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464: 2673:, and that the inmates who worked with us and who were unable to continue working because of their physical condition and were suddenly missing, had been sent to the gas chambers. The inmates who were selected to be gassed went through the procedure of preparing for a bath, they stripped their clothes off, and walked into the bathing room. Instead of showers, there was gas. All the camp knew it. All the civilian population knew it. I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. I was at Auschwitz nearly every day ... Nobody could live in Auschwitz and work in the plant, or even come down to the plant without knowing what was common knowledge to everybody. 64: 181: 94: 528: 500: 101: 71: 47: 511:. Deaths resulted from the bitter cold and exhaustion. Those that encountered western allies were liberated immediately by the American army or the Scots Guards. Those overtaken by the advancing Soviets became virtual hostages and sometimes held for several more months. The latter would largely be repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of 2609:
in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. POWs regularly bore witness to the atrocities occurring at Monowitz because the SS made no attempt to conceal their brutality; the Allied POWs routinely saw inmates from the Arbeitslagers being hanged, pushed off buildings, fatally
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I made it a point to get one of the guards to take me to town under the pretense of buying new razor blades and stuff for our boys. For a few cigarettes he pointed out to me the various places where they had the gas chambers and the places where they took them down to be cremated. Everyone to whom I
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Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. I recall one of these broadcasts was by Anthony Eden himself. Also, there were pamphlets dropped in Auschwitz and the surrounding territory, one of which I personally read,
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which related what was going on in the camp at Auschwitz. These leaflets were scattered all over the countryside and must have been dropped from planes. They were in Polish and German. Under those circumstances, nobody could be at or near Auschwitz without knowing what was going on.
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in Austria. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg.
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was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. Six of them were self-contained wards, accommodating each about 100 patients. The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters,
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in Siberia. About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to maltreatment and deprivation: malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the Soviet guards. Camp commander
427:. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Łambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Some were later released, others sent to 2151:), present day district of Kędzierzyn-Koźle - BAB21, BAB48 (Bau Arbeit Bataillon) from 1942 to November 1944 (550/600 POWs), both battalions merged into one battalion in March 1943 (1,100 POWs) 2610:
beaten and shot. Some POWs made contact with concentration camp inmates and passed on information about the war's progress that had been acquired using secret radios in the POW camp. Sergeant
2818: 545:. The RC Chaplain Father John Berry said in 1943: "...there are about 600 Working Parties and .... you will be able to guess why so many of you will have not yet had a visit". 507:
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
293:, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. After the Treaty of Versailles, the camp was decommissioned. 491:("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff were entirely POWs. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist and radiologist. 377: 2117:), present-day district of Gliwice - construction of railway track (101 POWs); "Baugesellschaft Kahlenbach" (64 POWs), "Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke AG" (37 POWs) 63: 3171: 2614:
even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. This led to representatives from the
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in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. The Wehrmacht closed POW camp E715 on January 21, 1945 forcing the British POWs to undertake a
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spoke gave the same story - the people in the city of Auschwitz, the SS men, concentration camp inmates, foreign workers - everyone said that
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The first 200 British POWs arrived at Auschwitz in September 1943 but over the winter of 1943 another 1,400 British POWs (mostly captured in
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Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. Among them were:
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E760 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - 58 POWs work for the Narrow-Gauge Railway Authority (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen)
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had effective control. E715 was next to the I.G. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz.
2081: 2808: 720:) at a paper mill run by "Rothfest Papierfabrik dr.Albert Spenner GmbH" company (Głuchołaskie Zakłady Papiernicze Zakład Rudawa) 2922: 3176: 848: 2961: 238: 420: 2950: 2646: 1659:) at a sawmill (20 POWs); Oflag VIII-D Tost; Oflag 6& Ilag A/H POW(1249-military&civilians), buildings hospital - 1167: 1006:) 1941-42 Gewerkschaft Castellengo-Abwehr A.G.~ Vereinigte Oberschlesische Huttenwerke AG Gleiwitz Werk Donnersmarckhutte 541:(working parties outside the main camp or labor camps) at various locations in present-day southern Poland and northern 2813: 2289:- 200-300 POWs, (Stalag VIII-B Teschen). The refinery was bombed and destroyed by the Allied air force on 7 August 1944 2605:
in Germany. After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. Most POWs were
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at the Saturn coal mine, 8 barracks at Węglowa Street, 352 POWs (British paratroopers); (Stalag VIII-B Teschen)
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established a training area for artillery at a wooded area near Lamsdorf, a small village connected by rail to
2066: 463: 2863: 1221: 859: 2854: 686: 2033: 1047: 2583: 2575: 2420:/Fabryka Celulozy i Papieru Natronag S.A.), the building of the factory nursery served as a POW camp; in 1120: 984: 2909: 2883: 2828:(1870, World War I, World War II Stalag 344/VIII-B, Stalag 318/VIII-F and post-war German camp) and the 2622: 2432:
at a zinc smelter, and in Janów, present-day district of Katowice at a coal mine (Jutrzenka/Wieczorek?)
