52 Pian di Coreglia (Chiabati, Genoa). The first evacuation occurred on 29 January, 1945 in blizzard conditions. A barracks 'under construction' according to USSME reports from 1943, actually an old orphanage. Stalag I-A was a German prisoner-of-war camp located near the village of Stablack, about 8.5 km (5.3 mi) north-west of Preuisch Eylau, East Prussia (now Bagrationovsk in Soviet Kaliningrad Oblast). In 1935 the Wehrmacht began to build a large military complex close to the town of Bergen in what was then the Province of Hanover and the barracks were completed in 1937. The camp was liberated by the U.S. 3rd Army on 5 May 1945. After another train journey the men were force marched from Kiefheide, with many men being bayoneted or shot before they reached Stalag Luft IV in Gross Tychow. The accommodation blocks were divided into rooms, each containing from 8 to 12 men. In the summer of 1943, Stalag XI-C (311) was dissolved and Bergen-Belsen became a branch camp of Stalag XI-B. Built as Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg in 1939, it was extended by the officer camp Oflag II-E in 1940 (renamed Oflag-67in February 1944). Nominal rolls for some Japanese camps are among papers prepared for a history of the RAF services in AIR 49/383-388, but they are generally disappointing. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans. 94 min Milag or Marine-Internierten-Lager (marine internment camp) These were merchant seamen internment camps, both these and Marlags were administered by the Kriegsmarine (German Navy). Clothing was misfit being the most dominant, gathered from what they could; the German government provided no clothing. Director: This camps commandant Calcaterra was killed by Italian Partisans in 1943, had this not happened he would have faced a war crimes tribunal for his brutality against the POWs in his charge. 'Imperial Prisoners of War held in Italy dated August 1943. They were made by individuals identified by MI9/IS9 lists as having been directly involved with an escape organisation or who had some other significant function within the POW camp's internal organisation. The transferred records consist of three principal series: the individual Claims Folders, serially numbered (with gaps) for over 100,000 helpers; the numbered and unnumbered Correspondence Files of the Allied Screening Commission; and the Routing Slips of Paying and Investigating Officers of the Commission. Stalag Luft II Litzmannstadt (Lodz -Poland), Camp for Soviet pilots in the district Litzmannstadt'u - Erzhausen (Lodz region today called Ruda Pabianicka at the south-western area of the city), the square of the current streets Oder (German Wallensteinerstrasse, from the south-west) Retmanskiej (German Paracelsusweg; from the north-west.) (10 days confined arrest completed on 8 May 1941). Also at Suwalki, Poland. Beds were for officers, elderly and the sick. The Germans used Stutthof prisoners as forced labourers. Reports from December30th 1942show 250 other ranks held here. Ben Macintyre and his 2022 book Colditz. It is now a tourist attraction and I signed up for a guided tour of the castle and grounds, learning more about its time as the Escapers Gaol, which spurred me on to write this blog, using official records at The National Archives. | Notable POWs who were held here include (briefly) Colditz inmate and escape officer Pat Reid who was held for 3 months before escaping, being recaptured and sent to Colditz where he finally escaped to freedom from later. Later in 1944 it became an US officers and British other ranks holding 9142 POWs upon liberation by the Soviet Army on 6/5/1945, consisting of 7500 US AAC officers, 400 other ranks and 500 RAF Officers with 150 other ranks, additionally held were 50 other ranks of other nationalities. Despite these precautions, Upham bolted from his little courtyard, straight through the German barracks and out through the front gate of the camp. On June 6, 1943 the camp was redesignated Oflag 64; it became an American officers-only camp with the arrival of officers captured in the North Africa Campaign in Tunisia. On the night of 17 September 1943 a large group of prisoners escaped. 31,665 July 1941: About 20,000 Soviet prisoners captured during Operation Barbarossa arrived. Stalag XVIII-A Wolfsberg Carinthia, Austria Location N/E 46-15, Stalag XVIII-A/Z Spittal Drau (Became Ilag 17) Carinthia, Austria Location N/E 46-13. Stalag was short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager. | Gross: | The case for the defence at War Crimes Tribunals after 1945 was often based on this, however, this was overruled as Germany had signed, and hence was argued to be in breach of the rules they had pledged to uphold, regardless of which countries' POWs they were dealing with. Colditz Castle, in eastern Germany, was built high on the slope of a hill and the Germans believed it was escape-proof.Throughout the war, they sent their most difficult POWs there. An excellent book on Colditz, much more realistic and rounded than some of the previous accounts which seemed to glamourise the legend. Location lists and additional aerial photographs of POW camps in Germany, Italy and Occupied Europe, including reports on transfers, are in AIR 14/1235-1240, and similar documentation on German camps