However many of them were located in sub-camps. The source roster for Italian camps has however been located and have been completely transcribed on this site -these come directly from the National Archives reference WO392/21. At one time, they travelled 40 miles, only advancing a few. Other reports have the number at as many as 2,000 in the column. 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. There are some surviving BAOR (British Army Of the Rhine) reports reference WC/C/243 (war crimes) regarding the forced marches from Nebrandenburg camps to the Schwerin area in 1945 these can now be found at the national archives under reference WO209/1047. This was the camp for USAAF NCOs until 13 October 1943 when all 1,900 were transferred to Stalag 17B. Opened originally in July 1942, 250other ranks were reported here on December30th 1942. Men of all nationalities were brought to Colditz from 1941 on. The camp housed around 2,500 British and 900 other commonwealth and allied nations' POWs and 7,500 USAAF in huts (10 x 12 metres) for 15 men with 3 tier bunks. 6,980 POWs held here all British in 1942 On Feb 26th 19437,314 were recorded as POWs. Between 1939 and 1945 1 million POWs of 46 nations passed through. Stars: In September 1942 the British prisoners were transferred to other camps, and were replaced with Polish officers, with 1,077 brought from Romania, where they had been interned since September 1939, and another 1,500 transferred from other camps in Germany. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. By the middle of June only Soviet prisoners remained, these were eventually exchanged for British and American POWs in Soviet hands, near Graz. | It is reputed that the German Camp Commandant at the time (Major Rumpel), gave the escapers a case of champagne with the words "Better luck next time, even if I'm not supposed to say so". Adventure, Drama, War. Vas du das Krieg est uber" - "For You the War is over." Originally a Hitler Jugend camp, then in October 1939 it housed Polish POWs, and after the fall of Belgium/France it came to cram in around 30,000, originally designed for half that number. Many prisoners escaped into the Apennine Mountains when guards deserted as the Italian Armistice was announced on 8th September 1943. He was also recaptured. 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. Originally most soldiers and officers had been released after the end of the Norwegian campaign, but as resistance activities increased, the officers were rearrested and sent to POW camps. Red Cross parcels were not permitted to be sent to the disarmed prisoners of the Axis forces after the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945 as they were not classified as POWs at this stage. November 1939 - Polish officers and a small number of orderlies were transported to Hadamar from other collection camps in Poland. Housed up to 2,000 eastern European POWs, this was the biggest POW camp in Umbria. The Locations may be in German and also the country's language they are now located in. Bernard Lee, Names and addresses of helpers and their descriptions (where necessary) were included. This camp was moved to Hammelburg in April 1943 under the same designation. 49 British POWs held at the local Railway Station of Elstorwerda- Biela. Eric Portman, David Lean Until it closed in August 1944, nearly 17000 POWs were housed here for some time. On 22 June 1943, all reserve officers of the Belgian Army held at Oflag II-A in Prenzlau were moved to Oflag X-D Fischbek. Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg Mecklenberg location N/E 53-13. 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. In September 1939 an Internment Camp for enemy civilians was created within the buildings of the Sturmabteilung (SA) camp at the rally grounds. Stalag 20A was enlarged in the second half of 1941, from Torun-Podgorza in the direction of Glinki. After the Soviet takeover (in 1945) it was until 1949 a special camp, NKVD-camp Nr. But then the train stopped in Stettin for unloading, they switched to another car loaded with sacks of barley destined for Aachen in western Germany, which they reached four days later. Equally, there were stalags which only had officers in them so nominally called a Stalag but in reality, more an Oflag, these were typically a compound of a larger POW camp housing other ranks also, or a Stalag Luft where most aircrews were officer grades. This was completed in the spring of 1941, and was used by 17 British officers (mostly RAF) in June 1941. According to the Third Geneva Convention of 1929 and its predecessor, the Hague Convention of 1907, Section IV, Chapter 2, those camps were only for prisoners of war, not civilians. This report from Wikipedia and various eye witness accounts: The count was held up the morning of the march as the MOC (Man of Confidence) was in negotiation with the Kommandant for the safety of the men who were too sick for the march. Built on what had been the training camp at Hammelburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The northernmost POW camp in nazi occupied Europe. After the Allied bombing raids on Wilhelmshaven in February 1942 this facility was moved to Westertimke. By the spring of 1942 an estimated 18,000 had died of hunger and disease, mainly typhus fever. George Takei, Ultimately, the confused situation meant that by the end of 1943 some 50,000 POWs had been rounded-up and transported to camps in Germany. Situated