Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09: BRUCE, ROBERT C: Army. Washington, DC 20024-2126 ): 80 Number of Pages (Exact): 2 Legibility: Easily Legible Text Document Format: Typed Document Place of Incarceration: POWs slept on double-decker bunk beds under two blankets. http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=644&cat=WR26. Brinley William Francis. The camp housed prisoners from at least eight countries, including Americans, which began arriving in December 1944. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. German rations were neither regular nor adequate. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. Pte. It was located south of the railway tracks. Ten POWs were killed. Andrew George Donaldson. William Thornley Royal Artillery. WO Alexander Aaron. Barker Cyril. Practically all the men shaved at every opportunity and kept their appearance as neat as possible under the circumstances. Briley Scott Andrew. Deans was taken to the commander of VIII Corps and explained the situation. He was given a captured Mercedes car and drove back to Gresse. Border Regiment, Gnr. He never ever spoke about the experiences he'd had. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. [1] In April 1945 the camp was liberated by the Soviet Red Army. 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. Bailey Carl William. The U.S. National Archives (archives.gov) has put a searchable database of a painting) which was created prior to 1973. (1,800 1,772 pixels, file size: 375 KB, MIME type: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:POWs_at_Stalag_11B_at_Fallingbostel_in_Germany_welcome_their_liberators,_16_April_1945._BU3661.jpg&oldid=686487565, War Office Second World War Official Collection, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Smith (Sgt), This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the. There they were issued with Red Cross parcels,[10] but were then unfortunately strafed by British Typhoon fighter-bombers, mistaking them for German troops. Records from Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Some pages will have more, some will not. He was later found to be aprisoner of war. {{User:F/IWM | description = {{en|''POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel in Germany welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. If you do not find a name use the different Search options within the Site. This page was last edited on 3 September 2022, at 21:39. IWM collections. Bandurka Leopold. A disorganised column of 1,200 marched out into the cold and snow. Forward platoons of D Company were taken prisoner and sent to Stalag 11B, Fallingbostal. These additional online resources from the U.S. These were transmitted to distant Kommandos by rail and to nearby units by German Army trucks. The soup was, as a rule, typical watery German soup, but several times POW got a good, thick dried-pea soup. Search names within this list, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Gdsm. 18 A cemetery containing the bodies of 1,433 dead Soviet prisoners was located in a forested area about a kilometer from the camp; these prisoners were . Bread, the most important item, was not issued regularly. If you don't have an account please register. Guards lived in a small room opening onto the Americans' quarters. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or. POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945. to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. Contact the Archive to have a name included. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. [7] The men marched from the camp in columns of 2,000. Area abbreviations are ET= European Theatre, G= Germany, F= France. Adams Alan. 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. Sometimes they slept unsheltered on the ground; sometimes they were fortunate enough to find a heated barn. World War II Prisoners of War records online at More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. Former occupation: Steward. Private William Hearn was reported missing 18 January 1943in Libya. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. - Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. The Museums Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site: View all names in this list [7] The infirmary was also the focal point of the Polish resistance organization Odra, and Mroczkiewicz was its member. He had a great attitude and felt that his life was spared because he was in a POW camp. Faced with frequent escapes from the camp and its subcamps, the Germans gradually deported the Polish POWs to other camps. [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. 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. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. [1] In September 1939 the huts were fenced in and designated Stalag XI-B. [13], Stalag IX-B was the administrative centre for POW work details in the region. Lacking huts the Russian prisoners initially lived in dugouts. Pte. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. Contact the Archive to have a name included. Japan. Spr. The search field can be used to search by name, serial number, camp, and other fields. Additional fences formed compounds and sub-compounds. Parcels were stored in the guards' room until issued. [8] The organization was involved in intelligence, diversion and sabotage actions. Kenneth Samuel Charles Hooper 6 Troop 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Sgt. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. Stalag IV B was liberated by the Red Army on 23 April 1945. K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, WJ Manning 3rd Sqd. Jacobs Joseph. On warm days the Germans withheld part of the fuel ration. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW [11], Thus at Dahlen on 67 March the column dwindled to some 900 American POWs. 5=Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases. After 10 days they arrived at Gresse, east of the Elbe. Burtenshaw Laurance John . Drvr/Cpl [1] To make room for them, many of the Poles were forced to relinquish their POW status to become civilian slave laborers, in a violation of the Geneva Conventions, and some were offered to sign on the Volksliste. [1], In total around 30,000 Soviet POWs died in Stalag XI-B and XI-D. Another 734 POW from the United States, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, South Africa, Canada, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia died in XI-B and 357. 