In 1935 the Wehrmacht began to build a large military complex close to the town of Bergen in what was then the Province of Hanover and the barracks were completed in 1937. Absolutely brilliant. Within a couple of months, the civilians were moved out and prisoners from the invasion of Poland arrived. 0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90%. OFLAG VIIIe Johannisbrunn/Troppau, Poland. Most of the prisoners were British officers captured during the Battle of France in 1940. Prisoners of various nationalities were generally separated from each other by barbed-wire fences subdividing each stalag into sections. What makes the stories of these two men - John Baptist Crasta in south-east Asia, and Captain Birendranath Mazumdar in Germany - special is that both were Indian soldiers with the British army, and that both left accounts providing rare insights into the testing experiences of Indian PoWs. Every prisoner-of-war camp in Italy had a squad of Carabinieri Reali, the police force who were known for their efficiency. The camp was built in late 1939 by Polish prisoners of war. Feldpost 07465 (27/1/42-14/7/42) Stalag 310 Weitzendorf (Soviet POWS), Feldpost 07667 (3.10.1944) Stalag 304 Zeithain (Soviet POWS), Festetich Street (Civilian Camp), Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Field Hospital 519, Raab (Gyor), Hungary 47-17, Field-Hospital 1244 ABT/2-D Bad Nauheim Rheinland, Prussia 50-08, Freising Hospital (Serves Stalag VII-A) Moosburg Bavaria 48-11, Frontstalag 122 Civilian Internment Camp Clermont France 45-03, Frontstalag 194, Vittel Civilian Internment Camp Vosges France 48-06, Frontstalag 221 Civilian Internment Camp St. Medard France 45- 0, Giromagny For Civilians Giromagny France 47-06, Haftanstald Kattowitz Upper Silesia 50-19, Hohe Mark Hospital (Serves Dulag Luft) Oberursel Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-07, Hospital #11 (Serves Stalag X-A) Schleswig Schleswig 54-09, Hospital 18-A (Serves Stalag XVIII-A) Villach-Karnten Carinthia, Austria 46-14, Hospital 3 B and 4 (Graz) Graz Styria, Austria 47-15, Hospital At Bilin (Serves Stalag IV-C) Bilin Bohemia 50-13, Hospital At Kosel Kosel Upper Silesia 50-18, Hospital at Muenstierel Lazaret(Serves Stalag VI-G) Bonn Rheinland, Prussia 50-07, Hospital at Stalag I-B Hohenstein East Prussia 53-20, Hospital at Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg Mecklenberg 53-13, Hospital Franzis Kusplatz Prague Bohemia 50-14, Hospital Karoly Boulevard, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Hospital Le Calvaire Pont-Chateau France 47-02, Hospital Meiningen #1288 (Serves Stalag IX-C) Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen 50-10, Hospital Sandbostel (Serves Stalag X- Sandbostel Schleswig 53-09, Hospital Lingen (Thuine) (Serves Stalag VI-G) Hanover Prussia 52-07, Ilag (Civilian Internment Camp) Bergen-Belsen Hanover, Prussia 52-10, Ilag 18 Spittal Am Drau Carinthia, Austria 46-13, Ilag 7/H Laufen (Civilian Internment Camp) Bavaria 48-13, Ilag 7/Z Tittmoning (Civilian Internment Camp) Bavaria 48-12. Jack Hawkins, Within months two officers from Dssel, Lieutenant Jock Hamilton-Baillie and Captain Frank Weldon, proposed digging a tunnel north from Block 2's latrine to a villager's chicken coop about 30 m (98 ft) away. Almost a thousand men struggled into formation. Cigarettes in the parcels became the preferred medium of exchange within most camps, cigarettes were also used to bribe German guards to provide the prisoners with outside items that would otherwise have been unavailable to them. Several escape tunnels were dug from Milag. Some of the first escapees were recaptured and returned to the camp before the escape had even been discovered by the camp authorities. In late 1944 small numbers of American, Romanian, British and Polish prisoners arrived. From the Camp looking north through the perimeter barbed wire system, there was a spectacular view of the Dolomites and the mountains of nearby Yugoslavia. The Senior British Officer at Campo 78 was Lt Col Munro of the 2/3rd Anti-Tank Regiment AIF. Allied prisoners - British, Dutch, French and Polish - pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the "escape-proof" German P.O.W. To make room for them many of the Poles were forced to give up their status as POWs and become civilian slave labourers. In February 1942 the prisoners were transferred to Oflag VII-B in Eichsttt, and the castle was then became an internment camp (Internierungslager) for men from the British Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. | I