Post by connie on Jul 22, 2009 11:09:55 GMT -5
LIST OF POW CAMPS and 106th members there can be found on the Indiana Military Site:
www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
MAP of GERMAN POW Camps: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
BIOGRAPHIES on Indiana Military Site: See side bar: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
WIKIPEDIA'S INDEX OF POW CAMPS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_World_War_II
423rd INFANTRY REGIMENT POW ROSTER: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/62%20-%20423rdPOWs/62.htm
589TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION POW MANIFEST: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/58%20-%20589th%20FA%20POWs/58.htm
590th FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION POW MANIFEST: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/57%20-%20590thFA%20POWs/57.htm
DEFINITIONS:
Stalag is an abbreviation of the German Stammlager ('Main Camp')
Oflag (from German: Offizierslager) was a type of prisoner of war camp for officers
Dulag or Durchgangslager, the German term for a prisoner transit camp
Kriegies is the shortened form of the word "Kriegsgefangenen-- the German word for prisoner."
Arbeitskommandos: means "work detail."
Many thousands of prisoners were held in the prison camp, but an even larger number of them were held in areas outside of the camp, and assigned to Arbeitskommandos (work details).
NOTE: Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
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OVERVIEW OF POW CAMPS that held members of the 106th
This list is a work in progress.
Eventually a link will follow the name of each camp & will take you to additional information about the camp and some of the soldiers held there.
If you have additional information or questions please reply after the last message in this thread.
Just adding the fact that you or a relative was at a particular camp is great additional information.
Stalag II A Neubrandenburg: SEE MORE AT 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3924/thread
"The camp was located in Fünfeichen, a former estate within the city limits of Neubrandenburg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-A
According to Wikipedia: "November 1944 to early January 1945 American soldiers captured in various operations during the Allied drive westward arrived. Most were immediately sent to Arbeitskommandos... About 3,500 were in the camp itself, the rest were in outlying sub-camps....
subcamps or Arbeitskommandos/ Work Camps
Stalag II-A had about 50 subcamps, known as Arbeitskommando.
* Teterow, the largest, was , several miles west of Neubrandenburg, & held about 175 prisoners living in a multistory brick building. They worked on the railway lines.
* Parchim was another
February to April 1945 Neubrandenburg was a waypoint in the forced march westward of Allied prisoners from POW camps further east.
28 April 1945 a Soviet armored division reached Neubrandenburg.
In the middle of April most of the prisoners in the camp and in the outlying Arbeitskommandos were marched westward ahead of the advancing Red Army. Within a few days they were liberated by British troops pushing eastward."
106th CONNECTIONS: More details on the camp and links to the 106th connection have been moved to an individual thread for Stalag II A: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3924/thread
names with links currently listed here:
Ahrens, Raymond, 424-C, POW XI-B, IIA
Blauch, James R 423 A POW Stalags XI-B, II A & a work camp
Cartier, Richard Erwin, PFC 424 K, 2nd Squad 1st Platoon, POW XI-B; IIA
Gardner, James of the 2nd Bn.HQ Co 422 Regiment POW Stalag II A
Laux, Joseph J. 423 L POW Stalag II A
Ray, Marion, Sgt. 1st BN 424 D POW Stalag XIIA & II A
Smith, Kenneth W. 423/K, PFC POW Stalag II A
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Stalag III A Luckenwalde km. south of Berlin) 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/1031/stalag-iii
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_III-A
According to Wikipedia: "By April 1945, a total of five thousand internees had died due to starvation and disease. At its height the compound housed around four thousand American prisoners of war, with separate compounds for thousands of Soviet prisoners, as well as Italians, Belgians, British, and French... many of the prisoners lived solely off parcels delivered by the Red Cross, with drinking water for the entire camp available from just two faucets. In short, Stalag III-A is a prime example of the horrors experienced by many prisoners of war in camps throughout Germany. The camp was liberated in April 1945 by the Red Army." (see difference in liberation date in 106th connection below)
This site contains some photos from the camp, including one showing cooking over a hand blower described in other POW accounts: www.stalag3a.com/ImagesFramed.htm
also see book note on this message board: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=books&action=display&thread=389
106th CONNECTIONS: More details on the camp and links to the 106th connection have been moved to an individual thread for Stalag III A: 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/1031/stalag-iii
names with links currently listed here:
Bradley, Fay, Sgt. 423 E POW Stalags IVB,III B, III A
Byrnes, Vincent Joseph, 423/ SVC POW IV-B; IIIA
Brutus, Glen J. PFC 1st BN HQ Co 423rd POW IVB, IIIA, IIIB, unknown camp
Ferguson, Richard Sgt T/4 HQ Battery 590th FA BN POW Stalags IVB, III-B, III A
Grant, Kenneth, S/Sgt 422 Hq 3rd BN HQ POW Stalag IVB, III-B, IIIA
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Lichtenfeld, Seymour 422-I, 3rd squad, 3rd platoon, POW IVB, III A, III B
McMullen, Charles D. PFC 422 AT POW IVB, III-B, III A
Schwarz,Burt P. PFC 424 POW- Stalag III A & 653AE Perleberg:
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Stalag III-B Fuerstenberg/Oder 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/1035/stalag-iii
While there is not Wikipedia article available on this particular camp, it is included on the list of camps en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_POW_camps#List_of_Camps_by_Military_District
also see book note on this message board: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=books&action=display&thread=389
106th CONNECTION- names of men who resided in this camp and links to their history can be found here: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3972/thread
names with links found here:
Bradley, Fay, Sgt. 423 POW Stalags IVB,III B, III A
Brutus, Glen J. PFC 1st BN HQ Co 423rd POW IVB, IIIA, IIIB, unknown camp
Ferguson, Richard Sgt. T/4 POW Stalag IV-B, III-B, III-A
Fishburn, John 423rd POW Stalags Stalag V-A & III-B
Grant, Kenneth, S/Sgt 422 Hq 3rd BN HQ POW Stalag IVB, III-B, IIIA
Lichtenfield, Seymour 422nd I POW Stalag IV-B, IIIA & III-B
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Stalag IV-B- Mühlberg east of Elbe- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4946/thread.
Wikipedia Notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-B
"The main camp was located 8km NE of the town Mühlberg in Brandenburg, just east of the Elbe river and about 30 miles (50 km) north of Dresden. A branch camp, sometimes identified as Stalag-IVB/Z, was located at Zeithain, 10 km to the south in Saxony." (according to Wikipedia)
"At the end of December 1944 about 7,500 Americans arrived from the Battle of the Bulge. At least 3,000 of them were transferred to other camps, mostly to Stalag VIII-A.... 23 April 1945 the Red Army liberated the camp. Altogether soldiers from 33 nations passed through this camp[/i]."
A later Wikipedia note may alter the final liberation date for Americans if it is true: " It is not widely known, but the Soviet liberators were in no hurry to repatriate the British and American prisoners to their homelands. In fact they were held in the camp for over a month. Individual soldiers "escaped" from the camp and made their way on foot to the American lines."
A UK Wartime memory project has some info and personal stories from men at IV B, including some from the 106th:
www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/division.php?pid=8027
2017 UPDATE ON PRESERVATION OF IV-B. 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4414/thread
106th CONNECTION names of some men who resided here along with links to their histories can be found here: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4946/thread
names with links listed here:
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Baron, Robert Weapons Platoon K Company 422nd POW IV-B
Bendle, Harold L 422-H POW IVB
Birdsall, Clifford H., 422 Anti-tank Co. POW IV-B, work camp
Black, Ewell Jr (Rev. ) 422-A POW XII A, IV B, work camp at Gleina
Block, Robert Stewart, Sgt. 423/ 3rd BN/I, POW IV-B
Bloom, Jack Tech Sgt 422 POW IV B
Bohde, Edward 422/ L, POW Stalags IV-B, VIII A
Bradley, Fay, Sgt 423/E POW 1VB, III B, and IIIA
Brumfield, Vernon E, PFC 589 C POW IVB Muhlberg, Leipzig work camp
Brutus, Glen J. PFC 1st BN HQ Co 423rd POW IVB, IIIA, IIIB, unknown camp
Bugner, Thomas F, S/Sgt, 590-B, POW IV-B
Byrnes, Vincent Joseph, 423/ SVC POW IV-B; IIIA, work camp near Magdenburg
Collins, John F. 423-M POW IV-B
Dimas, Pete G. 423-B POW IVB
Doxsee, Gifford B., Cpl., 423rd, 3rd Battalion Hq Co, Signal Corps Unit; POW IV B, Slaughter House 5, Gorbitz, Dresden
Eisenhard, Daniel A. PFC, 423-2nd BN HQ Co. POW IVB
Ferguson Richard C Sgt. T/4 590-HQ, POW IVB, III B, III A
Fisher, Elburn Quincy 422nd L- POW IV
Grant, Kenneth, S/Sgt 422 Hq 3rd BN HQ POW Stalag IVB, III-B, IIIA
Kline, John P, Sgt 423 M-Heavy Machine Gun Squad Leader, (POW XII-B), IV-B, VIII A and long march to Braunschweig
Honkomp, Elmer D. "Bud", Lt., 422 K. POW IV-B
Lane, Weldon V. 423/2nd Bn.HQ Co/ Anti-tank Platoon IV-B, work camps: unnamed & L-71
Lawler, Loy Dean, Pfc. 423 E, 1st platoon POW IV-B, Arbeitskommando L71A
Litchfield, Seymour 422-I, 3rd squad, 3rd platoon, POW IVB, III A, III B
O'Meara, John P. Pfc, 423rd / 3rd BN / HQ Co POW IV-B and work camp near Dresden
Parker, Richard B, 1 Lt, 422-AT- 1st platoon. POW Stalag IV-B, Oflag 64
Podlaski, Edmond P. PFC 422-H POW IVB & work camp at Zietz Coal Mines
Purington, Charles O., PFC, 423 H, POW 1V-B
Setter, Leon J. 422/ 2nd Bn Hq POW IVB & work camp in Gleina
Shelton, Hubert P. PVT 423 B POW IVB Muhlberg, Sachsen 52-13 known as Slaughter House #5
Southam, George F. 423 B POW IV-A, IV-B
Strong, George W. Pvt, 423 INF/HQ, POW IVB, Slaughterhouse Five
Smith, Wayne C., Staff Sgt 592nd-A, Fwd Observer, POW IV-B & VIII-A
Thornley, Cleo C 590-C POW IV-B & "Death March"
Urner, Harry, Cpl. machine gunner 422-H POW IV-B
Watson, Robert L, Pfc 423-B,POW IV-B? & IV-G
Wentz, William J 423-M POW IV-B, lignite mines near IV-A IV D, time in hospital in Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg) ?