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 Orderable at item level, Have you found an error with this catalogue description? This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. You can embed or download low-resolution images free of charge for private and non-commercial use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. List Type: Registration / register List Organized By: Place of Persecution Sex: Male Language: French Persecution Status: Prisoners of War Number of Persons (Est. Within the American enclosure were the playing field, workshops and dispensary, showers, and delouser. Dvr. He was one of the twelve Dutch commandos who were attached to the 1st Airborne for Operation Market Garden at Arnhem. Private George Robins, 5 Troop, from Consett,County Durham, was wounded and taken prisoner of war during operations at Salerno, Italy. [3] In December 1940, 1,691 Polish prisoners were recorded as being there. Stalag IVG The list, however, reads IVB Stalag IV-B - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stalag IVB . ''
POWs at Stalag 11B at Fallingbostel welcome their liberators, 16 April 1945.}} Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 BARNETT, Edgar Albert Lance Bombardier 933008 No 7 Commando Royal Artillery Main telephone: 202.488.0400 Pte. Notes: The records do not include all prisoners of war and contain some errors. L/Cpl. Barracks were divided in two by a centre washroom which had twenty taps. 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. 1944 Germany Stalag 333 POW Prisoner of War Postcard Cover . Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The average tour of duty on a farm Kommando lasted indefinitely. [11], On 28 January 1945, POWs received instructions to be ready to evacuate the camp at 08:00 hours the following morning. Stalag IV B was the largest POW camp on German soil during the Second World War and was opened in September 1939. SSgt. Through the activity of some of the key NCOs, Red Cross food was obtained from POW camps passed by the column on the march. Freeborn Joseph James. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. [4] Eventually POWs of various nationalities were sent to numerous forced labour subcamps (Arbeitskommando) located in various cities, towns and villages in Pomerania and northern Greater Poland. Bell Frank. When it was needed most it was never available. When 1,200 men had assembled on the road, the remaining 500 were allowed to stay in the barracks. Banfield John Cecil. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. William Francis Brinley 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group (H), He married Margaret Gormley during his service in 1941. 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. The rest of the column proceeded to Marlag X-C, Westertimke, where they met the men they had left behind at Stalag II-B who had left on 18 February, reached Stalag X-B after an easy three-day trip, and then moved on to adjacent Marlag X-C on 16 April. Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. This Commando Veterans Archive website is ownedand managed, independently of the Association. [1] In MayJune 1940, during and following the German invasion of France and Belgium, French and Belgian prisoners began to arrive. Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Brooks Joseph John. Cpl. 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. At the top of somepages is'What links here'. [6], On the initiative of the Polish POWs, a camp infirmary was organized, led by Polish doctor and POW Edmund Mroczkiewicz. For the next three months, the column was on the move, marching an average of 22 kilometres (14mi) a day 6 days a week. Camp history [ edit] The following list of names are search results for Camp = 089, "Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09". Pte. 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. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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! Another 10,000 Soviet officers were accommodated in XI-B. In August 1943 the first American prisoners arrived, having been taken prisoner in the Tunisian campaign. Despite these extremely crowded barracks, conditions contrasted well with the Russian barracks which held as many as 1,000 POWs apiece. [2], In late 1943 a large number of Italian POW arrived at XI-B. Corporal Robert Hollingshead was reported missing 2June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war from 1 June 1941. 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. Emmett William Roy. Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially. 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. Stalag II-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp situated 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) west of the town of Hammerstein, Pomerania (now Czarne, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) on the north side of the railway line. 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. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. 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. Kdo means kommando, in this case most probably an Arbeit Kommando, and Bhrigen is a . privacy policy, Need more context? The conditions for Soviet prisoners in Stalag IX B were similar to those in other camps for Soviet POWs, and the inhumane treatment they received resulted in a high death rate; for example, in 1942, 1,430 Soviet prisoners died in the camp. [1] Polish POWs recalled miserable living conditions and harassment by . John M. McMahan, the "Man of Confidence" (MOC) (a prisoner selected to liaise with the camp authorities) set up a plan of organisation based on 25-man groups and 200 man companies with NCOs in charge. Pte. T/Sgt. Private AndrewRoss was reported missing June 1940. Bessanson Al. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. Ball William Leonard. Thus at the end of May 1944, although the strength was listed as 4,807, only 1,000 of these were in the enclosure. Add a Name to this List If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. The Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, The names in this collection were made searchable through the World Memory Project, UNRRA selected records AG-018-008 : European Regional Office (ERO). Stalag 11A (341) Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. [2] Fallingbostel is currently a base of the British 7th Armoured Brigade of British Forces Germany. 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