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British and Allied surgical patients at prisoner of war camp Stalag 344-E (VIII-B) "Lazarett" Feb 1944
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E761 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - 17 POWs transport (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen)
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and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff.
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in Germany. Three days earlier, the inmates of Monowitz had been sent on their own death march to
402: 234: 1450:) -1940-43Eng POW(80), "Schondorff-Hegenscheidt Werke" ("RAFAMET") factory making aircraft parts 2975: 2594: 2518: 2181: 2040:) - 50 POWs at forestry and agricultural works. In 1942, 2 POWs were shot for refusing to work. 2597:) were transported to E715. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at 2570:
E715 was a POW camp for British prisoners which was administered and guarded by soldiers from
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produced charcoal, which was bagged and sent out by rail, and its by-product of wood alcohol.
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E744 in Kazimierz Górniczy, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz-Juliusz (
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Writings, drawings, camp publications, money, forms and labels, and newspaper clippings
2315: 1881: 1513: 301: 2753:"The camp for prisoners of war from Great Britain in Klimontow near Sosnowiec, Poland" 2224:), present-day district of Bytom - 346 POWs at a power station (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1847: 1666: 2228: 1465: 2162:
chemical factory. Set up in September 1943, housed about 1,200 POWs, mostly British.
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because it was a subcamp of Stalag VIII-B camp. However, as it was attached to the
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In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp population was split up, and many of the prisoners (and
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E586 in Kazimierz, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Kazimierz/Juliusz (
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Affidavit Copy of Document NI-11696, Prosecution Exhibit 1462, Nuremberg Trials
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E762 in Bobrek, present-day district of Bytom - 10 POWs at a concrete factory (
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Natronzellstoff-und Papierfabriken A.G., Werk Krappitz-Zellstof u.Papierfabrik
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in September 1939. Later during the war, approximately 100,000 prisoners from
250: 28: 3165: 3110: 3085: 3052: 3047: 3017: 3007: 2670: 2344: 1996: 1724:) - production of anti-aircraft artillery in the Laura mill (huta "Jedność"; 1634:) - 11 POWs worked at "Śliweczka" sawmill. Accommodation in the sawmill area. 1181: 398: 390: 373: 365: 274: 143: 130: 2398: 1627: 1280: 553: 3067: 3002: 2992: 2968: 2630: 2300:) Steel and Ironworks at Zielona Street (152 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1677: 1579:), present-day district of Racibórz, at a tile factory in Lukasyna/Dębicz ( 1073: 1058: 805:
at the Knurów coal mine (262 POWs); 3 POWs were shot while escaping in 1944
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E702 in Klimontów, present-day district of Sosnowiec, at the Klimontów (
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The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all the
451:) flight personnel were transferred to the prison camp at Lamsdorf (now 3128: 3027: 2934: 2642: 2503: 2463: 2257: 2110:) - 119 British POWs worked in area of the city (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1951: 1947:
E587 in Czeladź-Piaski at the Czeladź coal mine (Stalag VIII-B Teschen)
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Hütte "Laura" Berghütte Königs- und Bismarckhütte AG Rheinmetall-Borsig
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motorway; ex-property Malnia "Emilienhof" belonged to Graf von Sponeck