occurs in AIR 40/227-231. Under contruction according to USSME reports in 1943. Stars: 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. A SHAEF report mentioned this camp was moved to the former Stalag XVIII a/z Spittal by Train in February 1945. Small groups of prisoners were employed also in Lodz factories. In 1939 as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact it was annexed by the Soviets and on July 26, 1941 was occupied by the Nazis and is now in the Ukraine. Sophia Myles, On December 1, 1941 the prisoner count was: 1664 Poles, 18,210 French, 2,871 Belgian, 2,459 British, 5,361 Serbians, 9,271 Soviets. Director: In June 1942 it was renumbered Oflag XII-B. In October 1942 the camp was repopulated with Jews and run by the infamous Amon Goth (Later the commandant of Plaszow KZ concentration camp) this had many thousands of Jews brought here from the Warsaw Ghetto, and these were the Jewish families (men, women and children) who were working for various German run firms in the locale, particularly the Toebbens uniform factory. Used as a Transit Camp. On 12 April 1945 large numbers were marched to Stalag VII-A, and on 16 April the camp was liberated by advance elements of the United States Army, Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruck Bei Bruck Austria Location N/E 48-16. The main camp was in Malschbach in Baden-Baden and was founded in November 1939. sub camps were at Wildbad and Stransbourg. March and April 1945 - about 8,000 Concentration camp prisoners are brought here from the Neuengamme concentration camp and placed in the enclosure that had been Marlag, Bar of milk or plain chocolate (often Cadbury's fruit and nut, or something similar), Tin of condensed milk (Klima Canadian instant milk beverageor else Carnation or Nestle brand). The camp was liberated by the U.S. Army on 3 April 1945. 117 min Campo PG 65, had been established in March at Gravina, about thirty miles inland from Bari. Opened 12/44, this is possibly either a redesignated Oflag IIa or a sub camp of Oflag IIa. The camp was liberated in May 1945. It then it became Oflag XXI-B for French and British Commonwealth officers, subsequently for Soviet officers until June 1943. Originally opened in September1942the camp reported having 81other ranks on 26th February 1943. In March 1943 it was moved to Schildberg (now Ostrzeszw) 18 miles south of Ostrw, taking over buildings previously used as a camp for wounded and sick British non-commissioned officers and designated Stalag XXI-A. 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. Stalag IV-D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia Location N/E 51-13. Action, Drama, War. On 14th September, German troops arrived to escort the prisoners northwards, to captivity in Germany, but not before hundreds of them had escaped into the hills. | Located just north of the town of Sudauen, East Prussia (now Suwalki, Poland). Water (often contaminated) POWs drank from ditches beside the road or ate snow when available. The camp was created in 1941 as the base camp for a number of work-camps (Arbeitskommando) for prisoners of war working in the mines and industries of Upper Silesia. POWs transferred to San Guiseppe Iato later. Initially, prisoners from the Merchant and Royal Navy were confined in several camps in northern Germany. All the recaptured escapers were well treated, and after serving their solitary confinement as punishment for the attempt were all transferred to Stalag Luft I. Neave went on to work as an intelligence agent for MI9 and served with the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. Stars: Prisoners lived in the soldiers barracks, equipped with 1-2 tables and a few stools, cupboards (one for two people) & mattresses. There was a report of a war crime here when 2 officers who had been recaptured after escaping were shot (one died). Some 20 miles (32 km) north of Genoa, this was a fortress on top of the hill overlooking the town. When the Italian armistice was announced on 8 September 1943 there were an estimated 80,000 Allied POWs in Italy. Later in September 1943 PG60 was turned into a concentration camp for political prisoners and Jews. The lower-ranking officers were incarcerated in the lower levels of the fortress. Attempted to walk out disguised as a woman. | Reports on the condition of British and Dominion PoWs in German and Japanese camps towards the end of the war occur in AIR 40/2361 and 2366. 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. As was usual for Stalags, many of the prisoners were located in Arbeitslager ("Work camps") on farms or adjacent to factories or other industrial operations. I have read most of the prisoners memoirs, most recently Peter Meanwhile, the column slowly headed east, finally crossing the River Elbe, north of Hamburg, on 18 April. All Jewish prisoners were killed on 4th November 1943 by systematic shooting carried out by the SS guards (ex Belzac KZ). This route into Switzerland was discovered by Larive in 1940 on his first escape attempt from an Oflag in Soest. Tins of coffee, which was hard to come by in Germany late in the war, served this same purpose in many camps. 