, though in some sources the camp's location is given as Tarmstedt, a larger village about 4 km (2.5 mi) to the west. Tins of coffee, which was hard to come by in Germany late in the war, served this same purpose in many camps. In June 1940 British, Belgian, Dutch and French senior officers and a small number of orderlies were transported to Mainz from transit camps in France and Belgium after the end of the Battle of France. There is an extensive collection of records in the series BT 373, giving the circumstances of capture and the eventual fate of UK and Allied Asian merchant seamen captured during the Second World War. Over 200,000 soldiers of the British armed forces were captured during the Second World War and placed in one of the different types of prisoner of war camps run by the Germans until 1945 and Italians until late 1943, sometimes even both! Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness if you notice anything that you feel is missing or incorrect wed be very happy to hear from you. In October 1940 the first three British prisoners were sent into the camp, they. Larive did not forget and many prisoners later escaped using this route. Approximately 6,000 officers and orderlies were in the camp. Most were immediately sent to Arbeitskommandos (work details). Airey Neave was also involved in getting Nazi persecution claims investigated in the 1960s (see series FO 950 at TNA) whilst he was a Member of Parliament. that had been held in Italian prisoner of war camps were transferred to Oflag IV-D. 240 min Work parties were drawn from this camp to work at Agricultural tasks under Campo 106 and 107. Neubrandenburg camp was liberated by the Soviets in April 1945. The Borkum and Helgoland camps were "volunteer" (Hilfswillige) labour camps and the labourers in those camps were treated harshly but marginally better than the inmates at the Sylt and Norderney camps. Tin of 50 cigarettes or tobacco (sent separatelyusually Player's brand cigarettes or Digger flake pipe tobacco). Besides, some include dates of death, exchange, repatriation and arrival back in the United Kingdom. A contagious disease ward type hospital named Leipzig Wahren Lazarett belonging to this camp was situated close to the local gas works and railway station & consisted of 2 long stone buildings. It is understood that he wished for a slightly earlier start to catch a train for his intended escape route. Despite harsh conditions in the living chambers, the officers were granted relative freedom and had a part of the fortress gardens at their disposal. While WWII Allied officer Jack Rose is held prisoner in Germany's notorious Colditz Castle, he recruits a band of fellow escape artists in the ultimate break-out only to discover that the greatest betrayal awaits him on safe ground. In April 1944, most of the prisoners were transferred to Oflag 79 near Braunschweig and the camp was closed. Stalag IX-C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar Location N/E 51-11, Stalag IX-C/Z Muhlausen Sachen, Prussia Location N/E 51-10. A basic Tent camp at Foligno, used as a transit camp to camps in Germany, this was designated for Prisoners for eastern Europe. It housed 600 POW's - British, French, Belgium, Dutch and Poles. As a sub-camp of Ilag VII, it was designated Ilag VII/Z. Stalag IX-A Ziegenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia Location N/E 51-09. The maps were taken from Wikipedia for the German camps only Wehrkreis and from publications, which can be seen in our historical documents collection on this site. Work camps under the jurisdiction of Stalag IIIB, A civilian work camp for Poles (Gemeinschaftslager). | 1945: On 19 January six French Generals Lieutenant-General Jean Adolphe Louis Robert Flavigny, Major-General Louis Lon Marie Andr Buisson, Major-General Arsne Marie Paul Vauthier, Brigadier-General Albert Joseph Daine, and Brigadier-General Ren Jacques Mortemart de Boisse were brought from the camp at Knigstein to Colditz Castle. Anthony Steel, Stalag was short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager. A very large camp with over 10,000 prisoners. In September 1942 the camp became Lager Lindele ("Lindele Camp"), and was used as an Ilag ("Internment Camp") for about 1,200 civilian internees from the Channel Islands. By July 1941 Stalag XVIII-D contained nearly 4,500 British and Commonwealth prisoners captured in Greece and Crete. There were 4 sub camps located in the vicinity also. 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. 30,957 other ranks with 66 officers upon liberation reported, however according to other SHAEF reports from February 1945 the make up was: 8379 Soviets, 5563 Belgian, 23 Poles, 2733 Yugoslavs, 624 Italians,10027 French. In September 1939 some of the forts were used as POW camps for Polish prisoners, specifically those captured after the surrender of the Polish fort at Westerplatte at the mouth of the river Vistula and on the Hel Peninsula. Some of the more critically ill were moved to the 650th Hospital on 25/11/44. Author Ben MacIntyre brings the drama into high relief in Prisoners of the Castle, a nonfiction rendering of life in the most famous of the nearly one hundred WWII Nazi POW camps. Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow/Burzlaff, Poland, Stalag Luft IV Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) Location N/E 54-16. This is a good read. Postal records show this camp as being under the control of the SS. The 7 forts above which comprised Stalag 312 were also administered by Stalag 20A. Initially it was Stalag XXI-B for Polish soldiers until December 1940. A cocky German fighter pilot is shot down over England in 1940 and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again. Which are released under the terms of the creativecommons.org/licenses/by-s/3.0/. | Melissa Parker Those fortunate enough to have a coat shared it with others. It was then renumbered Oflag XII-B. Naturally all incoming and outgoing mail was censored. Several work sub-camps were attached to this camp, the main camp was known as the film studio. From the Camp looking north through the perimeter barbed wire system, there was a spectacular view of the Dolomites and the mountains of nearby Yugoslavia. Oflag VII-A Murnau was a German Army POW camp for Polish Army officers during World War II. Five men escaped, but again were soon recaptured. Other hospitals where POWs were treated included: Alberoni (Piacenza), Al Celio (Rome), Ascoli, Capua, Caserta, Modena, Morigi di Piacenza, Parma, Perugia, Teramo & Vescoville (Udine). The camp was liberated on 1 February 1945 by the Soviet Army. This time the sentry demanded to see their Army paybooks, so the escape party fled, although two were arrested. 