loved the way he explores the culture of the camp as well, looking at the ways race and sexuality and class defined the war experience of so many. Littledale returned to Britain in 1943. As with Neave and Fowler, for his escapes and actions while in activity he was awarded gallantry medals. Stalag XVII-B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria Location N/E 48-15. It could have ended much worse. The US and British POWs stood fast as per their orders when liberated and were later evacuated via a nearby Airfield some 32 miles to the south of the camp to Le Havre and homewards then by Sea. There were several escape attempts, but only two were successful. On a snowy day in December, 1943, while he looked out over the German town of Colditz, POW Bill Goldfinch noticed snowflakes outside his window . Prisoner of War was a magazine published and distributed by the International Red Cross during World War II - it was a joint venture between the British Red Cross and the Order of St John. Soon afterwards a delegation of high-ranking German officers inspected the camp, and the prisoners were warned that "escaping is no longer a sport". In German-run camps an 'Oflag' was a prisoner of war camp for officers, a 'Stalag' was for enlisted personnel, and there were also separate camps for the navy, aircrews and civilians. They passed through the gate, and then, wearing faked Luftwaffe uniforms, headed to an airfield near Kassel intending to steal a Ju 52, which Newborn had flown before the war, and fly home. The stronger helped the weaker. In the camp there were eight medical officers, the seriously ill were treated in the prison hospital in Stargard. The Kommandatur contained the headquarters and administration buildings, while the Stabslager and the Wache contained accommodation for the administrative personnel and the camp guards. The location listed for this hospital in the SHAEF report of February 1945: 53 degrees 45 minutes north, 14 degrees 2 minutes east. After this incident, Upham was considered extremely dangerous and was placed in solitary confinement. This information was intended to help IS9 (D) - Intelligence School 9 (D), a division of Military Intelligence 9 (MI9) - and, eventually, the sections responsible for tracing and rewarding of helpers, IS9 (AB). Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. By downloading or embedding any image, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. As a Schutzhaftlager ("protective custody camp"), it held political prisoners, mostly members of the Communist Party, who were forced to work in a nearby quarry. Once their work was complete the Poles were relocated, and the first inhabitants of the camp were Dutch and Belgian. One ounce of salt and pepper (mustard, onion powder and other condiments were also sometimes enclosed). Director: 4,000 lower-ranked British, South African and Ghurka prisoners, mostly from the surrender of Tobruk, were held in two compounds of tents, with very poor conditions and food shortages. The first prisoners detained at the camp had been Poles, taken captive during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. On June 6, 1943 the camp was redesignated Oflag 64; it became an American officers-only camp with the arrival of officers captured in the North Africa Campaign in Tunisia. This camp housed British POWs from 1940 until it's evacuation in May 1945 and forced march westwards. This site allowed room for expansion of the camp facilities and its main feature was the ruined old Chapel of San Martino, sometimes known as San Mauro or Grupignano. There were 4 sub camps located in the vicinity also. It is subdivided by nationality as Belgium, Chinese, Czech, Denmark, France, Holland, Italy, Poland and Greece. On 17 April 1945, the camp was evacuated in the face of the approaching Red Army. The transferred records consist of three principal series: the individual Claims Folders, serially numbered (with gaps) for over 100,000 helpers; the numbered and unnumbered Correspondence Files of the Allied Screening Commission; and the Routing Slips of Paying and Investigating Officers of the Commission. Stalag IV-H Zeithain (also known as Jacobstahl), Stalag Luft V, Wolfen, Groditz, Halle (Saale), Stalag Va Ludwigsburg, Germany (Baden-Wrttemberg), Stalag V-A Malschbach Ludwigsburg Wurtemberg Location N/E 49-09. Twice as many KL inmates were then housed in, the already overcrowded, British POW barracks here. Among the Italian prisoners, were mostly soldiers who did not surrender to the German army