near Lauchammer between a foundry and a gun finishing factory, no information on POWs held. A little known detail is that although Germany signed the agreement on the date of the issue they ratified it in 1934 (- after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor in March 1933)! Fort 15 (XV) named after Jaroslwaw Dabrowskiego. There were several escape attempts, but only two were successful. In reality, overall victory in Italy took far longer than anticipated. The camp covered an area of 35 hectares (86 acres). The first HQ was in Fort 17, but during the first half of 1940, the camp authorities were moved to a two-storey house, now in Okolna Street, opposite Fort 13. | Jumps over wall of exercise area of Colditz town jail. Naturally all incoming and outgoing mail was censored. A basic Tent camp at Foligno, used as a transit camp to camps in Germany, this was designated for Prisoners for eastern Europe. h means hauptlager main camp, z means zweiglager or a sub camp. Twice as many KL inmates were then housed in, the already overcrowded, British POW barracks here. There were seven sub camps, including Gamba, Cremona and Torbole. 42521 (4546 British) POWs with 1029 officers in total held at this camp and the surrounding work camps. Also, Papers dealing with the treatment of British POWs in German hands are in DEFE 2/1126-1128. Others were sent to work on farms. German and Italian camps! The 1st Anzacs arrived in 1941 after processing at Capua, this became an officers only camp later in 1942 with the transfer of most other ranks to Udine PG 57 and then back to a mixed ranks camp later in 1943. 5879272 Sergeant C H Jones Pioneer Regiment died 15/8/1942. The report also confirms which permanent camps the POW was held in, making this record fairly definitive. Located at Hadamar, near Limburg an der Lahn in western Germany. Also at Suwalki, Poland. Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive were placed in Stalag II-A. Campo PG 65, had been established in March at Gravina, about thirty miles inland from Bari. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. | In June 1942 the Polish officers were transferred to other camps, such as Oflag VII-A Murnau and Oflag VI-B, Dssel. Attempted to walk out disguised as a woman. 126 POWs held here as of 26th February1943, originally opened July 1942. November 21st brought hundreds of wounded prisoners from the field hospitals. On 24 July, 68 Dutch officers arrived, mostly members of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, who had refused to sign a declaration that they would take no part in the war against Germany. Director: He and five other prisoners were to leave the castle disguised as a work party removing clothes from the clothing store, four to be dressed as Polish orderlies, one disguised as a German officer, the other as a German soldier. In April 1943 Oflag XIII-B was opened nearby, with officers transferred from Oflag XIII-A at Nuremberg. This camp consisted of high ranking officers, mostly of the rank Major and above. | 1,015 Officers held here as of 26/2/43 originally opened October 1942. Mervyn Johns, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. The camp itself was large, but it was split up into nationalities, British, Poles, Indians, and Soviets. Reaction to the armistice varied from camp to camp. The Camp was used for Austrian POWs in 1915 until 1918 and reopened as a POW camp in WWII in February 1941. P.G. Aalsmeer Restricted Residence For Civilians Aalsmeer Holland, Air Corps Transit Camp Verona Italy 45-11, Amsterdam Restricted Residence For Civilians Amsterdam Holland 52-05, Bad Godesberg Lazarett (Serves Stalag XVII-A) Godesberg Rheinland, Prussia 50-07, Bad Soden-Salmunster Hospital (Serves Stalag IX- Bad Soden Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09, Bad Sulze Hospital (Serves Stalag IX-C) Bad Sulze Saxe-Weimar 51-11, Bagno A Ripoli Florence (Firenze) Italy 43-11, Bagnolo-Piano Civilian Internment Camp Bagnolo-Piano Italy 44-10, Beujon Hospital For Civilians Clichy France 49-02, Bratislava POW Camp Bratislava Czechoslovakia 48-17, Brenners Park-Hotel Baden-Baden Baden (Civilian Internment Camp) 48-08, Brens Civilian Internment Camp Tarn France 44-02, Brevannes Sanitorium For Civilians Paris France 49-02, Brides Les Bains Civilian Internment Camp Brides Les Bains France 45-06, Camp Chumen (Shumla) Chumen Bulgaria 43-27, Camp De Gurs Civilian Internment Camp Basses-Pyrenees France 43-01, Camp de Noe Civilian Internment Camp Noe France 43-01, Camp Leled, Near Esztergom, Hungary 47-19, Camp San Tomaso Della Fossa Civilian Internment Camp Near Bagnolo-Piano Italy 45-11, Casablanca POW Camp Morocco North Africa 33-07, Compiegne Civilian Internment Camp (Subordinate to Frontstalag 122) Compiegne France 49-03, Concentration Camp Buchenwald (Near Weimar) Thuringia, Germany 51-11, Deutscher Luftwaffen Lazarett 203, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Deutscher Luftwaffen Teil, Lazarett 201, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Egendorf Hospital (Serves Stalag IX-C) Egendorf Thuringia, Germany 51-11, Elsterhorst Hospital 742 (Serves Stalag 4-C & 4-A) Elsterhorst Saxony 51-14, Eppenhain Hospital Eppenhain Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 49-08, Feldpost 31703(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 10.10.1944 Armee-Gefangenen-Sammelstelle 59 -POW gathering area -Dulag. 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