Zak, George K., Cpl 422M; POW IV-B Muhlberg; Lobau; 4A,Pirna
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Stalag IV-G 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5237/thread
Wikipedia Notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G.
Stalag IV-G was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) for NCOs and enlisted men. It was not a camp in the usual sense, but a series of Arbeitslager ("Work Camps") scattered throughout the state of Saxony, administered from a central office on Lutherstraße[1] in Oschatz, a small town situated between Leipzig and Dresden.
106th CONNECTIONS
Watson, Robert L, Pfc 423-B,POW IV-B? & IV-G
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Stalag V-A 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4991/thread
Wikipedia notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_V-A
The prison camp had been constructed on the site of a former German military camp, that had once billeted German cavalry troops and their horses. The red brick stables were converted to barracks to house prisoners when the site was converted to a POW camp in October 1939. Additional wooden barrack huts were also constructed on the grounds, to accommodate the camp's growing prisoner population.[1]
The roofs of the buildings within the camp were marked "KG" for Kriegsgefangenen, the German word meaning "prisoner of war". Large red crosses were also painted on the roofs, to further ensure that Allied planes would not mistakenly target the camp.
The sprawling prison complex was divided into compounds. The perimeter of the each compound was secured by a double barbed-wire fence, fifteen feet in height, on top of which ran a high-voltage wire. The space between the two fences was a tangled mass of barbed-wire. On the prisoners' side of the fence, a wire ran parallel with the fence, staked to the ground approximately ten feet from the fence, six to eight inches above the ground. Any man who stepped between the wire and the fence was shot on sight. Every so many yards along the fence was a guard tower, fully armed and manned.
The first prisoners detained at the camp had been Poles, taken captive during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. As the war progressed, prisoners of other nationalities arrived at Stalag V-A. By the time of the camp's evacuation in April 1945, Allied prisoners of every nation at war with Germany were present within the camp. The largest population present within the camp was Soviet, followed by the French, Belgian, Dutch, British and Commonwealth, Italian, and American prisoners were also present in large numbers.
106th Connection The name of one 106th member who resided here with links to his history can be found here: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4991/thread
currently listed:
Fishburn, John 423rd POW Stalags Stalag V-A & III-B
Stalag VI-B- See more at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5136/thread
Wikipedia Notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VI-B
Stalag VI-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager), located about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the village of Versen in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands.
The camp was established in 1938 as Lager IX Versen, one of the Emslandlager group of labour camps. It was designed to hold up to 1,500 political prisoners, who worked under the direction of the Reichsarbeitsdienst ("State Labor Service") in the local peat bogs.
After the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 the camp was taken over by Military District VI,[2] and designated Stalag VI-B, with sub-camps (Zweiglager) — designated Stalag VI-B/Z — a few kilometres away at Oberlangen, Wesuwe and Fullen. On 13 May 1942 Stalag VI-B and its sub-camps all came under the administrative control of Stalag VI-C at Bathorn, and were renamed Stalag VI-C/Z.
The camps of Stalag VI-B were first occupied by prisoners-of-war taken during the invasion of Poland. In early 1940 these were replaced by POW from France and Belgium. In addition, there were Dutch, Polish, and later Russians in the camps. After the armistice of 1943 Italian prisoners arrived.
From November 1944 prisoners from the Neuengamme concentration camp in Hamburg were housed at Versen to work on the Friesenwall, part of the Atlantic Wall between the Netherlands and Denmark.[4]
The camps were abandoned in March 1945, and the prisoners were moved by train or marched east to other camps.
The camp at Versen was used after the war as a prison under the control of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice. After a fire in 1972, much of the camp was rebuilt. It currently operates as Justizvollzugsanstalt Meppen ("Meppen Correctional Institution").
106th CONNECTIONS: see more info at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5136/thread
King, Basil Robert, 423 M, POW Stalag VI-B
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Stalag VI-G 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4992/thread
Wikipedia notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G
Stalag IV-G was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) for NCOs and enlisted men. It was not a camp in the usual sense, but a series of Arbeitslager ("Work Camps") scattered throughout the state of Saxony, administered from a central office on Lutherstraße[1] in Oschatz, a small town situated between Leipzig and Dresden.
The camp operated from February 1941. The International Red Cross, following an inspection tour of 11-16 March 1945, reported that there were a total of 5,233 prisoners, of which 4,457 were British and Commonwealth, and 776 American. Of these only 20 POW were at the HQ in Oschatz, performing administration tasks, while the rest were assigned to 76 separate Arbeitskommando ("Work details"), working in agriculture, forestry, and industry. The Arbeitskommando varied in size from around 20 to over 100 men, who worked between 8 and 11 hours a day, 6 days a week, with only Sundays free. The report notes the generally poor health of the Americans, and some British, who were suffering from the effects of being marched from camps further east.
The area around Oschatz was one of the last to be liberated at the end of the war. In May 2005 the Oschatzer Heimatverein e.V. organised an exhibition to commemorate the liberation and Stalag IV-G.[4] In 2007 the exhibition in the Oschatz Town Hall was made permanent.
106th CONNECTION The name and links to history of men from the 106th who resided here can be found at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4992/thread
currently listed:
Houseman, Donelson 1st Lt. 423/D POW VI-G
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Stalag VIIA Moosburg 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5000/thread
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VII-A
According to Wikipedia, this 85 acre camp "served also as a transit camp through which prisoners, including officers, were processed on their way to another camp. At some time during the war prisoners from every nation fighting against Germany passed through it. At the time of its liberation on 29 April 1945, there were 130,000 prisoners from at least 26 nations on the camp roster... including 30,000 Americans. " Among the later arrivals to the camp were "part of the American officers that had been marched from Oflag 64 in Szubin, via Oflag XIII-B" who were moved to this camp in forced marches as the other camps were threatened by Soviet advances. The camp was"liberated on 29 April 1945 by Combat Command A of the 14th Armored Division after a pitched battle with a large defending force of 5,000-7,000 German troops." (The site gives a more detailed account of this liberation.)
106th CONNECTION more on the men from the 106th who resided here can be found at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5000/thread
currently listed;
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A
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Stalag VIII A - east of Görlitz, Germany (now Zgorzelec, Poland)- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4960/thread
WIKIPEDIA NOTES: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-A
According to Wikipedia: "in late December 1944 1,800 Americans arrived that were taken in the Battle of the Bulge. February 14, 1945 the Americans and British were marched out of the camp westward in advance of the Soviet offensive into Germany[/i]."Under Notable inmates is mention that: "It was there that Olivier Messiaen, a French prisoner, finished composing Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time), a famous work of chamber music. With the help of some Germans, he was able to assemble three other POWs to help him perform the piece for the rest of the camp." www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/quartet_for_the_2.html
1106th CONNECTIONS
Currently listed
Beals, John D. T-5 POW IV-B, VIII A, long march, IX-B
Bohde, Edward, S. Sgt 422 L, POW IVB, VIII A . IX-C
Kline, John P. Sgt 423 M,POW IV-B (1 wk); VIII-A;
Mee, Norman J. Jr. 422nd POW IV-B, VIII A ?
Schwalm, Bruce 422nd POW IV -B VIII
Smith, Wayne C., Staff Sgt 592nd-A
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Stalag IX A- Ziegenhain - More information at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5005/thread
Wikipedia lists this among the German POW camps but does not yet have a write-up on this one.
Indiana Military site has a history and a large number of photographs. www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20IX-A%20Ziegenhain/Photos/Stalag%20IX-A.htm
According to that site this was a camp for Non-commissioned Officers who were moved here after being at IX B first. (It had also held FrenchPOW's for some time
106th Connections an amazing article on courage here including men of the 106th here, along with other 106th Connections to Stalag IX A : 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5005/thread
currently listed:
Burmeister, Roy Cpl. 589 B POW IX B, IX A
Edmonds Roddie, M. Sgt, 422, HQ Co, POW IX-B, IX-A
Frampton, Duward Belmont Jr. "Pete", Cpl 422 CN. POW IX-B, IX-A WIA
Sulser, Jack 423 F POW Stalags IX-B, IX-A
Tanner, Lester, S. Sgt. 422 HQ Co. POW IX -B, IX A
Peterson, Richard (Pete) 423-I weapons Platoon POW IX B & IX A 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/1611/thread
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Stalag IX B- Bad Orb- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5012/thread
Wikipedia Notes;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IX-B at Wegscheide close to Bad Orb in the province of Hesse, Germany.
According to wikipedia: "in late December 1944 Americans arrived who were captured in the Battle of the Bulge, approximately American 4,700 infantrymen were located here, far exceeding the capacity of the camp resulting in very severe conditions, even though officers and NCOs were later transferred to other camps... The camp was also the site of a segregation and removal of Jewish American troops, who once identified, were taken to the labor camp Berga located in eastern Thuringia 12 km south of Gera."
photos and info: www.lonesentry.com/badorb/index.html
106th Connections 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5012/thread
names of a number of men who were here, with links to their stories
currently listed:
Accidental meeting of two Bad Orb POW's from the 423rd A: Henry Canter & George Balch
Allen, John David, 423rd/ 3rd BN, HQ Co,PFC, POW Stalag IX B Bad Orb-
Andrews, John 592-A POW Stalag IX-B
Atiyeh, Edward Ellis 423-E, POW IX-B Bad Orb
Balch, George 423A rifleman, POW IXB Bad Orb
Beals, John D. T-5 POW IV-B, VIII A, long march, IX-B
Bell Harry Homer Jr., PFC 422F Pow at IXB Bad Orb
Burnett, James Leroy, Cpl, 422-C, POW Stalag IX-B
Cavanaugh, Paul W, Chaplain, HQ 422nd, POW IXB & Oflag XIII-B
Collins, John W. Lt., exec officer 423-I POW IX-B
Creede, Frank J. Jr., Pvt 423 H POW IX-B
Edmonds Roddie, M. Sgt, 422, HQ Co, POW IX-B, IX-A
Enlow, J. Russell 423 D POW IX-B
Freas, Russell A. Jr, Cpt. 423 Sv. Co. POW IX A, IX-B?