14 sub work camps also at isola della scala, Lazise, Mozzecane, Vigasio, San Bernadino, Montecchia di Crosara, Legnano, Vendagadizza, Zevio, San Matino buon Albergo, Bonavigo, Oppeano & Angiari. The files BT 382/3232-3249 consist of an alphabetical series of printed cards relating to merchant seamen POWs of all nationalities. The main Dulag Luft camp at Frankfurt was the principal collecting point for intelligence derived from Allied POW interrogation. The French were joined in 1941 by Yugoslav and Soviet prisoners, then in late 1943 some 15,000 Italian military internees arrived, though most were quickly dispersed to other camps. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Located at Heydekrug- Pogegen (Pagegiai) in Lithuania. BAB -Bau-und Arbeits Battalion (construction battalion). Located at Schirwindt (Sirvintos) in Lithuania. The USSME reports from 26/2/43 show 2714 POWs here. It was 'under construction' according to reports in 1943. In early 1945 Polish Officers, inmates of Oflag II-D Gross-Born and Oflag II-C Woldenberg, were marched westwards and finally reached Oflag X-C. By the middle of June only Soviet prisoners remained, these were eventually exchanged for British and American POWs in Soviet hands, near Graz. 351 officers held here as of 26/2/43originally opened April1941. Postal records show this camp as being under the control of the SS. After the Fascist authorities left Perugia and the British arrived at Sant'Arcangelo on 19 June they were eventually rowed to safety by the island's fishermen, to whom a monument has been erected in the open space next to the Lace Museum. Who knew that "other ranks" weren't permitted to escape? Walk towards gate disguised as German officer, Escaped through window of solitary confinement, Escaped from Zeitz Hospital, recaptured then escaped en route to Dsseldorf prison, Under theatre out of guardhouse as German officers, Escaped from military hospital in Gnaschwitz, Broke into German quarters to steal uniform, Replaced French orderly on working party. Published and available only at Auschwitz/Birkenau itself this book is a definitive work on the various camps including all the work details. Opened 02/41 Closed 10/44 - mostly French officers. the areas where Stalags began with the number II), this was a forced marchaway from the soviet armys advance in awful weather, taking up to 3 months in total, up to 8,000 men some suffering with dysentry were marched away, stragglers being shot or dying of hypothermia during this ordeal. Edward Fox, Approved In 1941 some 300 of these took part in the Nazi propaganda film Germanin. The first one was in Siedlce, and the second was titled in the following towns: Suchozebry and Will Suchozebrska. In August 1943 the first American prisoners arrived having been taken prisoner in Tunisia. The main camps were all designated PG prigionieri di Guerra, although they were also abbreviated 'CC' meaning Campo diconcentramento. German and Italian camps! Fort 13 (XIII) named after Karola Kniaziewicza. 53 British POWs held at a Brick factory on the road between Meissen & Oschatz. They carried two blankets, and an overcoat for bedding. In May 1940 as the building work progressed small groups of Polish officers were transferred in from other POW camps. In May 1945 the camp was liberated by the Red Army. At Colditz, there were more than 30 successful escape attempts including ten by British and Commonwealth Officers. Camps were split into military districts these were as follows: Please note when searching for camps' names, these will not only be listed by type and number but also location. Within four days, 20 had been captured and returned to the camp. It is known that many men who were POW are missing and so it's worth checking the other sources noted in this tutorial. Some prisoners were bayoneted; others kicked and hit. | From January 1944, Wietzendorf was the site of one of the largest camps for Italian officers known as Oflag 83. Peter Parker, Corran Purdon, Approved Under normal conditions the camps had a capacity of 5,300. 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. They awoke one morning to discover that their guards had deserted them. Within the camp, British POWs were controlled by the Senior British Officer (SBO) or Senior British Non-Commissioned Officer (SBNCO). Located at Cividale del Friuli, 75 miles north east of Venice. Further back stands a stone structure enclosing the toilets. [6] A popular diversion was provided by the "Milag Jockey Club" which held race meetings every Saturday evening. The camp was built in 1939 and designated Stalag I-C. At first it held Polish POWs, then from 1940 also French and Belgians, and from 1941 Soviet. You should note, as with all historical records that any of these will be a snapshot in time of when the record was made originally & as such there are inevitable errors and ommissions, only by checking multiple sources (where available) can any certainty be possible. Fourteen British officers were killed and 46 were wounded. Other reports on POW camps are held in CO 980 and HO 215. For completeness however, theyare listed below, where no address is listed it is probable that the local barracks also housed the records office. For three months after their removal the camp was used as a transit camp for Soviet prisoners. The camp was established on a military training ground in September 1939 to detain Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Opole. By July 1944 it housed 9,000 Allied airmen. 