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It is very sad to report that Brian Curtis, who led our first Lamsdorf tour in 2005, has died. Brian in fact led two of the tours, the second time with his wife Judith. He was a good friend for many years, and will be much missed. On http://www.lamsdorf.com/lamsdorf-tours.html you can see Brian's report on the first tour, together with all the contributions he gathered from the 30 group members, and photographs.

In the Lamsdorf.com Shop you can buy books and videos about Prisoners of War, including Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf. Click here to go there.

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Why not view this slideshow of Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf pictures before scrolling down to see what else is on this site?

Group photo at the top of this page: 2nd row from the back, 4th from the right: John Hugh Wyatt;   2nd row from front, 8th from the right: David Houmi. 
Any more names anyone?


What do you want to do?
You can simply browse through the site, of course, or maybe ...............

Are you looking for a name of someone who was a prisoner at this camp?
It might be on this list: click HERE

Do you want to find out what life was like at Stalag VIIIB/344?
Browse through the website - there are many accounts of life at the camp and in the working parties. On the list of names you can click on any of the links to find out the stories behind the names - some are very brief - others have much fascinating information. Try these links to start you off:
Charles Saunders       E. J. Lees     Arthur Evans
One of the best sources of information about life at this prisoner of war camp is the camp newspaper, The Clarion.
To read copies of this, click HERE.

Are you looking for a book about Stalag VIIIB/344?
There is a good list of relevant books HERE

Would you like to join a tour to Poland, to visit Stalag VIIIB/344
and other relevant places?
Click HERE

Are you looking for answers to questions about Stalag VIIIB/344?
Put your question on our Guestbook for others to read, by clicking HERE.
and also on the Stalag VIIIB Discussion Board: Click HERE.

Are you looking for other sources of information
to help you with your researches?
Maybe this link will help you: click HERE.


This is an extensive (and growing) website, and we hope that you will find whatever you want by browsing through the pages.

PLAN OF LAMSDORF CAMP
This plan has been kindly supplied by John McSorley, son of David McSorley (see the 'Names' page).
(There is another plan on the 'History' page)

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Łambinowice

Lamsdorf, now called Łambinowice, is a small town in Poland, once the location of one of Germany's largest prisoner of war camps for allied servicemen. The camp originally opened during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, and was also a prisoner of war camp in the First World War. In 1939 it housed Polish prisoners, then from 1940 until it was evacuated in January 1945, it housed more then 100,000 prisoners from Britain and other Commonwealth countries, as well as from the Soviet Union, Poland and various European countries occupied by the Germans. In 1943 many prisoners from Lamsdorf were transferred to other camps, and the number was changed from VIIIB to 344. 

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POLAND


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NEWS

Appeal for Next Of Kin of British POW whose grave has been found in Poland

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is seeking to contact the next of kin of Henry Alexander Thomson, one of two British POWs who were buried in Popielow Cemetery in Poland.

Lance Corporal John Thomas Saunders of the 1st Bn. The Tyneside Scottish Black Watch and Trooper Thomson of the 1st Lothians and Border Horse were both being held at Lamsdorf POW camp in 1944. On the 21 July they were shot and killed by a guard while they were among a group of prisoners working in the forest near the camp.

The two men have been commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, but it has now been established that they are buried in the cemetery in Popielow in western Poland, and headstones are to be erected over their graves.

Relatives can contact the CWGC at: Commonwealth War Graves Commission,
2 Marlow Road,Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DX, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1628 507200   Email: casualty.enq@cwgc.org

CANADIAN BATTLEFIELD TOURS
Includes: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Death March – 5 days
Canadian Battlefield Tours is an ALL CANADIAN Battlefield Tours Company.
We serve a market that has been neglected for far too long.
Much has been made of the contribution of the Brits and the Americans,but little attention has been given to the Canadian role, which was substantial and costly.
We aim to rectify this through our tours.
www.canadianbattlefieldtours.ca

NEW BOOK
Yea Though I Walk . . . 
by Len Lees

This is the true, unembellished account of Len Lees' experiences during the Second World War as a member of the Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment. He was taken prisoner of war at Battapaglia after the landing at Salerno in 1943 and spent the next 15 months in Stalag 344 (formerly VIIIB). After the camp was evacuated in early 1945 he was marched across Germany in terrible conditions and was eventually liberated
by General Patton's Armoured Divisions.
This is the story of those days.

To read this book on-line or to print it, click HERE.

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