Gillette, Lawrence A. Jr, Pvt. 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Iosso, Peter 422nd POW IXB, Berga
Kemper, John A, Pfc, 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Prell, Donald B. Lt. 422 (2nd Platoon Anti-tank Co.) POW Stalag IX-B, Oflag XIII-B, briefly freed, Stalag XIII D/ Oflag 73, Camp hospital
Reinfenrath, John W, 423-B POW IX-B, Berga
Rozen, Matthew, 423-I, POW Stalag IX-B
Rosenberg, Winfield PFC 422D POW IXB IX G, Berga
Sergi, Rocco J Pvt 422/L.POW IX B
Sulser, Jack 423 F POW Stalags IX-B, IX-A
Urban, Anthony (Tony), 423-I POW IX-B, Berga
Also notes from Granddaughter of unnamed 423rd member imprisoned here
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Stalag IX-C Sulza Saxe-Weimar 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5280/thread
106th Connections
Fusco, Alphonso S. "Al" Tech Sgt. 423-L, POW IX-C
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Stalag XI B near Fallingbostel in Lower Saxony, north-western Germany: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5018/thread
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XI-B
According to Wikipedia
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.
Earlier notes on Wikipedia stated that "in December 1944 members of the US Army 42nd Division, Co. B and G, 232 Infantry Regiment captured during the Battle of the Bulge were brought to Stlag XI-B. On April 16, 1945 the camp was liberated by the British 8th Army. Obviously, the units mentioned are not from the 106th division."
106th CONNECTION 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5018/thread
Names with links here currently include:
Ahrens, Raymond, 424-C, POW XI-B, IIA
Anderson, Webber Willson, M Sgt. " Andy- 423 G. platoon Sgt. POW XI-B
Blauch, James R Co A 423rd POW Stalags XI-B, II A & a work camp
Cartier, Richard Erwin, PFC 424 K, 2nd Squad 1st Platoon, POW XI-B; IIA
Eanes, Paul M., 590 SV, POW VII-A, IX-B, XI-B
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Spencer, James H. 1st Sgt 423 Hq. POW XI B- 1
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Stalag IX-C Sulza Saxe-Weimar 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5280/thread
106th Connections
Fusco, Alphonso S. "Al" Tech Sgt. 423 (L?) POW IX-C
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Stalag XII-A, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5020/thread
Wikipedia currently has no articles on this camp but it is on their list of German POW camps:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_POW_camps#List_of_Camps_by_Military_District
From John Kline's Notes
It was a permanent camp for the British and Italian prisoners. In November 1944, there were 1,500 Americans in camp. Later this figure rose to 3,026. The total camp population now was 20,357."
106th Connection 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5020/thread
Names with links currently listed here:
Andrews, Richard W., PFC 424th Cannon Company, POW XIIA
Black, Ewell Jr (Rev. ) 422-A POW XII A, IV B, work camp at Gleina w
Descheneaux, George, Col. 422, POW XIIA, Wetzlar Dulag Luft, XIIA, Oflag 79 - h
Freas, Russell A. Jr, Cpt. 423 Sv. Co. POW IX A, IX-B?
Forsythe James D, 424-A POW XII-A l
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A Note: Holtzmiller DID NOT STAY AT XII-A but his brief account of arriving at the gates of this camp holds useful info.
Kline, John P, Sgt 423 M-Heavy Machine Gun Squad Leader, POW XII-A, IV-B, VIII A and long march to Braunschweig: Kline's 5 !/2 hr pause here provides some useful info.
Ray, Marion, Sgt. 1st BN 424 D POW Stalag XIIA & II A
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Oflag XIII-B, Hammelburg 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5023/thread
Wikipedia quotes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XIII-B
11 January 1945 - American officers captured during the Battle of the Bulge arrived and were placed in a separated section.
27 March 1945 - Task Force Baum breached fence of camp, but was later surrounded by German troops and surrendered.
29 March - many of the POWs were force marched to Langwasser (Nuremberg) from the partially damaged camp and some were killed when Allied planes strafed the marching columns.
6 April 1945 - camp is liberated by Combat Command B of the U.S. 14th Armored Division
Residents here included the son-in-law of Lieutenant-General George S Patton Jr commander of the Third US Army; this was the site of a much- publicized, botched liberation attempt.
106th Connections: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5023/thread
Currently Listed:
Cavanaugh, Paul, -422 HQ, Chaplain POW Oflag XIII-B
Cavender,Charles C, Col, Commander 423rd Infantry Regiment, POW XIII-B
Jones, L. Martin, 2nd Lt. 423 G POW Stalag IXB, Oflag XIII B, failed liberation attempt, 200 mile march
Phillips, John 1st Lt. - 424 E POW field hospital near Koblenz, Oflag XIII B
Prell, Donald B. Lt. 422 (2nd Platoon Anti-tank Co.) POW Stalag IX-B, Oflag XIII-B, briefly freed, Stalag XIII D/ Oflag 73, Camp hospital
Schenck, Charles Newton "Newt" III, Lt. 590 C, POW Oflag XIII-B
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Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg - link to more info: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5022/thread
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XIII-C
According to Wikipedia: "In World War II the German Army used parts of camp Hammelburg for Stalag XIII-C, a camp for other ranks and NCOs. Oflag XIII-B was located close by. As was usual for Stalags, many of the prisoners were located in Arbeitslager on farms or adjacent to factories or other industrial operations. The camp served as the base for distribution of International Red Cross packages and mail. A Lazarett (hospital) cared for prisoners that were sick or had been injured in industrial accidents or air-raids. A number of enlisted men and NCOs were housed in the adjacent Oflag to provide necessary services...
January 1945 - American soldiers arrived from the Battle of the Bulge.
March 1945 - many prisoners arrived in deplorable condition after marching 500 miles from Stalag VIII-D in severe winter conditions
[6 April 1945 - camp is liberated by Combat Command B of the U.S. 14th Armored Division"
106th connection more details: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5022/thread
currently listed:
Campagna,Nicholas (Nick), Sgt, 589th Field Artillery BN., POW XIII-C
Devine, William, 423 SV Co. Supply Clerk, POW XIII-C, stone quarry work camp, farm labor near Bastheim, thirty-day march
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A
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Stalag XIII-D/ Oflag 73 - Nürnberg Langwasser: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5029/thread
Wikipedia link and notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XIII-D
a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp built on what had been the Nazi parade grounds in Nürnberg, northern Bavaria.
May 1940 - After the Invasion of Norway and then Battle of France prisoners arrived in large numbers, until they totalled 150,000 from all occupied countries, except Britain. British prisoners were held in separate camps all over Germany. Part of the facilities were used as Oflag XIII-A for officers.
Autumn 1944 and spring 1945 the camp population grew enormously with the arrival of prisoners evacuated from camps in the east in front of the advance of the Red Army. These included many Americans and British airmen from Stalag Luft 3.
12 April 1945 large numbers were marched to Stalag VII-A
16 April 1945 the camp was liberated by advance elements of the United States Army
106th Connections 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5029/thread
current names listed with links are:
Helwig, Charles, 423 L POW hospital?; Stalag XIII-D
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A
Prell, Donald B. Lt. 422 (2nd Platoon Anti-tank Co.) POW Stalag IX-B, Oflag XIII-B, briefly freed, Stalag XIII D/ Oflag 73, Camp hospital 1
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Stalag XVII A Kaisersteinbruch, Austria: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5030/thread
Stalag XVIII-A was a World War II German Army (Wehrmacht) prisoner-of-war camp located to the south of the town of Wolfsberg, in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia, then a part of Nazi Germany. A sub-camp Stalag XVIII-A/Z was later opened in Spittal an der Drau about 100 km (62 mi) to the west.
The camp, first designated Oflag XVIII-B, was opened at the site of a former parade ground on 19 October 1939, after the German invasion of Poland. The first inmates were Polish officers, from Spring 1940 also Belgian and French officers captured in the Battle of France.[1] Wolfsberg remained a sub-camp of Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruch, until in March 1941 the officers were transferred to other camps and the camp was redesignated a Stalag of the military district XVIII, with French and Belgian prisoners being transferred in from Stalag XVII-A. The first British and Commonwealth prisoners arrived in July 1941 from a transit camp in Thessaloniki, Greece, having been captured during the battles of Greece and Crete. The first Soviet prisoners arrived in October 1941, and were housed in a separate enclosure.
In December a typhus epidemic broke out, and the entire camp was quarantined until March 1942. Many prisoners died, mainly Russians, as their living conditions and rations were substantially inferior to the other prisoners.[2] In June 1942, to ease overcrowding, three new barracks were built, and 400 British NCOs were transferred to Stalag XVIII-B at Spittal. In January 1943 the camp at Spittal became a Zweiglager (sub-camp) of Wolfsberg, and was redesignated as Stalag XVIII-A/Z. In March 1943 a Lazarett ("Camp Hospital") was built there.[2]
In November 1943, after the Italian armistice, Italian and Commonwealth prisoners arrived from Italy. Two hundred NCOs were transferred to Stalag XVIII-C at Markt-Pongau in June 1944. That month there were a total of 38,831 prisoners registered at the camp. Of these 10,667 were British and Commonwealth troops, of which only 825 were in the main camp, while the rest were attached to various Arbeitskommandos ("Labour Units").[2] In August 1944, according to a Red Cross report, there were 313 Arbeitskommandos attached to Stalag XVIII-A, which were split fairly equally between Landwirtschaft (agriculture or forestry) and Gewerbliche Wirtschaft (trade and industry).[3] There were several attempts to escape, primarily from the Arbeitskommandos.