833: 289:, a camp for about 3,000 French POWs was established here. During the 2615: 2571: 2391: 2271: 2242: 2159: 2129: 2103: 1916: 1905: 1887: 1743: 1498: 1414: 1196: 1141: 973: 929: 889: 768:) coal mine, building gym "Turnhale" and barracks, and in Drogosław ( 757: 694: 568: 560:) - work to strengthen the embankments on the Odra River (50/80 POWs) 516: 309: 2383:
E754 in Czeladź - 252 POWs at Mars coal mine (Stalag VIII-B Teschen)
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it made) which was one of the 28 sub-camps under the control of
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thousands of people were being gassed and cremated at Auschwitz
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In 1945-1946, the camp was used by the Soviet-installed Polish
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By 1943 the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan,
2846:"Lamsdorf: Stalag VIIIB 344 Prisoner of War Camp 1940 - 1945" 2048: 1695: 1587: 1542: 1436: 1185: 1039:) within present-day city limits of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, at the 940: 776: 671: 635: 428: 337: 278: 1901:), present-day district of Opole, at the forestry department 1709:- 52 POWs railway transport at Gliwice Wschodnie (Sośnica) ( 2845: 1702:) - 32 POWs at the railway building (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1505:) at a sawmill "Sägewerk" (15 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1399:- 25 POWs worked in private estates (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 487:
The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title
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E758 in Knurów - 169 POWs at Dworcowa street, 2 buildings)
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factory, 2 barracks in the Kopania colony in Łaziska Górne
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Verenigte Ost und Mitteldeutsche Zement Aktiengesellschaft
2951:"The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Łambinowice-Opole" 2340:) - 601 POWs work in construction (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 2296:), present-day district of Dąbrowa Górnicza, at Bankowa ( 2095:) at firm "Borsig-Kokswerke AG" and "Szczęście Ludwika" ( 2525:) - forestry work (Stalag VIII-B Teschen/Czeski Cieszyn) 1765:), barracks on Rzeźnicza street) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1613:) at a sawmill (2nd owner was Berthold Winkler; 34 POWs) 1516:, at a power station (158 POWs); (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 435:
would be put on trial for his role in running the camp.
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German WWII prison camp money (from Stalag 344/E) 1944
2641:near the Czech border where they boarded trains to 1159:) at a glass factory in the Biały Kamień district ( 372:passed through this camp. In 1941 a separate camp, 2688:, a former British POW from Camp E715, published 2354:) 187 POWs at the railway (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1880:) coal mine (157 POWs); and Jaworzno-Bory at the 1854:) at a railway depot loading and unloading trains 1144:, at the Słupiec (Jan Baptysta/Jan - Nowa Ruda - 3163: 2814:Photos and personal stories of British prisoners 2727:"Arbeitskommando E119, Stalag VIIIB, Mankendorf" 2692:, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. 1832:) 40 POWs at the firm of Karl Anton at Philipstr 1596:Schlesiche Portland Zement-Industrie A.G. Oppeln 2656:testified about what he saw at Monowitz at the 1886:E565 in Siersza Wodna, present-day district of 1161:Weißstein Glashüttenwerk Weihrauch & Zimmer 1069:, POWs held near Odertal-Bahnhof-Hotel building 423:to house some 8000-9000 Germans, both POWs and 107:Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B 77:Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B 22:Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B 2618:making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. 2481:) - POW works in a field hospital "SS LAZARET" 2470:/Śląskie Zakłady Przemysłu Skórzanego „Otmęt”) 1188:, at the Józef shaft of the Bobrek coal mine ( 1041:Siemens Papier- und Zellstofwerke Feldmuhle AG 735:) coal mine (533 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 653:) coal mine (290 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 494: 3172:World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Germany 1761:) - 526 POWs at the Hrabia Renard coal mine ( 1598:company, which in 1941 was taken over by the 1043:(Zakłady Papieru i Celulozy Kędzierzyn-Koźle) 2716:(the camp magazine), Issue 2, February 1943. 