SSgt. Westertimke was liberated by the British on 28 April 1945. Pte. [10], There were attempts to escape from the camp or its subcamps. Stalag IV B was liberated by the Red Army on 23 April 1945. Through the activity of some of the key NCOs, Red Cross food was obtained from POW camps passed by the column on the march. List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries Date (s) 1945-07-06 - 1947-07-02 (Creation) Level of description Folder Context area Name of creator. - Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. 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. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by The soup was, as a rule, typical watery German soup, but several times POW got a good, thick dried-pea soup. Search the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site: View all names in this list [1], Since October 1939, Polish POWs were sent to newly formed forced labour subcamps in the area, to work in forestry and agriculture. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 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. When 1,200 men had assembled on the road, the remaining 500 were allowed to stay in the barracks. Despite these extremely crowded barracks, conditions contrasted well with the Russian barracks which held as many as 1,000 POWs apiece. More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. Brooker T.. Pte. The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. The camp is Stalag 11B just south of Fallingbostel, which is about 10 miles southwest of Soltau. This new camp was used to house mostly British and Commonwealth POWs. These additional online resources from the U.S. The first prisoners of Stalag XX-B were Polish troops captured during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Notes: The records do not include all prisoners of war and contain some errors. T/Sgt. Brinley William Francis. Registry Files, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Hymer Roger Lee. Chrzanowski Stanislaw T.. (d.23rd Oct 1944) Cox John Charles. On other work detachments it lasted until the specific project had been completed. [11], Without it, it is doubtful that the majority of men could have finished the march. Emmett William Roy. He was transferred Prisoner of War to Fallingbostel, Stalag 11B on 25th September, 1944 and was released on 23 April 1945. Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training. T/Sgt Dolton Harry Edward. The search field can be used to search by name, serial number, camp, and other fields. Cpl. Gnr. 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. This is because it is one of the following: HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)More information. Two days later the POW column marched back across the British lines. [2] In November 1944 British paratroops captured at Arnhem arrived at Stalag 357. Barnes Harry Ronald. German guards ordered POWs to fall out of the barracks. James is the son of Richard Wedlock and Elizabeth McMillan, Pte. Parcels were stored in the guards' room until issued. They were moved around a lot as the Allied front lines advanced. Records of WWII Prisoners of War, 12/7/1941-11/19/1946, Record Group 389. . Frederick Frances Hynes 2nd Parachute Battalion Air Corp. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. 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. At that time 17,000 POW; mostly British, but also Russian, Polish, Yugoslav, French, and American prisoners were crammed into the camp causing severe overcrowding. Bessanson Al. There may be content on individuals that is not listed here. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. 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. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. By downloading or embedding any image, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. 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. Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. He emigrated to Sydney, Australia at the age of 30 where he met and married my mother. Barracks were divided in two by a centre washroom which had twenty taps. 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. [3] In December 1940, 1,691 Polish prisoners were recorded as being there. Border Regiment, Gnr. Dvr. In August 1943 the Stalag was reported as newly opened to privates of the US ground forces with a strength of 451. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. East Compound Stalag Luft III. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Adams Alan. [1] By November 1941 there were about 11,000 Soviet POW in XI-D, and some huts were built. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or. These newer arrivals found themselves accommodated in tents. British Prisoners of War celebrate their liberation from Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel, 16 April 1945. 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. Lance Bdr. L/Cpl. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. Stalag IV B was the largest POW camp on German soil during the Second World War and was opened in September 1939. After 10 days they arrived at Gresse, east of the Elbe. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. He was given a captured Mercedes car and drove back to Gresse. Ball William Leonard. 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 On 13 April the column was strafed by four Spitfires near Dannenberg. 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. [6], On the initiative of the Polish POWs, a camp infirmary was organized, led by Polish doctor and POW Edmund Mroczkiewicz. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. It was among the most notorious of all prisoner-of-war camps, detaining as many as 66,000 prisoners4,200 being American. [5] Many POWs often recalled German abuse in the subcamps. Sgt. Former occupation: Steward. Brooks Joseph John. [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. [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. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. [7] The men marched from the camp in columns of 2,000. SW Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands. [3] Polish Jewish POWs were assigned to hard and humiliating work. Spr. Baxter Norman William. 