after the Cassibile armistice (The armistice with the Allies where the Italian forces changed sides). French and Italian soldiers were also kept here (from the end of September 1943 to March 1944). | In April 1942 the last group of Polish officers arrived from Oflag X-C near Lbeck. Later in 1943 onwards it also housed British/Commonwealth POWs although they were very much the smaller numbers of those incarcerated, and later still US POWs, it was evacuated due to the approach opf the Red Army in February 1945. On that morning many were hidden by local Italian families and the Modena Escape Route, commenced which eventually helped some 250 escaping POWs. When the offensive of the Soviet Red Army resumed in 1945, all inmates were marched westward on 28 January 1945. Laurence Fox, 50 min Placed on swampy ground, with a damp, cold climate, it is one of the most notorious prisoner-of-war camps. Finally in late December 1944 1,800 Americans arrived, captured in the Battle of the Bulge. I listened to the audiobook with Simon. He was also recaptured. Oh, were they wrong! After entering the clothing store, the tunnel was sealed to allow later use (it was discovered the following day during the search for the missing officers). Opened September 1939, closed January 1942. A few of these orderlies had been assigned as batmen to senior officers and were incarcerated along with them, however, most were assigned by the Germans once captured and many disliked their new role intensely and suffered because of it. Located at 53 degrees, 41 minutes North, 16 degrees, 55 minutes East in the far North of Germany on the Baltic coast. 111 min Also, Papers dealing with the treatment of British POWs in German hands are in DEFE 2/1126-1128. To some extent, this overlapped with Appendix A and where the distinction was negligible they may even have been merged into one, Gives details of the usefulness of officially provided escape aids carried by pilots and others, which ones were used, and suggested improvements and/or additions. Fascism's European Empire - Davide Rodogno [see here]. Interesting read about Colditz Castle, a prison for difficult prisoners during the Second World War. It may have been attached or close by Hospital H206? Stalag IV-D/Z Annaburg (Formerly Oflag 54.E) Sachsen, Prussia Location N/E 51-13, Stalag IV-F + Work Camps Hartmannsdorf-Chemnitz Saxony Location N/E 51-12. Take a note of the number on the top left of the card and this will determine which file to order. Stalag XIII-D Nuremburg (Oflag 73) Bavaria Location N/E 49-11. The prisoners were given the remaining Red Cross parcels; you could carry as much as you could. At each stalag, the German Army set up local sub-camps called Arbeitskommando for factories, coal-mines, quarries, farms or railroad maintenance. The successful escapes by Lt. Michael Duncan and Captain O'Sullivan were documented extensively at the time by British Intelligence. It is possible that the large number or escape attempts and the close proximity to the Swiss border (only 110 km/68 miles away) prompted the authorities to move the prisoners. Fort Regent 13 POWs -all US from 1944-45 held here. Stalag XVIII-A Wolfsberg Carinthia, Austria Location N/E 46-15, Stalag XVIII-A/Z Spittal Drau (Became Ilag 17) Carinthia, Austria Location N/E 46-13. You can embed or download low-resolution images free of charge for private and non-commercial use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. Up to 6,000 POWS housed in this camp, 30 miles Northeast of Naples. Florence Desmond, Only operated for 3 months from August until November 1942. It was also surrounded by electrified barbed-wire fence and contained thirty new barracks, raising the total area to 1.2 km. Archives, Open 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 that had been wounded by strafing American planes while being marched from Hammelburg. Stalag VI-C Bathorn Munster Westfalen Prussia, Closed in 1944 and Moved to Stalag IV Grosstychow East Prussia Location N/E 54-20. 137 officers held here as of 26/2/43 originally opened June 1941. Ian Dalrymple PG Drama, History, War. In November 1941, it became a "labour education" camp, administered by the German Security Police. The castle, that overlooks the town of Colditz in Saxony . There were as many as 700 different work parties (Arbeitskommando) to various factories and other locations from this camp. In the case of farm work, this was often carried out on state farms. Upon recapture, he was transferred to Colditz in June 1942 where he teamed up with Lieutenant Commander Billie Stephens. Stalag I-B Hohenstein was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Hohenstein, East Prussia (now Olsztynek, Poland). Search them HERE NOW! Leo Genn, Drama, War. The address for those interned after escaping from Germany/Italy into Switzerland is: Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. The number of inmates reached its peak of 5,944 officers and 796 orderlies. 