Stalag VIII-D
Stalag VIII-D / Stalag VIII-B/Z / Stalag VIII-B | |
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Teschen, Silesia | |
Coordinates | 49°44′56″N 18°37′23″E / 49.74876°N 18.62318°E |
Type | Prisoner-of-war camp |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Nazi Germany |
Site history | |
In use | 1941–1945 |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | Allied POW |
Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now Český Těšín, Czech Republic). It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks.[1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B.[2]
Camp history
The camp was created in 1941 as the base camp for a number of work-camps (
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. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable.
Arbeitkommandos
Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were:
- Kommando E535 - Milwitz Coal mine "Milwitzgrube" SOSNOWITZ - Milowice (Sosnowiec), mainly New Zealanders.
- North Africa campaign.
Evacuation and repatriation
From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to
See also
- List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Nichol, John & Rennell, Tony (2002). The Last Escape : The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-1945. UK: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141003887.
- Novák, Jiří (1990). Český Těšín ve staré fotografii. Český Těšín: Městské kulturní středisko.
- Wawreczka, Henryk; Irena Adamczyk; Vlasta Byrtusová; ISBN 80-238-7590-6.
External links
www.stalag.weebly.com
- White, Joseph Robert (2001). ""Even in Auschwitz... Humanity Could Prevail": British POWs and Jewish Concentration-Camp Inmates at IG Auschwitz, 1943-1945" (PDF). OCLC 474014078. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-06-06.