Post by connie on Sept 21, 2021 16:16:55 GMT -5
OVERVIEW of CAMPS that Held Members of the 106th 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/752/thread
MAP of GERMAN POW CAMPS: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
FINDING a POW's WORK CAMP: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Stalag XI B near Fallingbostel in Lower Saxony, north-western Germany
Wikipedia Notes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XI-B
The camp was built in 1937 as accommodation for workers building the barracks at the nearby Westlager ("Western Camp") of Truppenübungsplatz Bergen ("Military Training Area Bergen").[1] In September 1939 the huts were fenced in and designated Stalag XI-B. The first prisoners to arrive were Poles in late 1939, followed by French and Belgians the following year. By the end of 1940 around 40,000 POW were registered there, although only about 2,500 of these were housed at the camp, with the majority assigned to various Arbeitskommando ("work camps") in the area. Close by were the barracks of Landesschützen-Bataillon 461 ("Local Defence Battalion 461"), who guarded the camp. This Army unit was composed of men considered too old or otherwise unfit for front-line service, and were commonly used for guard and garrison duties.In the final stages of World War II, in 1945, the Germans evacuated Canadian prisoners of war from the Stalag II-D prisoner-of-war camp in Stargard to Stalag XI-B.
Carl Wouters About XIB-in answer to Webber Wilson Anderson's grandson's questions: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3700/thread
Now, about your question of US troops interacting with other nationalities at Stalag XI-B. US POW's were a minority at Fallingbostel. There were 466 Americans out of a total of almost 50,000 POWs. Most of the POWs at the camp were British and Commonwealth troops, among whom many of the para's who were captured in September 44 during the failed Operation Market Garden in Holland. At Fallingbostel there were men from all nationalities: Belgians, French, ... From what I've read the US POW's were in the same enclosure as the British and Commonwealth troops. There were other compounds for the Russians, Italians.
Wounded American arrivals from VI-G to XI-B - This link is no longer active, but the title suggests something worth researching....
106th CONNECTION
List of 423 Infantry Regiment POW's: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/64%20-%20423rd%20roster/64.htm
Sidebar List of POW Camps & some names of POW's there www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Sidebar List of Diaries, Obits, & Articles, etc. alphabetically on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
LIBERATION DAY PHOTO provided by Webber Wilson Anderson's grandson: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3656/thread
Listed in the photo are: Pinky, Day, Andy (self), Manuel, Bruno, & Frankie April 18, 1945
click to enlarge
If anyone knows the identity of the others in this photo, please reply!
Ahrens, Raymond, 424-C, POW XI-B, IIA www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20XI-B/RaymondAhrens/RaymondAhresn.htm
gives a very detailed account of events leading up to his capture and of his time at this camp. Company C was being held in reserve so he was not with the rest of the 424th. His capture was in Winterspelt. Stalag XI B was his first POW camp home. This account ends here only briefly mentioning that he could tell about his march westward from Neubrandenberg (which is the location of Stalag II-A)
Anderson, Webber Willson, M Sgt. " Andy"- 423 G. platoon Sgt. POW XI-B 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3656/thread
reported by his grandson on this discussion board to have been at XI B. Here's a link to a photo taken with friends shortly after of his release. ; In a post under 423rd Unit specific discussions the grandson asks about nationalities at the camp. 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3695/thread & Carl Wouters has some answers in the next post./ Grandson gives a bit more history and explains his uncertainty about whether Webbe Wilsonr Anderson was in any other camps besides this transition camp: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3718/thread
Blauch, James R. 423-A, POW Stalags XI-B, II A & a work camp 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/493/blauch-james-423
This BAR (light machine gunner) wounded 12/17, 12/19 captured 12/21. arrived at Stalag XI-B January 5, left January 15. Arrived IIA January 19, then to "Arbeit" work camp March 3. This post gives names of some other POW friends listed in James Blauch's POW diary; link to Stalag II A 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3924/thread
Cartier, Richard Erwin, PFC 424 K, 2nd Squad 1st Platoon, POW XI-B; IIA summary of and link to on-line interview: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5025/thread
Eanes, Paul M., 590 SV, POW VII-A, IX-B, XI-B- link to daughter's 2007 notes: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/107/thread
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20XI-B/RobertJeters/RobertJeters.htm
captured in Winterspelt and traveling with a group of 30-40 others, made his first brief POW stop at XIIA in Limburg on Christmas eve. In the night there was an air raid here. In the AM they were told that an officer's barracks had taken a direct hit and 60 American officers had been killed; he moved on Christmas day for the long march from Limburg to Luchenwalde and Stalag III A. He spent 3 days here where he cleaned up and wrote a letter. Then he was chosen to go to a small nearby work camp in Wunsdorf from which he worked in the Coal yards (Some worked on farms or in a nearby military school.) He was sent from here on a brief detail unloading flour from barges in Berlin. While he was gone the nearby military school was bombed and some hit the camp. His last encampment was XI-B.
Spencer, James H. 1st Sgt 423 Hq. POW XI B- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/191/thread
listed at this POW Camp; grandchild seeking info on vintage thread on this discussion board.
