Hamilton, R

Robert Hamilton

Family/Last name:
Hamilton
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Robert
Nationality:
New Zealand
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Working Party
E580 Czeladz
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative Report)
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My Grandfather Bob (Robert Hamilton) from New Zealand spent time at Lamsdorf.

Please can you tell me what E580 Czeladz means. As this is where he was.

Fay Barnes

Reply:

Many of the men held in Stalag VIIIB / 344 were not in the main camp but in smaller work camps known as Arbeits Kommandos. These had ‘E’ numbers – eg E580. The “E” prefix stands for English, but POWs from many Commonwealth countries worked in these camps. There is a list of some of them on the website. Czeladz is the name of the place where they were based. It is now known as Czeladź, which is in Poland. I suspect that the men of E580 worked in a coal mine, as this was (and is) an important coal mining area. You can find out more information about this place through this link: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czelad%C5%BA

 

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