On 18 December 1944 the camp was bombed by U.S. aircraft. Forty-six prisoners and several guards were killed. Both the British and French camp hospitals were hit, with the British hut being almost completely destroyed.[2] On the approach of Allied forces in April 1945 all fit prisoners from the camps and neighbouring labour units were marched east to Stalag XVIII-C.[2]
Officially, the camp was liberated by elements of the British 8th Army on 11 May 1945. In fact the prisoners had been in control of the camp since the 8th, the day of the German surrender. That day the Kommandant, Hauptmann Steiner, had handed over control of the camp to the Senior British Medical Officer and the "Men of Confidence". French and British prisoners disarmed their guards and took control of the camp armoury, and the local Post Office, Railway Station and Police Station. Over the next few weeks the prisoners were transported via Klagenfurt to transit camps in Bari and Naples, from where they were eventually repatriated. By the middle of June only Russian prisoners remained, these were eventually exchanged for British and American PoWs in Russian hands, near Graz. The camp then served as a British detention centre for ex-Nazis, before finally closing in mid-1947.[2]
106th Connections 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5030/thread
currently no direct connections listed
There is an Indiana Military Site link to a diary with photos and a drawing by someone who was imprisoned here
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Oflag 64 - Szubin, Poland: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5031/thread
the only German POW camp exclusive to officers from a single country -- Americans; built around a Polish Boys School.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_64
www.talkingproud.us/HistoryOflag64.html
From Wikipedia:
"Late fall 1943 - An escape committee started digging a tunnel to pass under the barbed wire fence.
March 1944 - upon receiving news of the disastrous results of the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III the escape committee ordered a shut-down of the operation.[1]
June 1944 - senior American officers captured in the Battle of Normandy sent to Oflag 64.
January 21, 1945 - the roll call established a total of 1,471. Because of approaching Soviet troops, all capable of walking were marched out. The senior U.S. officer was Lt.Col. Paul Goode.[2].
January 23, 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet 61st Army. There were approximately 100 Americans, sick and medical personnel, and a few that had hidden in the old escape tunnel. About 200 escaped from the marching column and returned to the camp.
The group that marched out of Szubin, reached Oflag XIII-B at Hammelburg on March 10. They marched through snow and bitter cold most of the nearly 400 miles. About 400 dropped out on the way, too weak to march, or escaped. A number were shot. Lt. Col. Goode marched with them all the way. Part of the group, including Lt. Col. Goode were again marched out to Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, where they were finally liberated by units of the U.S. 14th Armored Division 29 April (three weeks after Hammelburg had been liberated by the same unit)
Those that had stayed at the camp experienced considerable difficulties. The Soviets wanted to hold them hostage, until all Soviet POWs in camps behind Allied lines were returned to them[3]. Finally, under the command of Col. Frederick Drury they reached Odessa and were evacuated on a New Zealand
photos of Oflag 64: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4550/oflag64.htm
Wikipedia Notes on Camp Redesignation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XIII-A
In June 1941 a new compound Oflag 62 was opened for high-ranking Soviet officers captured during Operation Barbarossa. It was redesignated Oflag XIII-D in September 1941. This camp was closed April 1942 and the surviving officers (many had died during the winter due to an epidemic) were transferred to other camps. From December 1944 to March 1945 XIII-D was designated Oflag 73 and used to accommodate officers of various nationalities evacuated hastily from camps in the east that were threatened by the rapid advance of the Red Army.
On 15 April 1945, Lt. Donald Prell (who had been recaptured after escaping from Oflag XIII-B and sent to Oflag 73) awoke to find all the camp's guards had disappeared. He and another POW walked out the front gate to freedom.
On 16 April 1945 the United States Army liberated the camp, finding only Serbian officers and those too sick to have been marched out, including some Americans who had been wounded by strafing American planes while being marched from Hammelburg.
Also See Stalag XIII-D - Nürnberg Langwasser /Oflag 73: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5029/thread
106th Connection 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5031/thread
currently listed here (with links)
Moon, William P., Major, commander 1st Bn 422
O'Neill, Robert McLeod 422-G, POW Oflag 64
Parker, Richard B, 1 Lt, 422-AT- 1st platoon. POW Stalag IV-B, Oflag 64
Stewart, Neil, Cpt. 422F-
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Work Camp Notes:
Notes on Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Arbeitskommandos: Many thousands of prisoners were held in the prison camp, but an even larger number of them were held in areas outside of the camp, and assigned to Arbeitskommandos (work details).
Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Work camps are probably too numerous to capture here, but as I come across notes on locations and work, I will attempt to post here in hopes that it may help in other's research:
Arbeitskommandos L71 near Boxwitz (or Bockwitz), Germany 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5053/thread
"close enough to Dresden to see the lights and the bombing of that city" - Lawler
both Lane and Lawler tell of being assigned to work teams that processed brown coal into coal brickettes.
106th Connections: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5053/thread
Lane, Weldon V. 423/2nd Bn.HQ Co/ Anti-tank Platoon IV-B, work camps: unnamed & L-71
Lawler, Loy Dean, Pfc. 423 E, 1st platoon POW IV-B, Arbeitskommando L71A
Wentz, William J 423-M POW IV-B,work camp L-71 at lignite mines, IV D, time in hospital in Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg)
Berga located on the outskirts of the village of Schliben. SEE MORE INFO AT: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5141/thread
Berga an der Elster was a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp. The Berga forced labour camp was located on the outskirts of the village of Schliben. Workers were supplied by Buchenwald concentration camp and from a POW camp, Stalag IX-B; the latter contravened the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention and the Hague Treaties. Many prisoners died as a result of malnutrition, sickness (including pulmonary disease due to dust inhalation from tunnelling with explosives), and beatings, including 73 American POWs.
106th Infantry Division Connections More info at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5141/thread
Gillette, Lawrence, Pvt. 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Goldstein, Morton, Pvt. 590 C, POW, Berga
Guggenheim, Charles E, 424 E (stateside)- film maker
Horton, Robert Lee, 422, Pow IX C/ Berga
Iosso, Peter, 422,POW Berga
Kemper, John A, Pfc, 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Reinfenrath, John W, 423-B POW Berga
Rosenberg, Theodore, POW IX-B,Berga
Rosenberg, Winfield PFC 422D POW IXB IX G, Berga 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3621/thread
Urban, Anthony (Tony), 423-I POW IX-B, Berga
Widdicombe. Robert, 423-I, POW Begra
Slaughterhouse 5, Dresden ( work camp) 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4801/thread
106th Connections:
list of those at Slaughterhouse 5: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4800/thread
Crone, Edward R, Jr, Pvt, 423/HQ 2nd Bn POW
Doxsee, Gifford B., Cpl., 423rd, 3rd Battalion Hq Co, Signal Corps Unit; POW IV B, Slaughter House 5, Gorbitz, Dresden
Strong, George W. Pvt, 423 INF/HQ, POW IVB, Slaughterhouse Five
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. Pfc423rd 2nd Bn Hq Co.
Paper Mill near Freita
O'Meara, John P. Pfc, 423rd / 3rd BN / HQ Co POW IV-B and work camp near Dresden (Paper Mill near Freita)
Gleina 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5052/thread
Carl Wouters mentioned: "Men from IV-B were put to work in a number of 'Arbeitskommandos' or work details/camps in the vincinity of the Stalag. This meant that they were usually not billeted in the camp barracks themselves, but in barns or other facilities near their work site.
Location: Ewell Black noted that this, his second POW location was 3 Km from Zeitz in in the small farming community of Gleina
106th Connections: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5052/thread
Listed so far:
Black, Ewell Jr (Rev. ) 422-A POW XII A, IV B, work camp at Gleina
Unnamend member of 423/B IV-B, Gleina (mentioned by Carl Wouters)
Hohnstein- hard labor
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Leipzig Work Camp
Brumfield, Vernon E, PFC 589 C POW IVB Muhlberg, Leipzig work camp (railroad)- video interview: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4827/thread
Lobau near Poland
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Magdeburg
Wunsdorf (near Stalag III A): 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5068/thread
106th Connections:
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Hospital Experiences:
It appears that hospitals where POW's were treated may or may not have been directly associated with POW camps. Until I sort all this out, I'll start keeping track of hospital stays here
Goerlitz:
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Koblenz 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5184/thread
106th connections:
Colbert, Hugh 422-B, POW
Henderson, Chuck Sgt. 422 F, POW
Meadows, Jerry S/ Sgt, POW hospitals in Koblenz & Meinigen(unit unnamed)
Phillips, John, 1st Lt. 424 E, POW
Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg)
106th Connections:
Lane, Weldon V. 423/2nd Bn.HQ Co/ Anti-tank Platoon IV-B, work camps: unnamed & L-7
Wentz, William J 423-M POW IV-B,work camp L-71 at lignite mines, hospital near Liberwanda, IV D, time in hospital in Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg)
Meinigen
106th Connection: www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Meadows, Jerry S/ Sgt, POW hospitals in Koblenz & Meinigen
Sgt. Chuck Henderson 422 F www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Unknown%20Camp/Henderson-Chuck/Henderson-Chuck.htm spent his entire POW time (plus some stateside time) in hospitals. His stays were in:
1. near Koblenz a German Field hospital where he resided from December 24 to Jan. 1.
From here he traveled by boxcar thru Frankfurt where they were bombed and strafed.
2.Bad Sodum until Jan 19. He reports that there were a few Catholic Nuns running this hospital and other allied captives were there, some working as aids and some as patients (especially blind and burned).
3. Obermasfield- 30 miles from Bad Orb in a hospital run by British Doctors under German Control
He was liberated on April 2 by 11th Armored
He was in Paris April 8, Stateside May 1
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This is just the beginning of a list. More will be added as time allows and as others add information below.
