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 Long March – Extracts from the Diary of Alan Forster, POW 3921
Firsthand Long March Accounts, Published accountsThe Long March.
Extracts from the Diary of Alan Forster, POW 3921, Stalag VIIIB, October 1944 - May 1945, transcribed by Bill Forster.
From from BBC 'WW2 Peoples' War', an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public…
Robert Buckham’s long march
Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Published accounts, Treatment and WelfareRobert Buckham, a Pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, started his long march from Stalag Luft III.
In later years he told his story in 'Diary Of A WW2 Prisoner: How I Survived A Nazi Death March | Forced March To Freedom'
Watch the…
JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY BOY and an unwilling guest of Hitler – The Life of Ken Latheron
Capture, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Post-war experiences, Published accounts, Treatment and Welfare, War DiaryThe Life of Ken Latheron. Compiled and edited by Julia Stephen.
"For some years my friends and relations have asked me to write my memories of the
Second World War and of my incarceration in various Stalags in Poland and Upper
Silesia. This…
British and Commonwealth POWs in Czechoslovakia & Upper Silesean Territory during the Second World War
Documentation, Published accounts, ResearchThis paper was written by Zdeněk Konečný & František Mainuš was published in 1966.
1966 Article On British POWs By Czech Historians (C Historica 13 1966 1 9)
Frank Spike Hughes Gallery
Published accounts, War DiaryThe illustrated Wartime Diary of Frank 'Spike' Hughes RAF, a Prisoner of War at Stalag VIIIB (344) Lamsdorf.
Hal Colebatch on the influence of Australian unions during WWII
Published accountsThey did the same in Sydney during the Vietnam War. e.g. one example I can well remember is that the Sydney wharfies stole all the vast and expensive tool kits that went with each of the Centurion tanks as they were loaded on board a ship…
The Green Howards
Published accountsThey came from the moors, the hills and the dales,
From small country towns, from woods and from vales;
The best lads in Yorkshire, each one worth renown,
But the finest of all came from our fishing town.
Who are these lads whom no men can…
Just Another Country Boy and an unwilling guest of Hitler
Capture, In Camp, Published accountsJust Another Country Boy and an unwilling guest of Hitler describes the life of Ken Latheron. It was compiled and edited by Julia Stephen.
Just Another Country Boy And An Unwilling Guest Of Hitler
The Prisoner of War magazine
Published accountsThe Prisoner of War magazine was the official journal of the prisoners of war department of the Red Cross and St John war organisation based at St James's Palace, London SW1. It was free to the next of kin of POWs.
The Prisoner Of War Volume…