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. Lord insisted on proper military discipline with regular exercise and parades. D Sanigar 6th Btn. If anyone has records or information concerning him, I would appreciate hearing from you. Abbondandolo Fred A.. Pte. Stalag II-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp situated 2.4 kilometres (1.5mi) west of the town of Hammerstein, Pomerania (now Czarne, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) on the north side of the railway line. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from Pte. Pte. Doran Thomas. [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. 14049156. [6] By mid-1944 there were 93,380 POW registered at XI-B; 25,277 Russian, and 79,928 of other nationalities, mostly in Arbeitskommando. Free shipping for many products! [9] RSM Lord had also been selected to leave, but hid under the floor of a hut for five days in order to avoid it. Private Bernard Francis Ricketts 2nd Battalion, 16th Platoon, D Company Highland Light Infantry. Barker Cyril. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. No doubt the memories lived with him until his death 2002. William Thornley Royal Artillery. [1] Polish POWs recalled miserable living conditions and harassment by . ''
POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945.}} Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. From September 1943, also Italian POWs were brought to the camp. Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. 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 . Sgt. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag. Another 10,000 Soviet officers were accommodated in XI-B. Pte. Area abbreviations are ET= European Theatre, G= Germany, F= France. [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. | author = No 5 Army Film & Photogra {{Information |description = {{en|''POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. Faced with frequent escapes from the camp and its subcamps, the Germans gradually deported the Polish POWs to other camps. Pte. [8] The organization was involved in intelligence, diversion and sabotage actions. The average tour of duty on a farm Kommando lasted indefinitely. In the left above it says Kdo Bhrigen. Upon receipt of these instructions, M/Sgt. Quarters were usually unheated barns and stables. Baker Peter Arthur David. It always seemed to be either bitter cold or raining or snowing. Busnot Marcel Louis. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1944 Padova Italy to Germany POW Camp Letter Cover Stalag 17B Prisoner of War at the best online prices at eBay! Stalag 11A (341) Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Includes camp name, name, rank, and prisoner number. 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. Bunks were the regulation POW triple-decker bunk beds with excelsior mattresses and one German blanket (plus two from the Red Cross) for each man. Of the 125,000 aircrew who served with Bomber Command, 55,573 were . Bell Frank. Pte. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. Ostman provided Deans with a pass and a German guard, and Deans headed west to contact the advancing British troops. Add a Name to this List Washington, DC 20024-2126 Orderable at item level, Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Jacobs Joseph. It housed Polish, French, Belgian, Serbian, Dutch, Soviet, Italian and American prisoners of war. The weather was atrocious. List Type: Registration / register List Organized By: Place of Persecution Sex: Male Language: French Persecution Status: Prisoners of War Number of Persons (Est. [2] Cold combined with poor sanitary conditions and food rations, resulted in widespead diseases and many deaths. Camp history [ edit] Andrew George Donaldson. Although prohibited under the Third Geneva Convention, POW from Stalag IX-B also worked in munitions factories. Prisoners of war, Germany: Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel; nominal rolls. 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. 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. Pte. 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. Search names within this list, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW On warm days the Germans withheld part of the fuel ration. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. 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. 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. Alton Floyd. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. Forward platoons of D Company were taken prisoner and sent to Stalag 11B, Fallingbostal. BU3663.jpg 1,790 1,772; 322 KB International Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 846534.jpg 640 480; 97 KB The camps housed Polish, French, Belgian, Soviet, Italian, British, Yugoslav, American, Canadian, New Zealander and other Allied POWs. Capt. Baker Leonard. 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, [7], Post-war Stalag XI-B was used by the British as an Internment Camp for members of the Nazi Party. Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09: BRUCE, ROBERT C: Army. ''
POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945.}} Additional fences formed compounds and sub-compounds. Adjoining sections were occupied by pigs, cattle and grain. A postcard sent by a Scottish prisoner in Stalag XI-A, Bobbie Gracie, to family in Glasgow in 1944. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Bird Alfred. 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"). When it was needed most it was never available. Briley Scott Andrew. The U.S. National Archives (archives.gov) has put a searchable database of Practically all the men shaved at every opportunity and kept their appearance as neat as possible under the circumstances. Status codes are 4=Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape. Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. He went home to Brighton, UK and worked in the Special Constabulary, a bar manager at the British Legion Club at Shoreham-by-Sea and as a diamond polisher in Brighton and London. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. 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. Led by the formidable RSM John C. Lord of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, they set about raising the standards of the camp. 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. [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. Alomaine Edmond. He was later found to be aprisoner of war. 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