What a Line Up!
Camp Administration and Background, Commemoration, Escape and Evasion, Events, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Post-war experiences, Treatment and WelfareWhat a line up of quality speakers we have secured for POW80!
What a range of topics they will cover!
What a huge opportunity to learn from experts and share your own relative's story.
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New versions and purchase options for the The Lamsdorf Series of books.
Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, News, Published accounts, Recreation, Treatment and WelfareEssential reading for people with connections to or interest in the lives of POWs held in one of the largest POW camps in Europe.
Compiled by Philip Baker, leading expert on the lives of WWII POWs and the founder of the Online Memorial and…
The POW Watch
Escape and Evasion, In CampDuring WWII the famous watch maker Rolex introduced a novel approach to watch sales. Read more in the Rolex Encyclopaedia
POW80 Commemorating 80 years since the release of Allied Prisoners from Europe
Commemoration, Escape and Evasion, Events, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, News, Post-war experiences, Treatment and WelfarePOW80, at the Midland Hotel Manchester on 7th June 2025, provides a unique opportunity to commemorate and remember the liberation of Allied Prisoners of War II and the sacrifices they made.
We will remember them!
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Protecting Power’s visit to Stalag VIIIB Teschen and Stalag 344. January 1945
Camp Administration and Background, In Camp, Long MarchesFrom Brian Cooper. 28/12/2024
A Protecting Power Delegate made a visit to Stalag VIIIB Teschen starting 17th January. And a visit to Stalag 344 Lamsdorf on the afternoon of 22nd January. En route to Stalag 344 the Delegate stopped at work…
Typhus
In Camp, Treatment and WelfareThere were several outbreaks of Typhus at Stalag VIIIB (344) Lamsdorf, and at VIIIF, the Soviet POW's camp. The difference was that at VIIIB the medical officers enforced what would now be called a lock-down.
A lot of the British and other…
Harry Drew’s war
Capture, Escape and Evasion, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, War DiaryWith the kind permission of Major Nigel Capel we are pleased to provide access to
HARRY DREW’S WAR
(COMPRISING THE WARTIME LOG OF,
AND DEPICTING VARIOUS OTHER WW2
AND ARMY SERVICE ITEMS BELONGING TO,
LANCE SERGEANT HENRY RICHARD (HARRY)…
Thomas James Edwards’ War Diary
Capture, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, War DiarySgt. Thomas James Edwards, known as “Jim” to his friends and family, was also my Grandpa. He served in the RAF with the 502 Squadron during World War II. In September 1942, his plane was shot down, and he became a prisoner of war at Stalag…
Lieutenant Dudley Stewart-Smith’s diaries 1918
Capture, In Camp, Treatment and Welfare, War DiarySome account of my stay in Germany as a prisoner of war and of the curious people I met there, beginning on April 18th, the date on which I was captured at Givenchy, when serving with the 1st Black Watch.
It is said that as soon as a man…
The case of Wadim GREENEWICH
Capture, In Camp, Treatment and WelfareFrom Brian Cooper. 13/07/024. Data source: UK National Archives FO 950/1151
Mr Greenewich, a naturalised British citizen, was employed in the Passport Control Office of the British Legation in Sofia. He was held in Germany from 25 May 1942…