54 Passo Corese/ Fara in Sabina, Rieti (Rome). 34795 (4168 British) POWs with 340 officers held here. Other reports have the number at as many as 2,000 in the column. 117 min Two days, later, on January 23, 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet 61st Army. The camp itself was about one mile from the town railway station in Urbisaglia. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. On the prisoners' side of the fence, a wire ran parallel with the fence, staked to the ground approximately ten feet from the fence, six to eight inches above the ground. The castle sits on a steep hill overlooking the Mulde River as it flows through the small Saxon town of Colditz, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Leipzig. In 1941 more prisoners arrived from the Balkans Campaign mostly British and Yugoslavians (mostly Serbs). The space between the two fences was a tangled mass of barbed-wire. Stalag IX-C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar Location N/E 51-11, Stalag IX-C/Z Muhlausen Sachen, Prussia Location N/E 51-10. District V In the Far south-west of German, the nearest large city being Posen. In 1944, as forced labour by concentration camp prisoners became increasingly important in armaments production, a Focke-Wulf aircraft factory was constructed at Stutthof. During the conflict, over 20 million standard food parcels were sent. The first Senior British Officer (SBO) was Wing Commander Harry Day. These buildings were not adjacent to each other and were surrounded by barbed-wire fences. POWs hired out to military and civilian contractors were supposed to receive pay and to get a least one day a week of rest. There was a hospital located near here at Saandhof & Stolzenberg and 350 British & US and 200 other ranks were there on March 17th 1945. It was located 2 km (1.2 mi) north of the Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee. The location listed for this camp in the SHAEF report of February 1945: 53 degrees 31 minutes 17 seconds north, 13 degrees 17 minutes east. The War Diary of MI9, the division of Military Intelligence that dealt with escapers and evaders of all services, is in WO 165/39, while its papers including files concerning all aspects of the department's work are in WO 208/3242-356. The camp housed Polish officers and orderlies and had an area of 25 hectares (62 acres) with 25 brick huts for prisoners and another six for kitchens, class-rooms, theatre, and administration. A huge camp with many compounds and work sites away from the main camp, in fams and factories, partially within the old castle of Malbork. Researchers should note that these reports mostly relate to the European, Mediterranean or North Africa theatres of war. 37 officers held here as of 26/2/43 originally opened September 1941. By the end of the war, the total number of dead had increased to 50,000. One ladder collapsed, so of the 41 involved, only 28 escaped the camp, and only three of those made it home. District XII -Nearest city Dresden, in the North East of Germany. Drama, History, War. Through an air shaft into Kommandantur, then as workers through gate. Hot showers and barbers were available, and an issue of clothing, though poor in quality, satisfied an urgent need. Oh, were they wrong! Stalag XX-B Marienburg Danzig Location N/E 54-19 (now Malbork Poland). James Fox, It was supposed to be the most secure German POW camp so was specifically used as the prison of last resort for Allied officers who had previously attempted escape or were otherwise high risk. Included are POWs of all services and Merchant navy held in Germany or German-occupied territory and also in Italy. Here, the International Committee of the Red Cross arranged for their shipment to POW camps and other detention centres throughout Europe. There were several escape attempts, but only two were successful. Prisoners held in Italy: post-armistice escape reports. An alphabetical list of British and Dominion Air Force PoWs in German hands in 1944-1945 is in AIR 20/2336. By the end of October 1940 all these prisoners had been transferred to other camps, and the castle was then used to accommodate evacuee children from Hamburg and Berlin. 161 min On 14 April 1945, as the U.S. Army approached, the officers were marched out of the camp. Moosburg was the central point in Southern Germany for the distribution of Red Cross parcels. Destroyed by air raids and fire in late 1944 - POWs transferred to Dulag Metzlar. It is possible that the large number or escape attempts and the close proximity to the Swiss border (only 110 km/68 miles away) prompted the authorities to move the prisoners. Those who died in Stalag XXA were buried in the garrison military cemetery except Soviet POWs who were buried in a mass grave in the forest near Stalag 312, between Glinki and Cierpice. 