Arriving at Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf
Camp Administration and Background, In Camp
Many of the Prisoners arriving at Lamsdorf were transported by rail in cattle trucks, and we unloaded at a railway halt about a mile from the camp, at a hamlet now known as Sowin, but in those days called Annahof. The railway halt is still…
Salt Mines
WorkWhatever some returning POWs might have claimed; there were no POW Working Parties in salt mines.
No POWs worked in salt mines. There were no salt mines anyway!
During the second world war the nearest salt mine to Krakow was the Wieliczka…
Derek Cotton Liberation from an Italian Camp
Escape and Evasion, In CampThe attached account describes life in and liberation from an un-named Italian camp. The account includes the names of a number of other POWs.
Other than the name the author is not identified. It may, or may not be https://www.prisonersofwarmuseum.com/prisoners/cotton/
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Dan Billany – Excerpt from ‘The Trap’
Capture, In CampDan Billany was an author. He wrote books before and during the war. Sadly, he was mortally wounded - the incident is described in the attached excerpt from one of his latter books "The Trap":
http://www.pennilesspress.co.uk/annexe/dan_billany.htm
Thomas Keith Townsend – his involvement in WW2
Capture, In Camp, Prisoner of War Photographs, RecreationThe following wonderful history of Thomas Keith Townsend (known as Keith) was submitted by Keith’s stepson Rod McMahon.
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A Wartime Log by C V Richardson
Capture, In Camp, Treatment and Welfare, War DiaryThis log opens with the following words:
November 15, 1943
Dear Friend,
When the folks at home ask us to choose and send you something special on their behalf, they confront is with a not-too-easy problem. The ―War-time Log‖ is one…
John Stephen Morum – The War Years
Capture, Escape and Evasion, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, War DiaryJOHN STEPHEN MORUM - HIS-STORY AS NARRATED TO HIS DAUGHTER HELEN. [added comments – by Roy, his son]
We both signed on [John and his brother Ross] when the war broke out, with the First Witwatersrand Rifles. That regiment was later broken…
Frederick Read – A War Fought Behind The Wire
Capture, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Post-war experiences, Treatment and Welfare, War Diary'A War Fought Behind The Wire' is Frederick Read's tale of life in the British army, 1925 - 1947, including his war-time experiences.
A WAR FOUGHT BEHIND THE WIRE (86 pages)