189 officers held here in an ex Monastery, as of 26/2/43originally opened May 1942. Jack Lee Tom Hardy, VIEW HERE A MAP OF POW CAMPS IN ITALY - PUBLISHED BY THE RED CROSS & ST. JOHN WAR ORGANISATION. In particular, the memoir of British Army officer . At the end of 1943, and presumably, because some high ranking Nazis had realised the war was not going so well for them, Red Cross parcels were also accepted for KZ (concentration camps), these consisted almost entirely of food and medical supplies, although there is little evidence these reached the desperate inmates. Their disappearance went unnoticed the next day, so the next night another group escaped, a total of 132 men altogether. Very engrossing. It is reputed that the German Camp Commandant at the time (Major Rumpel), gave the escapers a case of champagne with the words "Better luck next time, even if I'm not supposed to say so". Please enter your password, it must be 8 or more characters, I agree to Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement, Listing of all known Italian camps with location N/E. There were certainly US (and British?) Inmates were cleaned and transferred to an improvised hospital outside the camp and thence to convalescence camps. On 28 January 1945 the POWs were assembled and marched westward, but after two days they were liberated by the Soviet Red Army. This time the sentry demanded to see their Army paybooks, so the escape party fled, although two were arrested. Opened originally in October 1942 it was recorded as having 101 other ranks on December30th 1942. 45 US prisoners held here. The USSME reports from 26/2/43 show 2714 POWs here. OFLAG 4 IVa Hohenstein-Ernstthal/Bad Schandau, Germany. More prisoners arrived in July 1944 transferred from Oflag VIII-F. On 24 August 1944 the camp was strafed by American and British aircraft. During Word War II, American author Agnes Newton Keith is imprisoned by the Japanese in various POW camps in North Borneo and Sarawak. Opened originally in May 1942, 562other ranks were reported here on December30th 1942.. Littledale KIA: August 1944. The eight-day total distance of the march was 70-90 miles (120-150 Kilometers). Oflag XII-B was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager) located in the citadel of Mainz, in western Germany. As Germany collapsed in the spring of 1945, it became the final gathering place for 7,948 officers and 6,944 enlisted men moved in from other POW camps. Fort 14 (XIV) named after Jozefa Dwernickiego. Those Allied prisoners held there were known as "difficult" because they had escaped or attempted to escape from other camps. In 1943 a tunnel was being dug from a hut closest to the wires. The more search options you place, the more websites you have a chance of finding. George Segal, 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. Located at Lichterfelde-Sud in the south west of Berlin also known as Steglitz-Berlin. 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. Grumello del Piano/del silenzio /Grumillina. On October 28th 1941 a previous Oflag that had been here was renamed Stalag 366. In May 1940 the camp was established in wooden huts at the south end of the training ground. Reports from December30th 1942show 250 other ranks held here. With so many escape-prone prisoners housed together it was inevitable that they would plan escapes. Conditions in this camp were deplorable, as the rules of the Third Geneva Convention were not observed for Soviet prisoners. From May and June 1940 Dutch and Belgian prisoners arrived from the Battle of France, followed by French. In June 1940 additional forts were added to the camp to accommodate British soldiers. With an area of about 7 hectares (17 acres) the camp was divided into two compounds: Lager A which contained four three-storey prisoner blocks, and an administration and canteen block, and Lager B which contained various garages and workshops, some of which were used as additional prisoner accommodation. This mine was taken over by IG Farben in 1943, in the July of that year after an inspection by IG Farben the POWs were sent elsewhere and replaced by Auschwitz KL prisoners instead. Lignite mine work camp near Giano dellUmbria. POWs were moved out of this camp on March 10th 1944 towards Germany. 