When things got sorted out, enlisted men were in camps named Stalag and officers in Oflag.
www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
MAP of GERMAN POW Camps: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4961/thread
BIOGRAPHIES on Indiana Military Site: See side bar: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
WIKIPEDIA'S INDEX OF POW CAMPS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_World_War_II
423rd INFANTRY REGIMENT POW ROSTER: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/62%20-%20423rdPOWs/62.htm
589TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION POW MANIFEST: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/58%20-%20589th%20FA%20POWs/58.htm
590th FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION POW MANIFEST: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/REFERENCES/57%20-%20590thFA%20POWs/57.htm
DEFINITIONS:
Stalag is an abbreviation of the German Stammlager ('Main Camp')
Oflag (from German: Offizierslager) was a type of prisoner of war camp for officers
Dulag or Durchgangslager, the German term for a prisoner transit camp
Kriegies is the shortened form of the word "Kriegsgefangenen-- the German word for prisoner."
Arbeitskommandos: means "work detail."
Many thousands of prisoners were held in the prison camp, but an even larger number of them were held in areas outside of the camp, and assigned to Arbeitskommandos (work details).
NOTE: Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
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OVERVIEW OF POW CAMPS that held members of the 106th
This list is a work in progress.
Eventually a link will follow the name of each camp & will take you to additional information about the camp and some of the soldiers held there.
If you have additional information or questions please reply after the last message in this thread.
Just adding the fact that you or a relative was at a particular camp is great additional information.
Stalag II A Neubrandenburg: SEE MORE AT 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3924/thread
"The camp was located in Fünfeichen, a former estate within the city limits of Neubrandenburg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-A
According to Wikipedia: "November 1944 to early January 1945 American soldiers captured in various operations during the Allied drive westward arrived. Most were immediately sent to Arbeitskommandos... About 3,500 were in the camp itself, the rest were in outlying sub-camps....
subcamps or Arbeitskommandos/ Work Camps
Stalag II-A had about 50 subcamps, known as Arbeitskommando.
* Teterow, the largest, was , several miles west of Neubrandenburg, & held about 175 prisoners living in a multistory brick building. They worked on the railway lines.
* Parchim was another
February to April 1945 Neubrandenburg was a waypoint in the forced march westward of Allied prisoners from POW camps further east.
28 April 1945 a Soviet armored division reached Neubrandenburg.
In the middle of April most of the prisoners in the camp and in the outlying Arbeitskommandos were marched westward ahead of the advancing Red Army. Within a few days they were liberated by British troops pushing eastward."
106th CONNECTIONS: More details on the camp and links to the 106th connection have been moved to an individual thread for Stalag II A: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3924/thread
names with links currently listed here:
Ahrens, Raymond, 424-C, POW XI-B, IIA
Blauch, James R 423 A POW Stalags XI-B, II A & a work camp
Cartier, Richard Erwin, PFC 424 K, 2nd Squad 1st Platoon, POW XI-B; IIA
Gardner, James of the 2nd Bn.HQ Co 422 Regiment POW Stalag II A
Laux, Joseph J. 423 L POW Stalag II A
Ray, Marion, Sgt. 1st BN 424 D POW Stalag XIIA & II A
Smith, Kenneth W. 423/K, PFC POW Stalag II A
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Stalag III A Luckenwalde km. south of Berlin) 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/1031/stalag-iii
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_III-A
According to Wikipedia: "By April 1945, a total of five thousand internees had died due to starvation and disease. At its height the compound housed around four thousand American prisoners of war, with separate compounds for thousands of Soviet prisoners, as well as Italians, Belgians, British, and French... many of the prisoners lived solely off parcels delivered by the Red Cross, with drinking water for the entire camp available from just two faucets. In short, Stalag III-A is a prime example of the horrors experienced by many prisoners of war in camps throughout Germany. The camp was liberated in April 1945 by the Red Army." (see difference in liberation date in 106th connection below)
This site contains some photos from the camp, including one showing cooking over a hand blower described in other POW accounts: www.stalag3a.com/ImagesFramed.htm
also see book note on this message board: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=books&action=display&thread=389
106th CONNECTIONS: More details on the camp and links to the 106th connection have been moved to an individual thread for Stalag III A: 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/1031/stalag-iii
names with links currently listed here:
Bradley, Fay, Sgt. 423 E POW Stalags IVB,III B, III A
Byrnes, Vincent Joseph, 423/ SVC POW IV-B; IIIA
Brutus, Glen J. PFC 1st BN HQ Co 423rd POW IVB, IIIA, IIIB, unknown camp
Ferguson, Richard Sgt T/4 HQ Battery 590th FA BN POW Stalags IVB, III-B, III A
Grant, Kenneth, S/Sgt 422 Hq 3rd BN HQ POW Stalag IVB, III-B, IIIA
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Lichtenfeld, Seymour 422-I, 3rd squad, 3rd platoon, POW IVB, III A, III B
McMullen, Charles D. PFC 422 AT POW IVB, III-B, III A
Schwarz,Burt P. PFC 424 POW- Stalag III A & 653AE Perleberg:
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Stalag III-B Fuerstenberg/Oder 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/1035/stalag-iii
While there is not Wikipedia article available on this particular camp, it is included on the list of camps en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_POW_camps#List_of_Camps_by_Military_District
also see book note on this message board: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=books&action=display&thread=389
106th CONNECTION- names of men who resided in this camp and links to their history can be found here: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3972/thread
names with links found here:
Bradley, Fay, Sgt. 423 POW Stalags IVB,III B, III A
Brutus, Glen J. PFC 1st BN HQ Co 423rd POW IVB, IIIA, IIIB, unknown camp
Ferguson, Richard Sgt. T/4 POW Stalag IV-B, III-B, III-A
Fishburn, John 423rd POW Stalags Stalag V-A & III-B
Grant, Kenneth, S/Sgt 422 Hq 3rd BN HQ POW Stalag IVB, III-B, IIIA
Lichtenfield, Seymour 422nd I POW Stalag IV-B, IIIA & III-B
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Stalag IV-B- Mühlberg east of Elbe- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4946/thread.
Wikipedia Notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-B
"The main camp was located 8km NE of the town Mühlberg in Brandenburg, just east of the Elbe river and about 30 miles (50 km) north of Dresden. A branch camp, sometimes identified as Stalag-IVB/Z, was located at Zeithain, 10 km to the south in Saxony." (according to Wikipedia)
"At the end of December 1944 about 7,500 Americans arrived from the Battle of the Bulge. At least 3,000 of them were transferred to other camps, mostly to Stalag VIII-A.... 23 April 1945 the Red Army liberated the camp. Altogether soldiers from 33 nations passed through this camp[/i]."
A later Wikipedia note may alter the final liberation date for Americans if it is true: " It is not widely known, but the Soviet liberators were in no hurry to repatriate the British and American prisoners to their homelands. In fact they were held in the camp for over a month. Individual soldiers "escaped" from the camp and made their way on foot to the American lines."
A UK Wartime memory project has some info and personal stories from men at IV B, including some from the 106th:
www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/division.php?pid=8027
2017 UPDATE ON PRESERVATION OF IV-B. 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4414/thread
106th CONNECTION names of some men who resided here along with links to their histories can be found here: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4946/thread
names with links listed here:
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Baron, Robert Weapons Platoon K Company 422nd POW IV-B
Bendle, Harold L 422-H POW IVB
Birdsall, Clifford H., 422 Anti-tank Co. POW IV-B, work camp
Black, Ewell Jr (Rev. ) 422-A POW XII A, IV B, work camp at Gleina
Block, Robert Stewart, Sgt. 423/ 3rd BN/I, POW IV-B
Bloom, Jack Tech Sgt 422 POW IV B
Bohde, Edward 422/ L, POW Stalags IV-B, VIII A
Bradley, Fay, Sgt 423/E POW 1VB, III B, and IIIA
Brumfield, Vernon E, PFC 589 C POW IVB Muhlberg, Leipzig work camp
Brutus, Glen J. PFC 1st BN HQ Co 423rd POW IVB, IIIA, IIIB, unknown camp
Bugner, Thomas F, S/Sgt, 590-B, POW IV-B
Byrnes, Vincent Joseph, 423/ SVC POW IV-B; IIIA, work camp near Magdenburg
Collins, John F. 423-M POW IV-B
Dimas, Pete G. 423-B POW IVB
Doxsee, Gifford B., Cpl., 423rd, 3rd Battalion Hq Co, Signal Corps Unit; POW IV B, Slaughter House 5, Gorbitz, Dresden
Eisenhard, Daniel A. PFC, 423-2nd BN HQ Co. POW IVB
Ferguson Richard C Sgt. T/4 590-HQ, POW IVB, III B, III A
Fisher, Elburn Quincy 422nd L- POW IV
Grant, Kenneth, S/Sgt 422 Hq 3rd BN HQ POW Stalag IVB, III-B, IIIA
Kline, John P, Sgt 423 M-Heavy Machine Gun Squad Leader, (POW XII-B), IV-B, VIII A and long march to Braunschweig
Honkomp, Elmer D. "Bud", Lt., 422 K. POW IV-B
Lane, Weldon V. 423/2nd Bn.HQ Co/ Anti-tank Platoon IV-B, work camps: unnamed & L-71
Lawler, Loy Dean, Pfc. 423 E, 1st platoon POW IV-B, Arbeitskommando L71A
Litchfield, Seymour 422-I, 3rd squad, 3rd platoon, POW IVB, III A, III B
O'Meara, John P. Pfc, 423rd / 3rd BN / HQ Co POW IV-B and work camp near Dresden
Parker, Richard B, 1 Lt, 422-AT- 1st platoon. POW Stalag IV-B, Oflag 64
Podlaski, Edmond P. PFC 422-H POW IVB & work camp at Zietz Coal Mines
Purington, Charles O., PFC, 423 H, POW 1V-B
Setter, Leon J. 422/ 2nd Bn Hq POW IVB & work camp in Gleina
Shelton, Hubert P. PVT 423 B POW IVB Muhlberg, Sachsen 52-13 known as Slaughter House #5
Southam, George F. 423 B POW IV-A, IV-B
Strong, George W. Pvt, 423 INF/HQ, POW IVB, Slaughterhouse Five
Smith, Wayne C., Staff Sgt 592nd-A, Fwd Observer, POW IV-B & VIII-A
Thornley, Cleo C 590-C POW IV-B & "Death March"
Urner, Harry, Cpl. machine gunner 422-H POW IV-B
Watson, Robert L, Pfc 423-B,POW IV-B? & IV-G
Wentz, William J 423-M POW IV-B, lignite mines near IV-A IV D, time in hospital in Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg) ?
