Town End nr Gleadless photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. E. A. Drake Essex, 26th Jul 1942 She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. Very little remains there, but there is an exhibition of daily life in the camps and a reconstruction of a hut where Russian POWs were held (and treated very badly). The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. Corrections and integrations. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Ladysmith St London, 19th Oct 1944 Saint Road An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. It was opened in May 1943 for non commissioned officers captured during 1943 along with many transferred from Stalag Luft 1 and Stalag Luft 3 camps. New Zealand, Frank W Day New South Wales [1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. Wallasey Stalag III B; Stalag IV B; Stalag IV C; Stalag IV F; Stalag VIII A Grlitz; M-Stammlager IX C; Sandbostel (Concentration camp) Stalag XI-A; Stalag XI B; . My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Colchester Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Trpr. He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. Buitenzorg Forest Gate Stockport Australia, RAF No. Nr. Tamworth Civilian Internee Mail New Zealand to Changi, M. V. Gripsholm Mail, Diplomatic Exchange Vessel, Far East WWII, Repatriation Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942 46, New Zealand Irregular Use of Stamps and Other Items for Postage, The American Great White Fleet Voyage 1908-09, The Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp of WWI, Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp Postcards, The First New Zealand Pictorial Issue 1898, New Zealands Stamp First Issue, The Full Face Queens, Methods of Officially Sealing Mail in New Zealand, Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45, Postal Use of the New Zealand Boer War Stamp, Civilian Internee Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. What a revelation - they told me so much about this young man who joined up in 1939 - about his education, his previous employment (and what he earned) and his physical appearance. The sentry Sonntag continued to order my great uncle to move the barrow and threatened use of his firearm. I now wonder if it was another soldier who was shotin anargument over a cigarette and thatJoe's shooting was indeed over refusing to pushthe wheelbarrow. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Near East Indies, Jim Healey Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. Pleasant Harbour Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Like this page to receive our updates. WO 311/948 Shooting of two escaping British prisoners of war at Working Camp 4 (making a rifle range), Ostrowo, Poland (attached to Stalag XXI D, Posen), 15 July . "As Gribben made no attempts of pushing his wheelbarrow and as other POWs took up a threatening attitude, Sonntag fired." Nous avons dvelopp pour cela un moteur de recherche ddi, accessible gratuitement tous via la Bibliothque numrise. The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. Cheslyn Hay Dad died in 1957 at age 40, he was damaged coming back from the war PTS a word that came from the Vietnam era, but in those days you sucked it up and most never talked about it again, we basically grew up without a father. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. The men were marched along country roads towards the Oder, first north towards Dresden, then when the Germans changed their mind, south towards Bavaria, eventually reaching Stalag XIII-D near Nuremberg. Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Today on the site of the camp is the Polish Central Prisoner of War Museum (otherwise labeled incorrectly). This is the Facebook Group of Stalag VIIIB (later renumbered Stalag 344) was one of the largest German prisoner of war camps and was situated at Lamsdorf (now Lambinowce in Poland). Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945 Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource IWM HU 47109 1/2 slide 1 to 2 of 2 Description Object description Interior view of a camp hut showing prisoners' accommodation and possessions on Christmas Day 1944. Canada, Eric W Earl The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Mitford Drive Grange Town Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Shortly after the outbreak of war with Germany the 1st South Lancashires and 1st Loyals crossed to France with, respectively, the 4th and 1st Divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. All the civilian population knew it. Dagenham E715 was next to the I.G. Dad had one of their recordings. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. Gerrard St Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Johnnie W. Mayhead Cemetery House Baitford Market Weighton Please scroll down for: Types of Camp Clickable List of Camps You can help If you know about someone who was an allied prisoner of war of Germany during the Second World War, Fader St By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Hall School Watery Lane On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Sukasari Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. [2], Memorial dedicated to World War II resistance fighters on the site of Stalag VIII-D, Stalag VIII-D / Stalag VIII-B/Z / Stalag VIII-B, Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47, "List of POW Camps ("Kriegsgefangenenlager Liste")", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_VIII-D&oldid=1139825211, Kommando E535 - Milwitz Coal mine "Milwitzgrube" SOSNOWITZ - Milowice (Sosnowiec), mainly, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47. The camp was commanded by SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Otto Brossmann. In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Tpr. London, J E Hall E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. Roland M. Tucker Drive Mansions Kings Heath Arthur E. Adams (front row, second from left) and other fellow PoW's at Stalag VIII B, Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre), Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Norton Dagenham Ave She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. Cpl. By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. cement works, E209 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bobrek. But Gribben unloaded a portion of the land on the ground." They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. England, 31st Jan 1942 The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Ronald Arnold During the Franco-Prussian War, a camp for French prisoners of war was established here, which housed some 3000 French POW's. Yorkshire Road Later during the war, approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, British India, British Palestine, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the United States and Yugoslavia passed through this camp. Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Essex, J. R. Skan Norton Cottages In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). Canada, Armand Rondeau Stalag 8B Usef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was a prisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. power station, E728 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neu Oderberg, E732 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czciakowa, E734 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schoppintiz, E739 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Dombrowa Grunkolonie, E742 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ober Lazisk, E744 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E746 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte, E749 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, E750 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kattowitz, E753 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Graumanndorf, E755 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Wojkowitz Komorne, E756 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Radzionkau, E793 (E493) Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 21, BAB 21, Stalag 8b, E794 Bau und Arbeits, Battalion 20, BAB 20 Stalag 8b Hydebreck, E8 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Krappitz. Saw Mill, E131 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tiefbau Pollok. Canada, 2nd Nov 1944 Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, British India, British Palestine, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the United States and Yugoslavia passed through this camp. From . Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). WO 311/153 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing of British POW 1945 June - 1946 Feb. WO 311/162 Stalag 21D, Posen, Poland: killing and ill-treatment of British POWs 1944 May-1947 Apr. Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Arbeitskommando E501, Stalag8b, E1. Essex, 25th Jul 1942 Papers relating to the camps Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen Camp, 1942-1944, including statistics on inmates; deaths/discharges; executions; health statistics; organisational changes. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Experiences related by Prisoners of War at Stalag VIII/344 Lamsdorf, one of the largest German Prisoner-of-War camps, during the Second World War. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, many of the prisoners were marched westward in groups of 200 to 300 in the so-called Death March. Mountain View The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. c/o S. E. Petherbridge If you have any unwanted Kidderminster, 29th Jul 1942 At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Banstead, B H James to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? Cambridge Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Harry before he died, age 91, began to talk of the horrendous times he endured on the march from France to Poland having to cross the River Danube on many occasions. Birmingham, 1st April 1942 Thus a camp within a camp was created. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943 The military court at the time granted Sonntag an acquittal as he had "acted in accordance with the instructions issued by the Kommander i/c POWs, Major General Von Osterrich. Photo: Imperial War Museum HU 47157. E563 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bory Jelen Jaworzno, E565 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sierza Wodna, E571 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gruden. During winter 1944/45, as the Red Army was closing fast, the Germans decided to evacute the camp (which became a transfer point for the prisoners from Auschwitz and other camps) and forced the prisoners into columns of 500 men each. They were in Polish and German. Stalag Luft 1Usef for: Stalag Luft 1, Stalag Luft i, Stalag Luft I, Barth camp, Opened in July 1940 Stalag Luft 1 was the first of the Stalag Luft camps run by the Luftwaffe to hold captured Allied aircrew. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UKs exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is unfortunately no longer in contact with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. South Africa, Owen L Griggs It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. Our limestone quarry. Yorkshire, J. Sheffield, 27th Jul 1942 Jim Snowsell Kyrle Street Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf and Teschen: documents (microfilm), https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb1556-wl546, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen authorities. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 He and mom wrote back and forth for the next ten years and finally got married in Kelowna mom and John then moved to New Zealand. Prisoners from Holland, Belgian, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Rumania and Russia were imprisoned there. In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. Henry Dufour Cameron St. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Explore the Collection. E288 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b sugar beet factory Bauerwitz, E30 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Cement factory, E324 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Dubrnsko, E357 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tunneling Peitskretschen, E364 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Strelitz, E373 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blaschke, Czechoslovakia. A. E. Collins However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. However, as it was attached to the Monowitz concentration camp (codenamed Buna after the synthetic rubber it made) which was one of the 28 sub-camps under the control of Auschwitz III, the SS had effective control. In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. John Warren - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist and radiologist. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. Harold Darn The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Restrictions and conditions apply. South Africa, 26th Jul 1942 We are now on Facebook. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Waiuku, Auckland The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. Very little remains there, but there is an exhibition of daily life in the camps and a reconstruction of a hut where Russian POWs were held (and treated very badly). At the end of 1943 within Stalag VIII-B Teschen there were about 50,000 Soviet prisoners, and another 10,000 from other countries,[3] including Great Britain, the Commonwealth and Italy. Victoria Gordon D Pepper Wolverhampton If you think that this page can be improved, please email us quoting its address (URL) and/or the item unique identifier. Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were: From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to Stalag XIII-C in Bavaria or Stalag XIII-D Nrnberg. Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. coal mine, E446 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Zuckmantel, E460 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b building railway bridge, E479 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowitz, E484 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neisse. There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. Charles Coward testified about what he saw at Monowitz at the IG Farben Trial during the Nuremberg trials: I made it a point to get one of the guards to take me to town under the pretense of buying new razor blades and stuff for our boys. J. E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. Ormskirk As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. He also stated that the Germans saved his leg when they put maggots on his wound. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Today there are beautifully kept POW graveyards in peaceful surroundings, filled with birdsong. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Air Force POWs in all camps are listed - Lamsdorf is identified as 344. Also known as Stalag 344, and connected to Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-d. 64,000 POWs in 1944 with 150 officers and 13,625 being British. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Canada, 22nd Jul 1942 Oxford St Ferry Road Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Hall St Dulag LuftUsed for: Oberursel camp, Wetzlar camp, Captured Allied aircrew were all first sent to the Dulag Luft camp run by the Luftwaffe which comprised three sites all near Frankfurt; Oberursel, central Frankfurt and Wetzlar. L W Walsh He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Lancashire, 27th Jul 1942 She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. He was tortured by the Under Officer in charge of his first working party (Groschowitz/ Groszowice) to find out if he was a Jew. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. coal mine. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. W. Wynne Mason, Prisoners of War (1954), from the Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945 series is a recommended reference text. There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). In 1945-1946, the camp was used by the Soviet-installed Polish Ministry of Public Security to house some 8000-9000 Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. If you'd like to get in touch with us regarding Arthur's Wartime Log please feel free to e-mail darren@bluelight.biz, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in, Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Kelowna, BC Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. [2] Camp history [ edit] There were less than 200 survivors found. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters, X-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff. New Westminster, BC I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Stalag Luft 4 was opened by the Luftwaffe in May 1944 for RAF and American non commissioned officers. Also, there were pamphlets dropped in Auschwitz and the surrounding territory, one of which I personally read, which related what was going on in the camp at Auschwitz. railway depot loading and unloading trains. My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. The military court at the time granted Sonntag an acquittal as he had "acted in accordance with the instructions issued by the Kommander i/c POWs, Major General Von Osterrich. London, Ont About 500 prisoners died at Stalag VIIIB/344 at Lamsdorf, mostly from illness, accidents or war wounds, probably fewer than 1% of the men who were at the camp at some time or another. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use. London, 14th Nov 1940 Church (My Pilot) Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. Near Walsall [3] Some POWs made contact with concentration camp inmates and passed on information about the war's progress that had been acquired using secret radios in the POW camp. In the first period of its existence when the camp operated as independent Stalag VIII D Teschen, and from September 1942 to December 1943 as a branch of the prisoner-of-war camp in ambowice - Stalag VIII B/Z Teschen, around 500 people were incarcerated. Add a Name to this List Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. I now wonder if it was another soldier who was shotin anargument over a cigarette and thatJoe's shooting was indeed over refusing to pushthe wheelbarrow. This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Date: Sep 1941-Sep 1944 From: Morris family : . Grce Internet vous pouvez aujourd'hui retrouver la liste des prisonniers de guerre 39-45, en quelques secondes et gratuitement. 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