31,665 Sadly the last surviving British pow and Society member Corran Purton died in 2018. They awoke one morning to discover that their guards had deserted them. You can embed or download low-resolution images free of charge for private and non-commercial use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. The POW bet on the races, and money was raised and donated to the Red Cross. It was then used as a temporary camp for French and Serbian officers. Four were recaptured. These are all available within our fully searchable POW lists. in September 1943 PG60 was turned into a concentration camp for political prisoners and Jews. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, many of the prisoners were marched westward in groups of 200 to 300 in the so-called Death March. 20,770 POWs here (53 British) with 1735 Officers. P.G. This handmade card was addressed to him at Christmas 1944. The camp was built by forced labour. Originally opened in June 1942, 1002 officers were held here on 26 Feb 1943. The camp ended in an area called "Padule", under the village of Castelvecchio, next to the railway station of CollelinkingLucca to Pontedera until 1958. A different POW camp in Germany was Colditz Castle. Stars: | Lieutenant Leo de Hartog holding 'Moritz', one of the two dummy heads of POWs made to mislead German guards during daily roll calls. The SHAEF report mentions malnutrition/lice and infections hence it is thought unlikely there were any remaining Western Allied officer POWs still held at liberation at this camp. Whilst these magazines make a nave but charming read and often gave some useful information on what to put into a prisoner's parcel and various other questions of concern to the POWs' families, they did not portray an accurate reflection of camp life in almost all circumstances. Although all the camp buildings had not been completed, there were well-built ablutions and latrines, served with a good water supply, and a proper infirmary. Near to the Main Leipzig Railway station with 25 patients. Most Australian officers were concentrated into Sulmona, just as Australian NCOs and other ranks were gradually brought together to Campo 57. Helmut Griem, The camp was closed in February 1941, but reopened in July when it was used for housing RAF and British Army officers. They reached Stalag 357 (Stalag XI-B), near Fallingbostel around April 3, 1945. Dulag 135/1 Athens Greece Location N/E 38-23, Dulag 377 Gerolstein (TL 71) Rheinland, PrussiaLocation N/E 50-06, Dulag Luft POW Camp Chalons-Sur-Marne FranceLocation N/E 49-04, Dulag OB Chartres France Location N/E 48-01, Dulag Wetzlar (Transit) Klosternald, Rheinland, PrussiaLocation N/E 50-08. Stalag II-B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia Location N/E 53-17. | (Small camp with around 25 prisoners at any one time). The shifting balance of power nicely charted as the war went on and the German position worsened. The Colditz Glider: A makeshift sailplane made by British prisoners of war during WWII. According to Oflag IVC on 29 August 1941, N tried to escape from the camp after evening roll call, using a fake German uniform, but was stopped at the gate post and seized. Stars: They performed a variety of heavy earthworks, roadbuilding, agricultural work, and were also worked on the construction of freight railway station Olechowo and others. They were transferred to other camps, and the camp was closed on 29 October 1941. Most of them headed south, towards Switzerland, sleeping by day and travelling by night. We have German AND Italiancamp listings in our fully searchable databases! Intentionally sloppy escape attempt in hopes to be placed in town jail. Reports from 26th February 1943 show 1000 other ranks here, the camp opened originally in October 1942. Under contruction according to USSME reports in 1943. Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape. 150 feet above sea level, bungalows surrounded by playing fields and gardens, educational courses also were held here! US, Serbian, Italian and French/Belgian POWs were held at this camp. Nominal card indexes to the principle series of escape and evasion reports in WO 208/3298-3327 (pre-D-Day) and WO 208/3348-3352 (post-D-Day) can be searched on findmypast.co.uk. Although individuals are rarely mentioned by name, a speculative search of files in these record series may still prove fruitful. As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape. Each pouch typically contains the name of the ship lost; a card or form containing circumstantial details (including POW camp, POW number, surname, forenames, date of birth, place of birth, discharge A number, rank or rating, name of ship, ship's official number, date of loss of ship, next of kin, relationship, address and country of detention); Prisoner of War Branch PC 96 (postal censorship) forms vetting messages to and from family and friends; Envelope RS3 which usually has notes of release from captivity/repatriation written on it where appropriate, containing many of the details from the POW card and additionally a National Service AF Account Number. Action, Drama, History, Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. | At one time there were over 30,000 jammed into facilities designed for 15,000. 4,000 lower-ranked British, South African and Ghurka prisoners, mostly from the surrender of Tobruk, were held in two compounds of tents, with very poor conditions and food shortages. Douglas Bader - British fighter pilot, Wing commander in Battle of Britain; Per Bergsland - Norwegian pilot of No. These contained inks, clothing dyes, German currency, maps, compasses and other useful items and could be hidden in almost anything from replacement uniform to sports equipment and books. More prisoners arrived in July 1944 transferred from Oflag VIII-F. On 24 August 1944 the camp was strafed by American and British aircraft. The camp was liberated by troops of the U.S. 12th Armoured Division on 29 April 1945. 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