Zak, George K., Cpl 422M; POW IV-B Muhlberg; Lobau; 4A,Pirna
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Stalag IV-G 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5237/thread
Wikipedia Notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G.
Stalag IV-G was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) for NCOs and enlisted men. It was not a camp in the usual sense, but a series of Arbeitslager ("Work Camps") scattered throughout the state of Saxony, administered from a central office on Lutherstraße[1] in Oschatz, a small town situated between Leipzig and Dresden.
106th CONNECTIONS
Watson, Robert L, Pfc 423-B,POW IV-B? & IV-G
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Stalag V-A 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4991/thread
Wikipedia notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_V-A
The prison camp had been constructed on the site of a former German military camp, that had once billeted German cavalry troops and their horses. The red brick stables were converted to barracks to house prisoners when the site was converted to a POW camp in October 1939. Additional wooden barrack huts were also constructed on the grounds, to accommodate the camp's growing prisoner population.[1]
The roofs of the buildings within the camp were marked "KG" for Kriegsgefangenen, the German word meaning "prisoner of war". Large red crosses were also painted on the roofs, to further ensure that Allied planes would not mistakenly target the camp.
The sprawling prison complex was divided into compounds. The perimeter of the each compound was secured by a double barbed-wire fence, fifteen feet in height, on top of which ran a high-voltage wire. The space between the two fences was a tangled mass of barbed-wire. On the prisoners' side of the fence, a wire ran parallel with the fence, staked to the ground approximately ten feet from the fence, six to eight inches above the ground. Any man who stepped between the wire and the fence was shot on sight. Every so many yards along the fence was a guard tower, fully armed and manned.
The first prisoners detained at the camp had been Poles, taken captive during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. As the war progressed, prisoners of other nationalities arrived at Stalag V-A. By the time of the camp's evacuation in April 1945, Allied prisoners of every nation at war with Germany were present within the camp. The largest population present within the camp was Soviet, followed by the French, Belgian, Dutch, British and Commonwealth, Italian, and American prisoners were also present in large numbers.
106th Connection The name of one 106th member who resided here with links to his history can be found here: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4991/thread
currently listed:
Fishburn, John 423rd POW Stalags Stalag V-A & III-B
Stalag VI-B- See more at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5136/thread
Wikipedia Notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VI-B
Stalag VI-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager), located about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the village of Versen in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands.
The camp was established in 1938 as Lager IX Versen, one of the Emslandlager group of labour camps. It was designed to hold up to 1,500 political prisoners, who worked under the direction of the Reichsarbeitsdienst ("State Labor Service") in the local peat bogs.
After the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 the camp was taken over by Military District VI,[2] and designated Stalag VI-B, with sub-camps (Zweiglager) — designated Stalag VI-B/Z — a few kilometres away at Oberlangen, Wesuwe and Fullen. On 13 May 1942 Stalag VI-B and its sub-camps all came under the administrative control of Stalag VI-C at Bathorn, and were renamed Stalag VI-C/Z.
The camps of Stalag VI-B were first occupied by prisoners-of-war taken during the invasion of Poland. In early 1940 these were replaced by POW from France and Belgium. In addition, there were Dutch, Polish, and later Russians in the camps. After the armistice of 1943 Italian prisoners arrived.
From November 1944 prisoners from the Neuengamme concentration camp in Hamburg were housed at Versen to work on the Friesenwall, part of the Atlantic Wall between the Netherlands and Denmark.[4]
The camps were abandoned in March 1945, and the prisoners were moved by train or marched east to other camps.
The camp at Versen was used after the war as a prison under the control of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice. After a fire in 1972, much of the camp was rebuilt. It currently operates as Justizvollzugsanstalt Meppen ("Meppen Correctional Institution").
106th CONNECTIONS: see more info at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5136/thread
King, Basil Robert, 423 M, POW Stalag VI-B
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Stalag VI-G 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4992/thread
Wikipedia notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G
Stalag IV-G was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) for NCOs and enlisted men. It was not a camp in the usual sense, but a series of Arbeitslager ("Work Camps") scattered throughout the state of Saxony, administered from a central office on Lutherstraße[1] in Oschatz, a small town situated between Leipzig and Dresden.
The camp operated from February 1941. The International Red Cross, following an inspection tour of 11-16 March 1945, reported that there were a total of 5,233 prisoners, of which 4,457 were British and Commonwealth, and 776 American. Of these only 20 POW were at the HQ in Oschatz, performing administration tasks, while the rest were assigned to 76 separate Arbeitskommando ("Work details"), working in agriculture, forestry, and industry. The Arbeitskommando varied in size from around 20 to over 100 men, who worked between 8 and 11 hours a day, 6 days a week, with only Sundays free. The report notes the generally poor health of the Americans, and some British, who were suffering from the effects of being marched from camps further east.
The area around Oschatz was one of the last to be liberated at the end of the war. In May 2005 the Oschatzer Heimatverein e.V. organised an exhibition to commemorate the liberation and Stalag IV-G.[4] In 2007 the exhibition in the Oschatz Town Hall was made permanent.
106th CONNECTION The name and links to history of men from the 106th who resided here can be found at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4992/thread
currently listed:
Houseman, Donelson 1st Lt. 423/D POW VI-G
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Stalag VIIA Moosburg 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5000/thread
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VII-A
According to Wikipedia, this 85 acre camp "served also as a transit camp through which prisoners, including officers, were processed on their way to another camp. At some time during the war prisoners from every nation fighting against Germany passed through it. At the time of its liberation on 29 April 1945, there were 130,000 prisoners from at least 26 nations on the camp roster... including 30,000 Americans. " Among the later arrivals to the camp were "part of the American officers that had been marched from Oflag 64 in Szubin, via Oflag XIII-B" who were moved to this camp in forced marches as the other camps were threatened by Soviet advances. The camp was"liberated on 29 April 1945 by Combat Command A of the 14th Armored Division after a pitched battle with a large defending force of 5,000-7,000 German troops." (The site gives a more detailed account of this liberation.)
106th CONNECTION more on the men from the 106th who resided here can be found at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5000/thread
currently listed;
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A
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Stalag VIII A - east of Görlitz, Germany (now Zgorzelec, Poland)- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4960/thread
WIKIPEDIA NOTES: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-A
According to Wikipedia: "in late December 1944 1,800 Americans arrived that were taken in the Battle of the Bulge. February 14, 1945 the Americans and British were marched out of the camp westward in advance of the Soviet offensive into Germany[/i]."Under Notable inmates is mention that: "It was there that Olivier Messiaen, a French prisoner, finished composing Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time), a famous work of chamber music. With the help of some Germans, he was able to assemble three other POWs to help him perform the piece for the rest of the camp." www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/quartet_for_the_2.html
1106th CONNECTIONS
Currently listed
Beals, John D. T-5 POW IV-B, VIII A, long march, IX-B
Bohde, Edward, S. Sgt 422 L, POW IVB, VIII A . IX-C
Kline, John P. Sgt 423 M,POW IV-B (1 wk); VIII-A;
Mee, Norman J. Jr. 422nd POW IV-B, VIII A ?
Schwalm, Bruce 422nd POW IV -B VIII
Smith, Wayne C., Staff Sgt 592nd-A
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Stalag IX A- Ziegenhain - More information at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5005/thread
Wikipedia lists this among the German POW camps but does not yet have a write-up on this one.
Indiana Military site has a history and a large number of photographs. www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20IX-A%20Ziegenhain/Photos/Stalag%20IX-A.htm
According to that site this was a camp for Non-commissioned Officers who were moved here after being at IX B first. (It had also held FrenchPOW's for some time
106th Connections an amazing article on courage here including men of the 106th here, along with other 106th Connections to Stalag IX A : 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5005/thread
currently listed:
Burmeister, Roy Cpl. 589 B POW IX B, IX A
Edmonds Roddie, M. Sgt, 422, HQ Co, POW IX-B, IX-A
Frampton, Duward Belmont Jr. "Pete", Cpl 422 CN. POW IX-B, IX-A WIA
Sulser, Jack 423 F POW Stalags IX-B, IX-A
Tanner, Lester, S. Sgt. 422 HQ Co. POW IX -B, IX A
Peterson, Richard (Pete) 423-I weapons Platoon POW IX B & IX A 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/1611/thread
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Stalag IX B- Bad Orb- 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5012/thread
Wikipedia Notes;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IX-B at Wegscheide close to Bad Orb in the province of Hesse, Germany.
According to wikipedia: "in late December 1944 Americans arrived who were captured in the Battle of the Bulge, approximately American 4,700 infantrymen were located here, far exceeding the capacity of the camp resulting in very severe conditions, even though officers and NCOs were later transferred to other camps... The camp was also the site of a segregation and removal of Jewish American troops, who once identified, were taken to the labor camp Berga located in eastern Thuringia 12 km south of Gera."
photos and info: www.lonesentry.com/badorb/index.html
106th Connections 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5012/thread
names of a number of men who were here, with links to their stories
currently listed:
Accidental meeting of two Bad Orb POW's from the 423rd A: Henry Canter & George Balch
Allen, John David, 423rd/ 3rd BN, HQ Co,PFC, POW Stalag IX B Bad Orb-
Andrews, John 592-A POW Stalag IX-B
Atiyeh, Edward Ellis 423-E, POW IX-B Bad Orb
Balch, George 423A rifleman, POW IXB Bad Orb
Beals, John D. T-5 POW IV-B, VIII A, long march, IX-B
Bell Harry Homer Jr., PFC 422F Pow at IXB Bad Orb
Burnett, James Leroy, Cpl, 422-C, POW Stalag IX-B
Cavanaugh, Paul W, Chaplain, HQ 422nd, POW IXB & Oflag XIII-B
Collins, John W. Lt., exec officer 423-I POW IX-B
Creede, Frank J. Jr., Pvt 423 H POW IX-B
Edmonds Roddie, M. Sgt, 422, HQ Co, POW IX-B, IX-A
Enlow, J. Russell 423 D POW IX-B
Freas, Russell A. Jr, Cpt. 423 Sv. Co. POW IX A, IX-B?