MAP of GERMAN POW CAMPS: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
FINDING a POW's WORK CAMP: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Stalag XI B near Fallingbostel in Lower Saxony, north-western Germany
Wikipedia Notes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XI-B
The camp was built in 1937 as accommodation for workers building the barracks at the nearby Westlager ("Western Camp") of Truppenübungsplatz Bergen ("Military Training Area Bergen").[1] In September 1939 the huts were fenced in and designated Stalag XI-B. The first prisoners to arrive were Poles in late 1939, followed by French and Belgians the following year. By the end of 1940 around 40,000 POW were registered there, although only about 2,500 of these were housed at the camp, with the majority assigned to various Arbeitskommando ("work camps") in the area. Close by were the barracks of Landesschützen-Bataillon 461 ("Local Defence Battalion 461"), who guarded the camp. This Army unit was composed of men considered too old or otherwise unfit for front-line service, and were commonly used for guard and garrison duties.In the final stages of World War II, in 1945, the Germans evacuated Canadian prisoners of war from the Stalag II-D prisoner-of-war camp in Stargard to Stalag XI-B.
Carl Wouters About XIB-in answer to Webber Wilson Anderson's grandson's questions: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3700/thread
Now, about your question of US troops interacting with other nationalities at Stalag XI-B. US POW's were a minority at Fallingbostel. There were 466 Americans out of a total of almost 50,000 POWs. Most of the POWs at the camp were British and Commonwealth troops, among whom many of the para's who were captured in September 44 during the failed Operation Market Garden in Holland. At Fallingbostel there were men from all nationalities: Belgians, French, ... From what I've read the US POW's were in the same enclosure as the British and Commonwealth troops. There were other compounds for the Russians, Italians.
Wounded American arrivals from VI-G to XI-B - This link is no longer active, but the title suggests something worth researching....
106th CONNECTION
List of 423 Infantry Regiment POW's: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/64%20-%20423rd%20roster/64.htm
Sidebar List of POW Camps & some names of POW's there www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Sidebar List of Diaries, Obits, & Articles, etc. alphabetically on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
LIBERATION DAY PHOTO provided by Webber Wilson Anderson's grandson: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3656/thread
Listed in the photo are: Pinky, Day, Andy (self), Manuel, Bruno, & Frankie April 18, 1945
click to enlarge
If anyone knows the identity of the others in this photo, please reply!
Ahrens, Raymond, 424-C, POW XI-B, IIA www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20XI-B/RaymondAhrens/RaymondAhresn.htm
gives a very detailed account of events leading up to his capture and of his time at this camp. Company C was being held in reserve so he was not with the rest of the 424th. His capture was in Winterspelt. Stalag XI B was his first POW camp home. This account ends here only briefly mentioning that he could tell about his march westward from Neubrandenberg (which is the location of Stalag II-A)
Anderson, Webber Willson, M Sgt. " Andy"- 423 G. platoon Sgt. POW XI-B 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3656/thread
reported by his grandson on this discussion board to have been at XI B. Here's a link to a photo taken with friends shortly after of his release. ; In a post under 423rd Unit specific discussions the grandson asks about nationalities at the camp. 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3695/thread & Carl Wouters has some answers in the next post./ Grandson gives a bit more history and explains his uncertainty about whether Webbe Wilsonr Anderson was in any other camps besides this transition camp: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3718/thread
Blauch, James R. 423-A, POW Stalags XI-B, II A & a work camp 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/493/blauch-james-423
This BAR (light machine gunner) wounded 12/17, 12/19 captured 12/21. arrived at Stalag XI-B January 5, left January 15. Arrived IIA January 19, then to "Arbeit" work camp March 3. This post gives names of some other POW friends listed in James Blauch's POW diary; link to Stalag II A 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3924/thread
Cartier, Richard Erwin, PFC 424 K, 2nd Squad 1st Platoon, POW XI-B; IIA summary of and link to on-line interview: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5025/thread
Eanes, Paul M., 590 SV, POW VII-A, IX-B, XI-B- link to daughter's 2007 notes: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/107/thread
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20XI-B/RobertJeters/RobertJeters.htm
captured in Winterspelt and traveling with a group of 30-40 others, made his first brief POW stop at XIIA in Limburg on Christmas eve. In the night there was an air raid here. In the AM they were told that an officer's barracks had taken a direct hit and 60 American officers had been killed; he moved on Christmas day for the long march from Limburg to Luchenwalde and Stalag III A. He spent 3 days here where he cleaned up and wrote a letter. Then he was chosen to go to a small nearby work camp in Wunsdorf from which he worked in the Coal yards (Some worked on farms or in a nearby military school.) He was sent from here on a brief detail unloading flour from barges in Berlin. While he was gone the nearby military school was bombed and some hit the camp. His last encampment was XI-B.
Spencer, James H. 1st Sgt 423 Hq. POW XI B- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/191/thread
listed at this POW Camp; grandchild seeking info on vintage thread on this discussion board.