2565: 2165:E719 in Gliwice-Sztygarów (Ligota Zabrska) ( 1661:Provinzial–Heil- und Pflegeanstalt (Anstalt) 1243:) district ("Städtische Gasanstalt Dürrgoy") 828:) east shaft of the Król mine in Agnieszka ( 585:) ironworks (221 POWs) Huta "Łabędy" Gliwice 577:) - (Lager I - Train station) - 1st work at 405:). The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered 249:, located near the village of Lamsdorf (now 2776: 2774: 2285:E738 in Trzebinia at a refinery managed by 2003:) at a sugar factory - Cukrownia Głogówek ( 749:E62 in Gliwice-Sztygarów (Ligota Zabrska) ( 16:WWII German prisoner-of-war camp in Silesia 969:) (30 POWs), accommodation in a restaurant 2920: 2550:) - 460 POWs at the Makoszowy coal mine ( 2468:OTA – Schlesische Schuhwerke Ottmuth A.G. 2278:), present-day district of Kolonowskie - 2253:- 152 POWs working on railway embankments 1239:) at municipal gasworks in the Tarnogaj ( 389:) were transferred to two new base camps 2771: 1443:) at a saw mill and timber goods factory 1298:) at "Kartonagenfabrik Colonnowska GmbH" 1192:) (111/141 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1080:at Neugebauer limestone quarry (29 POWs) 526: 498: 462: 2780: 2405:) - (155 POWs at Radzionków coal mine ( 1923:) coal mine ("Theodor Körner" Preussag) 1915:E579 in Niwka, present-day district of 914:). Three POWs escaped on 18 August 1941 447:, was overcrowded. About 1,000 (mostly 296:It was recommissioned in 1939 to house 3164: 2418:Zellstoff und Papierfabrik Natronag AG 1067:Schaffgotsch Benzin Werke GmbH Odertal 261:POWs. The site had housed POWs of the 2965: 1750:) West - - 500 POWs at the Milowice ( 1094:at a quarry of Anton Latzel (60 POWs) 1087:at a quarry of Alojs Rösner (20 POWs) 967:Schondorff Hegenscheidt Werke Ratibor 458: 438: 2907: 2455:) (XII - 1943 Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 2217:) - 268 POWs (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1568:, at a saw mill in Lukasyna/Dębicz ( 1553:) (38 POWs), (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1373:E297 in Starenhiem Markat Gardening. 772:), present-day district of Nowa Ruda 535:There were more than 700 subsidiary 2861: 2514:/Krajowy Urząd Robót Wodnych "Nysa" 2202:) - 198 POWs at smelter "Florian" ( 1817:, at a tannery in Lukasyna/Dębicz ( 1309:) at a sugar beet factory (64 POWs) 998:-Maciejów at the Ludwik-Concordia ( 753:) (23 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 729:Hindenburg-Klausberg (Mikultschütz) 522: 416:reached the camp on 17 March 1945. 13: 3033:Marlag und Milag Nord, Westertimke 2852: 2173:(290 POWs) (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 2167:Gleiwitz-Steigern (Ellguth Zabrze) 1713:) station, (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) 1645:) - fortifications works (60 POWs) 1519:E399 Sudetenland Cardboard Factory 751:Gleiwitz-Steigern (Ellguth-Zabrze) 14: 3188: 2838: 1214:) - 17 POWs worked the estate of 1133:E196 Opoleonoora - cement factory 615:Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke A.G. 2943:"Stalag VIII-B discussion board" 2894: 2881: 2416:) - 60 POWs at a paper factory ( 1839:at a sawmill of Graf von Garnier 1127:), today part of the village of 1105:), probably at a sugar factory ( 179: 99: 92: 69: 62: 45: 2921:Routledge, Norman (June 1945). 1975:Oberschlesische Stickstoffwerke 954:- Tiefbau Pollok - stone quarry 903:) at a stone quarry and factory 680:Oppeln III Portland-Zementwerke 2855:"POW Diary 1944, Stalag VIIIB" 2789: 2745: 2719: 2707: 1494:), Czech Republic at a sawmill 787:) coal mine (171-204-600 POWs) 746:) coal mine; 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Index

Lamsdorf
Germany
Poland

Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B is located in Germany
Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B is located in Poland
50°33′41″N 17°35′03″E / 50.561456°N 17.584125°E / 50.561456; 17.584125
Prisoner-of-war camp
Nazi Germany
World War II
German Army
POW camp
World War II
Łambinowice
Silesia
World War I
Franco-Prussian War
Prussian Army
Opole
Nysa
Franco-Prussian War
First World War
Polish
invasion of Poland
World War II
Australia
Belgium
British India
British Palestine
Canada

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