Gillette, Lawrence A. Jr, Pvt. 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Iosso, Peter 422nd POW IXB, Berga
Kemper, John A, Pfc, 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Prell, Donald B. Lt. 422 (2nd Platoon Anti-tank Co.) POW Stalag IX-B, Oflag XIII-B, briefly freed, Stalag XIII D/ Oflag 73, Camp hospital
Reinfenrath, John W, 423-B POW IX-B, Berga
Rozen, Matthew, 423-I, POW Stalag IX-B
Rosenberg, Winfield PFC 422D POW IXB IX G, Berga
Sergi, Rocco J Pvt 422/L.POW IX B
Sulser, Jack 423 F POW Stalags IX-B, IX-A
Urban, Anthony (Tony), 423-I POW IX-B, Berga
Also notes from Granddaughter of unnamed 423rd member imprisoned here
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Stalag IX-C Sulza Saxe-Weimar 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5280/thread
106th Connections
Fusco, Alphonso S. "Al" Tech Sgt. 423-L, POW IX-C
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Stalag XI B near Fallingbostel in Lower Saxony, north-western Germany: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5018/thread
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XI-B
According to Wikipedia
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.
Earlier notes on Wikipedia stated that "in December 1944 members of the US Army 42nd Division, Co. B and G, 232 Infantry Regiment captured during the Battle of the Bulge were brought to Stlag XI-B. On April 16, 1945 the camp was liberated by the British 8th Army. Obviously, the units mentioned are not from the 106th division."
106th CONNECTION 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5018/thread
Names with links here currently include:
Ahrens, Raymond, 424-C, POW XI-B, IIA
Anderson, Webber Willson, M Sgt. " Andy- 423 G. platoon Sgt. POW XI-B
Blauch, James R Co A 423rd POW Stalags XI-B, II A & a work camp
Cartier, Richard Erwin, PFC 424 K, 2nd Squad 1st Platoon, POW XI-B; IIA
Eanes, Paul M., 590 SV, POW VII-A, IX-B, XI-B
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Spencer, James H. 1st Sgt 423 Hq. POW XI B- 1
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Stalag IX-C Sulza Saxe-Weimar 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5280/thread
106th Connections
Fusco, Alphonso S. "Al" Tech Sgt. 423 (L?) POW IX-C
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Stalag XII-A, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5020/thread
Wikipedia currently has no articles on this camp but it is on their list of German POW camps:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_POW_camps#List_of_Camps_by_Military_District
From John Kline's Notes
It was a permanent camp for the British and Italian prisoners. In November 1944, there were 1,500 Americans in camp. Later this figure rose to 3,026. The total camp population now was 20,357."
106th Connection 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5020/thread
Names with links currently listed here:
Andrews, Richard W., PFC 424th Cannon Company, POW XIIA
Black, Ewell Jr (Rev. ) 422-A POW XII A, IV B, work camp at Gleina w
Descheneaux, George, Col. 422, POW XIIA, Wetzlar Dulag Luft, XIIA, Oflag 79 - h
Freas, Russell A. Jr, Cpt. 423 Sv. Co. POW IX A, IX-B?
Forsythe James D, 424-A POW XII-A l
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A Note: Holtzmiller DID NOT STAY AT XII-A but his brief account of arriving at the gates of this camp holds useful info.
Kline, John P, Sgt 423 M-Heavy Machine Gun Squad Leader, POW XII-A, IV-B, VIII A and long march to Braunschweig: Kline's 5 !/2 hr pause here provides some useful info.
Ray, Marion, Sgt. 1st BN 424 D POW Stalag XIIA & II A
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Oflag XIII-B, Hammelburg 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5023/thread
Wikipedia quotes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XIII-B
11 January 1945 - American officers captured during the Battle of the Bulge arrived and were placed in a separated section.
27 March 1945 - Task Force Baum breached fence of camp, but was later surrounded by German troops and surrendered.
29 March - many of the POWs were force marched to Langwasser (Nuremberg) from the partially damaged camp and some were killed when Allied planes strafed the marching columns.
6 April 1945 - camp is liberated by Combat Command B of the U.S. 14th Armored Division
Residents here included the son-in-law of Lieutenant-General George S Patton Jr commander of the Third US Army; this was the site of a much- publicized, botched liberation attempt.
106th Connections: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5023/thread
Currently Listed:
Cavanaugh, Paul, -422 HQ, Chaplain POW Oflag XIII-B
Cavender,Charles C, Col, Commander 423rd Infantry Regiment, POW XIII-B
Jones, L. Martin, 2nd Lt. 423 G POW Stalag IXB, Oflag XIII B, failed liberation attempt, 200 mile march
Phillips, John 1st Lt. - 424 E POW field hospital near Koblenz, Oflag XIII B
Prell, Donald B. Lt. 422 (2nd Platoon Anti-tank Co.) POW Stalag IX-B, Oflag XIII-B, briefly freed, Stalag XIII D/ Oflag 73, Camp hospital
Schenck, Charles Newton "Newt" III, Lt. 590 C, POW Oflag XIII-B
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Stalag XIII-C Hammelburg - link to more info: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5022/thread
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XIII-C
According to Wikipedia: "In World War II the German Army used parts of camp Hammelburg for Stalag XIII-C, a camp for other ranks and NCOs. Oflag XIII-B was located close by. As was usual for Stalags, many of the prisoners were located in Arbeitslager on farms or adjacent to factories or other industrial operations. The camp served as the base for distribution of International Red Cross packages and mail. A Lazarett (hospital) cared for prisoners that were sick or had been injured in industrial accidents or air-raids. A number of enlisted men and NCOs were housed in the adjacent Oflag to provide necessary services...
January 1945 - American soldiers arrived from the Battle of the Bulge.
March 1945 - many prisoners arrived in deplorable condition after marching 500 miles from Stalag VIII-D in severe winter conditions
[6 April 1945 - camp is liberated by Combat Command B of the U.S. 14th Armored Division"
106th connection more details: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5022/thread
currently listed:
Campagna,Nicholas (Nick), Sgt, 589th Field Artillery BN., POW XIII-C
Devine, William, 423 SV Co. Supply Clerk, POW XIII-C, stone quarry work camp, farm labor near Bastheim, thirty-day march
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A
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Stalag XIII-D/ Oflag 73 - Nürnberg Langwasser: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5029/thread
Wikipedia link and notes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XIII-D
a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp built on what had been the Nazi parade grounds in Nürnberg, northern Bavaria.
May 1940 - After the Invasion of Norway and then Battle of France prisoners arrived in large numbers, until they totalled 150,000 from all occupied countries, except Britain. British prisoners were held in separate camps all over Germany. Part of the facilities were used as Oflag XIII-A for officers.
Autumn 1944 and spring 1945 the camp population grew enormously with the arrival of prisoners evacuated from camps in the east in front of the advance of the Red Army. These included many Americans and British airmen from Stalag Luft 3.
12 April 1945 large numbers were marched to Stalag VII-A
16 April 1945 the camp was liberated by advance elements of the United States Army
106th Connections 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5029/thread
current names listed with links are:
Helwig, Charles, 423 L POW hospital?; Stalag XIII-D
Holtzmiller, J. Don Cpl. 589 A, POW Stalags XIII-C, XIII-D, VII-A
Prell, Donald B. Lt. 422 (2nd Platoon Anti-tank Co.) POW Stalag IX-B, Oflag XIII-B, briefly freed, Stalag XIII D/ Oflag 73, Camp hospital 1
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Stalag XVII A Kaisersteinbruch, Austria: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5030/thread
Stalag XVIII-A was a World War II German Army (Wehrmacht) prisoner-of-war camp located to the south of the town of Wolfsberg, in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia, then a part of Nazi Germany. A sub-camp Stalag XVIII-A/Z was later opened in Spittal an der Drau about 100 km (62 mi) to the west.
The camp, first designated Oflag XVIII-B, was opened at the site of a former parade ground on 19 October 1939, after the German invasion of Poland. The first inmates were Polish officers, from Spring 1940 also Belgian and French officers captured in the Battle of France.[1] Wolfsberg remained a sub-camp of Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruch, until in March 1941 the officers were transferred to other camps and the camp was redesignated a Stalag of the military district XVIII, with French and Belgian prisoners being transferred in from Stalag XVII-A. The first British and Commonwealth prisoners arrived in July 1941 from a transit camp in Thessaloniki, Greece, having been captured during the battles of Greece and Crete. The first Soviet prisoners arrived in October 1941, and were housed in a separate enclosure.
In December a typhus epidemic broke out, and the entire camp was quarantined until March 1942. Many prisoners died, mainly Russians, as their living conditions and rations were substantially inferior to the other prisoners.[2] In June 1942, to ease overcrowding, three new barracks were built, and 400 British NCOs were transferred to Stalag XVIII-B at Spittal. In January 1943 the camp at Spittal became a Zweiglager (sub-camp) of Wolfsberg, and was redesignated as Stalag XVIII-A/Z. In March 1943 a Lazarett ("Camp Hospital") was built there.[2]
In November 1943, after the Italian armistice, Italian and Commonwealth prisoners arrived from Italy. Two hundred NCOs were transferred to Stalag XVIII-C at Markt-Pongau in June 1944. That month there were a total of 38,831 prisoners registered at the camp. Of these 10,667 were British and Commonwealth troops, of which only 825 were in the main camp, while the rest were attached to various Arbeitskommandos ("Labour Units").[2] In August 1944, according to a Red Cross report, there were 313 Arbeitskommandos attached to Stalag XVIII-A, which were split fairly equally between Landwirtschaft (agriculture or forestry) and Gewerbliche Wirtschaft (trade and industry).[3] There were several attempts to escape, primarily from the Arbeitskommandos.