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. The treatment was a repetition of previous camps, with the exception of food, of which there was virtually none. This was a forced labour camp located some 22 miles from the city of Lubin and was used as a German army camp from 1939 until 1941. Used from November 1943 onwards, Pissiguano , previously called cc77. David McCallum, The head of the prison was a former school teacher, who knew that putting all of the bad boys in the same class was not a good idea, but he followed the rules for the treatment of military prisoners. As of 26th February 1943 this housed 1008 men of all ranks but by30th June 1943 this camp housed: 5 Officers, 344 other ranks and was split thus: 323 British, 11 Australians & 15 South Africans. 52 degrees 32 minutes North, 11 degrees 52 minutes south map reference Z950510. Stalag 316 Wolknowysk (Vawkavysk, Belarus). As the war progressed, prisoners of other nationalities arrived at Stalag V-A. Size salary was dependent of your military rank and was for Colonel 150 (eg, Brigadier 180), Col. 120, Major 108, Captain 98, Lt. 81, Lieutenant 72. Colditz Castle, German Schloss Colditz, German prisoner-of-war camp in World War II, the site of many daring escape attempts by Allied officers. For security reasons Appendix A had a very limited circulation, Consists of military information and intelligence which was distributed to the Armed Forces and other interested departments. The perimeter fence was electrified and there was also two searchlight towers that covered the exercise yard. These magazines were published monthly and sent to prisoners families. 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. Names and addresses of helpers and their descriptions (where necessary) were included. These were in desperate conditions and it was decided to liberate the camp immediately. The camp Dulag Nord was located between Marlag and Milag. In Rommel's second offensive on Tobruk in June 1942, most of the South African 2nd Division was captured. Collective alphabetical listings of POWs (as opposed to individual pouches) are contained in BT 373/3717-3722. The castle, that overlooks the town of Colditz in Saxony . (3 days confined arrest 13-16 Dec 1941). From November 1944 to early January 1945 American soldiers captured in various operations during the Allied drive eastward arrived. In June 1941 the massive influx of Soviet prisoners from Operation Barbarossa began. As a sub-camp of Ilag VII, it was designated Ilag VII/Z. Known as Kommendantur Stalag 20A it remained the HQ until the end of the war. Everyone would scramble for what they could get. They were transferred to other camps, and the camp was closed on 29 October 1941. Opened 09/40 closed 04/45, also listed under 'Warburg'. The major subcamps were Thorn and Elbing. There was also a sub work camp at Casemasce di Todi for the Todi road. The roll for Changi is fuller and is in AIR 40/1899-1906. The huts were about 75yds by 10yds and contained two tier beds for up to 200 prisoners. Ian Dalrymple 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. The following morning they caught a train to Tuttlingen and walked to the Swiss border. 130 south African POWs housed in wooden huts worked at a nearby briquette factory. 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. Nevertheless, Upham prised open the toilet window and jumped onto the tracks, knocking himself unconscious. POWs were moved out of this camp on March 10th 1944 towards Germany. Mobile gas wagons were also used to complement the maximum capacity of the gas chamber (150 people) when required. The POW population in Stalag XVII B was around 100,000 with up to 40,000 in the camp proper and another 60,000 prisoners outside the camp assigned to Arbeitskommando (Work Detail) groups to provide labour for nearby farms, factories and businesses. 'Moritz' and 'Max' (second dummy) were made of plaster by a fellow Polish POW and painted by another Dutch POW, Lieutenant Diederick van Lynden. When a wagon was not available and a POW fell out along the road, a German guard would drop back and a shot would be heard. Each hut held approximately 50 prisoners, and each compound had 20 huts, the Hut Commander slept in an area which doubled as an admin office. The camp was clean and living conditions were satisfactory. Suffixes on camps relate to their parent camp: i.e. The camp was originally built as barracks for German Army infantry early in 1939 and consisted of concrete single storey buildings on a plateau north-west of the town. 183 British POWs held at the village of Markrandstadt. Marlag und Milag Nord was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp complex for men of the British Merchant Navy and Royal Navy. They were forced to march under guard about 1520 miles (2432 km) per day. Some were used for completing the camp construction while housed in tents during the winter. Colditz Castle 1943. Most POWs captured in the North Africa campaign were handed onto the Italians for processing. The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. District XXI Nearest city Saarbrucken, Germany, on the French border. The camp itself was large, but it was split up into nationalities, British, Poles, Indians, and Soviets. Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg Om Main Bavaria Location N/E 50-10. 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. To make room for them many of the Poles were forced to give up their status as POWs and become civilian slave labourers. Stars: Many others were billeted in Arbeitskommando working in factories, repairing railways or on farms. 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