42521 (4546 British) POWs with 1029 officers in total held at this camp and the surrounding work camps. In reality, however, successful escapes were rare. Also at Suwalki, Poland. On 1 December 1941 Flt Lt Peter Stevens RAFVR, disguised as a German Unteroffizier, led a party of 10 POWs disguised as orderlies, and two more disguised as guards complete with dummy rifles, up to the gates of the camp. Adjacent to Klitshcmar railway station 271 British POWs held. Dulag Luft was the abbreviated name of Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe - given to Prisoner of War (POW) transit camps for Air Force prisoners captured by Germany during the Second World War. District II in the far Northeast of Germany, nearest large city Stettin. Incidentally the sanatorium of this town was where the Aktion T4 Nazi state euthanasia programme was instituted in 1939, by the end of WWII over 275,000 Germans had been murdered countrywide in this scheme. Housed 42202 POWs with 27 officers, 271 British. It was redesignated Oflag XIII-D in September 1941. The Soviets stayed only long enough to remove anything of value, and loading up the German guards, they returned to their HQ leaving the French Generals alone. The camp was located at Waggum near Braunschweig in Germany, also known by the English name of Brunswick. P.G. The files WO 208/5451-5460 contain the detailed recommendations for honours and awards made to foreign civilians and military personnel who assisted Allied escapers and evaders. All were prefixed and numbered with the exception of the 2 Dulags and 1 Stalag within Italy which were German controlled transit centres for POWs being transferred to Germany. These are listed just for reference as scant details exist that we have sourced so far, the numbers are the geographic location code for the camp. In addition, another tunnel was dug to store contraband. The POWs ate charcoal to help stop dysentery and every POW became infected with lice. In 1943, after the withdrawal of Italy from the war, the German army transferred Allied officers from camps in Italy, such as Sulmona, to Hadamar. Sylvester Stallone, Army medical units were detached to deliver medical attention. The escapers, including Day, Buckley, Johnnie Dodge and future Carry on Film star Peter Butterworth were all recaptured within a week. The Colditz Story: Directed by Guy Hamilton. 151 Officers held here as of 26/2/43 Originally opened June 1941. Emptied by German forces in December 1944 and POWs transferred elsewhere. Virginia McKenna, In 1942, Lager Norderney, containing Soviet and Polish POWs, and Lager Sylt, holding Jews, were placed under the control of SS Hauptsturmfhrer Max List. It housed 600 POW's - British, French, Belgium, Dutch and Poles. In June 1940 French and Belgian prisoners from the Battle of France began to arrive. Located in Laufen Castle, in Laufen in south-eastern Bavaria from 1940 to 1942. Stalag II-B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia Location N/E 53-17. In October 1944 most of the officers from the Warsaw Uprising were brought to this camp. Oflag VII-A Murnau was a German Army POW camp for Polish Army officers during World War II. New Zealand Brigadiers James Hargest and Reginald Miles esc. Four were recaptured. Borkum Organisation Todt labour camp 500-1000 at any one time. Marlag und Milag Nord, the camps for captured Navy personnel and civilian sailors respectively, were originally in two separate enclosures at the Sandbostel camp. who wins student body president riverdale. On December 1, 1941 the prisoner count was: 1664 Poles, 18,210 French, 2,871 Belgian, 2,459 British, 5,361 Serbians, 9,271 Soviets. | The first POWs arrived on 12 September. It housed 224 British POW patients in March 1945. A very large camp with over 10,000 prisoners. 6975 POWs were held here as of 26/2/43 and it originally opened in October 1942. By July 1941 Stalag XVIII-D contained nearly 4,500 British and Commonwealth prisoners captured in Greece and Crete. At this point all Senior British Officers (SBOs) informed their men of Field Marshal Montgomerys so-called 'standfast' order. Early 1945 reports have 27303 POWs with 491 officers, 214 of which were British, later reports show 217 British, 17 US, 9439 Soviets, 40 Belgians, 299 Yugoslavs, 1835 Italians and 5030 French. Marlag und Milag Nord, the camps for captured Navy personnel and civilian sailors respectively, were originally in two separate enclosures at the Sandbostel camp. There is no overcrowding and the rooms are not so large that they become noisy when filled with prisoners. Prisoners lived in many of the 50 basement rooms of the brick built redoubt, with 30-46 beds per room. Searches are only made in response to written enquiries, and an hourly fee is usually charged. 