On 18 December 1944 the camp was bombed by U.S. aircraft. Forty-six prisoners and several guards were killed. Both the British and French camp hospitals were hit, with the British hut being almost completely destroyed.[2] On the approach of Allied forces in April 1945 all fit prisoners from the camps and neighbouring labour units were marched east to Stalag XVIII-C.[2]
Officially, the camp was liberated by elements of the British 8th Army on 11 May 1945. In fact the prisoners had been in control of the camp since the 8th, the day of the German surrender. That day the Kommandant, Hauptmann Steiner, had handed over control of the camp to the Senior British Medical Officer and the "Men of Confidence". French and British prisoners disarmed their guards and took control of the camp armoury, and the local Post Office, Railway Station and Police Station. Over the next few weeks the prisoners were transported via Klagenfurt to transit camps in Bari and Naples, from where they were eventually repatriated. By the middle of June only Russian prisoners remained, these were eventually exchanged for British and American PoWs in Russian hands, near Graz. The camp then served as a British detention centre for ex-Nazis, before finally closing in mid-1947.[2]
106th Connections 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5030/thread
currently no direct connections listed
There is an Indiana Military Site link to a diary with photos and a drawing by someone who was imprisoned here
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Oflag 64 - Szubin, Poland: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5031/thread
the only German POW camp exclusive to officers from a single country -- Americans; built around a Polish Boys School.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_64
www.talkingproud.us/HistoryOflag64.html
From Wikipedia:
"Late fall 1943 - An escape committee started digging a tunnel to pass under the barbed wire fence.
March 1944 - upon receiving news of the disastrous results of the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III the escape committee ordered a shut-down of the operation.[1]
June 1944 - senior American officers captured in the Battle of Normandy sent to Oflag 64.
January 21, 1945 - the roll call established a total of 1,471. Because of approaching Soviet troops, all capable of walking were marched out. The senior U.S. officer was Lt.Col. Paul Goode.[2].
January 23, 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet 61st Army. There were approximately 100 Americans, sick and medical personnel, and a few that had hidden in the old escape tunnel. About 200 escaped from the marching column and returned to the camp.
The group that marched out of Szubin, reached Oflag XIII-B at Hammelburg on March 10. They marched through snow and bitter cold most of the nearly 400 miles. About 400 dropped out on the way, too weak to march, or escaped. A number were shot. Lt. Col. Goode marched with them all the way. Part of the group, including Lt. Col. Goode were again marched out to Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, where they were finally liberated by units of the U.S. 14th Armored Division 29 April (three weeks after Hammelburg had been liberated by the same unit)
Those that had stayed at the camp experienced considerable difficulties. The Soviets wanted to hold them hostage, until all Soviet POWs in camps behind Allied lines were returned to them[3]. Finally, under the command of Col. Frederick Drury they reached Odessa and were evacuated on a New Zealand
photos of Oflag 64: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4550/oflag64.htm
Wikipedia Notes on Camp Redesignation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XIII-A
In June 1941 a new compound Oflag 62 was opened for high-ranking Soviet officers captured during Operation Barbarossa. It was redesignated Oflag XIII-D in September 1941. This camp was closed April 1942 and the surviving officers (many had died during the winter due to an epidemic) were transferred to other camps. From December 1944 to March 1945 XIII-D was designated Oflag 73 and used to accommodate officers of various nationalities evacuated hastily from camps in the east that were threatened by the rapid advance of the Red Army.
On 15 April 1945, Lt. Donald Prell (who had been recaptured after escaping from Oflag XIII-B and sent to Oflag 73) awoke to find all the camp's guards had disappeared. He and another POW walked out the front gate to freedom.
On 16 April 1945 the United States Army liberated the camp, finding only Serbian officers and those too sick to have been marched out, including some Americans who had been wounded by strafing American planes while being marched from Hammelburg.
Also See Stalag XIII-D - Nürnberg Langwasser /Oflag 73: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5029/thread
106th Connection 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5031/thread
currently listed here (with links)
Moon, William P., Major, commander 1st Bn 422
O'Neill, Robert McLeod 422-G, POW Oflag 64
Parker, Richard B, 1 Lt, 422-AT- 1st platoon. POW Stalag IV-B, Oflag 64
Stewart, Neil, Cpt. 422F-
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Work Camp Notes:
Notes on Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Arbeitskommandos: Many thousands of prisoners were held in the prison camp, but an even larger number of them were held in areas outside of the camp, and assigned to Arbeitskommandos (work details).
Finding a POW's Work Camp: jrwentz attached two helpful posts near the bottom of the following thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4942/thread
Work camps are probably too numerous to capture here, but as I come across notes on locations and work, I will attempt to post here in hopes that it may help in other's research:
Arbeitskommandos L71 near Boxwitz (or Bockwitz), Germany 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5053/thread
"close enough to Dresden to see the lights and the bombing of that city" - Lawler
both Lane and Lawler tell of being assigned to work teams that processed brown coal into coal brickettes.
106th Connections: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5053/thread
Lane, Weldon V. 423/2nd Bn.HQ Co/ Anti-tank Platoon IV-B, work camps: unnamed & L-71
Lawler, Loy Dean, Pfc. 423 E, 1st platoon POW IV-B, Arbeitskommando L71A
Wentz, William J 423-M POW IV-B,work camp L-71 at lignite mines, IV D, time in hospital in Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg)
Berga located on the outskirts of the village of Schliben. SEE MORE INFO AT: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5141/thread
Berga an der Elster was a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp. The Berga forced labour camp was located on the outskirts of the village of Schliben. Workers were supplied by Buchenwald concentration camp and from a POW camp, Stalag IX-B; the latter contravened the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention and the Hague Treaties. Many prisoners died as a result of malnutrition, sickness (including pulmonary disease due to dust inhalation from tunnelling with explosives), and beatings, including 73 American POWs.
106th Infantry Division Connections More info at: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5141/thread
Gillette, Lawrence, Pvt. 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Goldstein, Morton, Pvt. 590 C, POW, Berga
Guggenheim, Charles E, 424 E (stateside)- film maker
Horton, Robert Lee, 422, Pow IX C/ Berga
Iosso, Peter, 422,POW Berga
Kemper, John A, Pfc, 423-L, POW IX-B, Berga
Reinfenrath, John W, 423-B POW Berga
Rosenberg, Theodore, POW IX-B,Berga
Rosenberg, Winfield PFC 422D POW IXB IX G, Berga 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3621/thread
Urban, Anthony (Tony), 423-I POW IX-B, Berga
Widdicombe. Robert, 423-I, POW Begra
Slaughterhouse 5, Dresden ( work camp) 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4801/thread
106th Connections:
list of those at Slaughterhouse 5: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4800/thread
Crone, Edward R, Jr, Pvt, 423/HQ 2nd Bn POW
Doxsee, Gifford B., Cpl., 423rd, 3rd Battalion Hq Co, Signal Corps Unit; POW IV B, Slaughter House 5, Gorbitz, Dresden
Strong, George W. Pvt, 423 INF/HQ, POW IVB, Slaughterhouse Five
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. Pfc423rd 2nd Bn Hq Co.
Paper Mill near Freita
O'Meara, John P. Pfc, 423rd / 3rd BN / HQ Co POW IV-B and work camp near Dresden (Paper Mill near Freita)
Gleina 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5052/thread
Carl Wouters mentioned: "Men from IV-B were put to work in a number of 'Arbeitskommandos' or work details/camps in the vincinity of the Stalag. This meant that they were usually not billeted in the camp barracks themselves, but in barns or other facilities near their work site.
Location: Ewell Black noted that this, his second POW location was 3 Km from Zeitz in in the small farming community of Gleina
106th Connections: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5052/thread
Listed so far:
Black, Ewell Jr (Rev. ) 422-A POW XII A, IV B, work camp at Gleina
Unnamend member of 423/B IV-B, Gleina (mentioned by Carl Wouters)
Hohnstein- hard labor
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Leipzig Work Camp
Brumfield, Vernon E, PFC 589 C POW IVB Muhlberg, Leipzig work camp (railroad)- video interview: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4827/thread
Lobau near Poland
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Magdeburg
Wunsdorf (near Stalag III A): 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5068/thread
106th Connections:
Jeters, Robert 424-C POW Stalags XIIA, IIIA, nearby coal work camp in Wunsdorf, XI-B
Hospital Experiences:
It appears that hospitals where POW's were treated may or may not have been directly associated with POW camps. Until I sort all this out, I'll start keeping track of hospital stays here
Goerlitz:
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Cpl., 423-E, POW IV-B, work detachment near Lobau, hospital in Goerlitz, hard labor near Hohnstein
Koblenz 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/5184/thread
106th connections:
Colbert, Hugh 422-B, POW
Henderson, Chuck Sgt. 422 F, POW
Meadows, Jerry S/ Sgt, POW hospitals in Koblenz & Meinigen(unit unnamed)
Phillips, John, 1st Lt. 424 E, POW
Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg)
106th Connections:
Lane, Weldon V. 423/2nd Bn.HQ Co/ Anti-tank Platoon IV-B, work camps: unnamed & L-7
Wentz, William J 423-M POW IV-B,work camp L-71 at lignite mines, hospital near Liberwanda, IV D, time in hospital in Liebenwerda (near Mühlberg)
Meinigen
106th Connection: www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm
Meadows, Jerry S/ Sgt, POW hospitals in Koblenz & Meinigen
Sgt. Chuck Henderson 422 F www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Unknown%20Camp/Henderson-Chuck/Henderson-Chuck.htm spent his entire POW time (plus some stateside time) in hospitals. His stays were in:
1. near Koblenz a German Field hospital where he resided from December 24 to Jan. 1.
From here he traveled by boxcar thru Frankfurt where they were bombed and strafed.
2.Bad Sodum until Jan 19. He reports that there were a few Catholic Nuns running this hospital and other allied captives were there, some working as aids and some as patients (especially blind and burned).
3. Obermasfield- 30 miles from Bad Orb in a hospital run by British Doctors under German Control
He was liberated on April 2 by 11th Armored
He was in Paris April 8, Stateside May 1
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This is just the beginning of a list. More will be added as time allows and as others add information below.
When things got sorted out, enlisted men were in camps named Stalag and officers in Oflag.