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. | Opened August 1940, closed September 1942. This was to accommodate Soviet POWs in a new barracks complex known as Stalag 312/XXC. They give details of name, rank and service/army number as well as regiment/corps, prisoner of war number and their final camp location (in Italy/Germany/both). As well as the food-related parcels, there were also medical and sanitary supplies in specific Red Cross packages. This is sometimes confusing as Italy also had concentration camps in the normal sense of the word for holding of Political opponents and Jews. Votes: 2,738 The barracks were divided into rooms each accommodating 14 to 18 men who slept in two and three-tiered bunks. Melissa Parker This figure represents a total of 57% of all Soviet POWs and it may be contrasted with 8,300 out of 231,000 British and U.S. prisoners, or 3.6%. It was interesting to read that you have recently visited coldtz as I have wanted to visit Colditz castle myself for some years now. Drama, War. There were also seven Dutch and 27 Polish generals, with orderlies. The camp was liberated on 2 May 1945 by troops of the British 2nd Army. About 150 officers were preparing to get out through it. They were forced to march under guard about 1520 miles (2432 km) per day. The northernmost POW camp in nazi occupied Europe. BAB -Bau-und Arbeits Battalion (construction battalion). Privacy Policy and 416 officers held here in an ex Convent, as of 26/2/43originally opened May 1942. If you fail to find a name, it is unlikely, although still possible to find details from the ICRC archives (see below), if you have confirmed a name and camp but wish to know a little more, the ICRC may, again, be able to assist. Their task included settling financial claims and making recommendations for awards to helpers, the latter being done in conjunction with the Americans and the Intelligence Services of the countries concerned. Reaction to the armistice varied from camp to camp. When Britainwent to waron 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. Milag (Marineinterniertenlager, "Marine internment camp"), the Merchant Navy camp, was 300 m (980 ft) to the east of Marlag. Stalag IX-B (also known as Bad Orb) was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located south-east of the town of Bad Orb in Hesse, Germany. Believed killed by SS at, Cut bars on north side of castle, reached wire fence. Skelton ("Skelly") Ginn fused the perimeter floodlights, 41 prisoners carrying four 12-foot (3.7 m) scaling ladders made from bed slats rushed to the barbed-wire fence and clambered over. The camp was finally liberated on 28 April 1945 when a Soviet armoured division reached Neubrandenburg. Best, Buckley was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm and as such the Germans had placed him, with all other FAA aircrew, under the responsibility of the Luftwaffe. This road (the SS448/Due Mari) is now reached via the E45 Autostrada 1st exit after Perugia. They were successful. Stalag 305 Ludwigsburg (Baden-Wrttemberg), Stalag 315 Ludwigsburg Germany (Baden-Wrttemberg). Some of the pouches may also contain personal letters to and from prisoners of war. Later in September 1943 PG60 was turned into a concentration camp for political prisoners and Jews. Walter Fitzgerald, | Frank Sinatra, Originally opened in July 1942 to house up to 6,000 POWs, it held 5169 on 26th February 1943. Approximately 6,000 officers and orderlies were in the camp. As civilian non-combatants, according to Section XI, Article 6, of the 1907 Hague Conventions, merchant seamen "are not made prisoners of war, on condition that they make a formal promise in writing, not to undertake, while hostilities last, any service connected with the operations of the war." These contain miscellaneous papers relating to the circumstances of loss/capture. Broke into Kommandant's office, cut hole into storeroom, out of storeroom in German and Polish orderly uniforms. Four managed to reach Switzerland, the rest were recaptured. POWs were sent out to labour in nearby farms, sawmills, factories, goodsyards and cutting ice on the river Vistula. 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