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Working Parties
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Also known as Work Camps or Arbeits Kommandos (Kdo) or B.A.B. s. In The Clarion they are invariably referred to as Working Parties.
Many of the men held in Stalag 8b were not in the main camp but in smaller work camps known as arbeits kommandos.
The "E" prefix stands for English, but POW's from many Commonwealth countries worked in these camps.


In the second Issue of The Clarion, February 1943, the RC Chaplain Father John Berry says that "...there are about 600 Working Parties and ..... you will be able to guess why so many of you will have not yet had a visit". Only a fraction of these are listed here - the list will be updated as and when more information is discovered. If you can add to the list, please email on lamsdorf@live.com. Sometimes the staff at the Polish Central Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinowice (Lamsdorf) can help with identifying the locations of various working parties. You can email them on a.wickiewicz@cmjw.pl.

No guarantee can be given about the accuracy of this list. The information has come from many different sources, both published and from memories, diaries, letters and other documents. Any more information will be gratefully received: lamsdorf@gmx.com

A lot of information has been provided from this link  - many thanks.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for:  2. OTHER LISTS     3. NAME CHANGES     4. COAL MINING


1. Working Parties/Arbeits Kommandos:

The name in brackets shows the present-day name of the place, if known [eg Oppeln (Opole)].
Sometimes more than one location for a working party has been suggested, and in this case both are shown
[eg Gogolin / Tiefbau].
  • Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Opole.
  • Stauverder
  • E1 Laband
  • E3 Blechammer - see this link: E3 link
  • E8 Krappitz. paper mill
  • E17 Opole, cement factory photos
  • BAB 20 Blechhammer / Kedzierzyn-Kozle
  • BAB 21 Blechhammer - photo - and see this link: BAB 21 link
  • E21 Petershofen (Petrkovice) coal Mine link 1 link 2 
  • E22 Gleiwitz-Ohringen (now Gliwice Sosnica)
  • E25 Rauschwalde, Kreis Falkenberg
  • E26 Stiebendorf
  • E27 coal mine
  • E30 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E31Pechhütte / Schelitz / Wiesengrund
  • E34 Groschowitz  (Groszowice) Building work
  • E42. Rothfest (Rudawa) Paper Mill
  • E51 Klausberg, coal mine
  • E55 Wunschgrube
  • E56 Ottmütz
  • E58 Glatz
  • E59 Glatz
  • E60 Glatz
  • E61 Glatz
  • E62 Gleiwitz-Steigern
  • E69 Glatz
  • E70 ? Sugar Beet Factory
  • E71 Neurode
  • E72 Beuthen
  • E74 Althaus
  • E75 Knurow
  • E83 Morgenroth
  • E88 Hohrnlohehutte / Königshütte
  • E90 Erlenbusch
  • E91 Mittelbrüc
  • E93 Sakrau limestone quarry
  • E94 Emilienhoff limestone quarry (Ottmuthweich?)
  • E95 Hannsdorf
  • E96 Krappitz (Krapkowice) Cardboard factory? See this 1939 link (might be a different factory)
  • E100 Tarnau
  • E106 Frankenberg
  • E108 (BAB 108?) Niklasdorf (Mikulovice u Jeseníku) [Construction and labour battalion. POWs were deployed in the construction of  munitions factories. Working conditions were desperate. The prisoners had very little food, leading to a proliferation of stealing. There were insufficient sanitary facilities and drinking water. Prisoners worked twelve hours a day. After construction, prisoners worked in the munitions factory. Occasionally, the prisoners were put to work on snow clearance on major roads. Red Cross parcels, new uniforms, as well as work clothes were limited.]
  • E109 Ehrenfeld (Goslawice) / Niesnersberg? (Nýznerov) Forestry work.  [Accommodated in a forest camp. The working part comprised 70 prisoners. Later they were replaced by Russian prisoners.]
  • E110 Stauwerder
  • E114 Gross Kunzendorf (Velké Kunětice) stone quarry and factory. [Prisoners housed inside the factory building in the village. Working party consisted of 12 prisoners]
  • E115 Burgwasser
  • E116 Bielau (or Bilov) (Bělá ve Slezsku, Czech Republic)
  • E117 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E118 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E119 Mankendorf Saw Mill
  • E120 Schlippengrund (Tomíkovice)
  • E123 Glaubenstadt
  • E125 Breslau-Dürrgoy
  • E126 Oppeln (Opole) / Halbendorf
  • E130 Heuerstein  (Strzelce Opolskie) Quarry
  • E131 Gogolin / Tiefbau Pollok stone quarry
  • E132 Gogolin
  • E133 Rogau
  • E137 Ratiborhammer
  • E138 Ratibor Steel works
  • E149 Buchenlust  (Rachowice) forestry work
  • E150 Oderfest
  • E151 Concordia
  • E152 Waldenstein
  • E153 Cosel
  • E155 Cosel-Oderhafen
  • E156 Erbersdorf
  • E158 Patschkau
  • E159 Domstadtl, quarry
  • E162 Oderthal
  • E164 Patschkau
  • E165 Oppeln
  • E166 Saubsdorf (Supíkovice) Quarry.   
  • E167 Haspelberg Albert Förster Quarry.    [Accommodation in a former office at the quarry. Working party consisted of 20 to 25 prisoners. At the end of March 1945, 20 prisoners were evacuated to Bavaria.]
  • E168 Gurschdorf (Skorošice) Albert Förster Quarry.
  • E171 Setzdorf  (Vápenná) Neugebauer Limestone Quarry [Accommodated in the property of the company. Working party consisted of 29 prisoners.]
  • E172 Setzdorf (Vápenná) Zoth Quarry. [7 in working party]
  • E173 Setzdorf (Vápenná) Anton Latzel lime quarry and kiln. [60 prisoners in working party]
  • E174 Sandhübel (Písečná) Brickworks. [18 in the working party, accommodated in a single room in the brickworks]
  • E175 Sandhübel (Písečná)
  • E180 Ohlau
  • E181 Laugwitz / Sauerwitz
  • E182 Schöngarten
  • E183 Bernstadt
  • E184 Ohlau am Schloßteich
  • E187 Gandau
  • E188 Sternberg
  • E190 Geroldsdorf
  • E191 Stöblau
  • E192 Oels
  • E195 Roding
  • E196 Opoleonoora cement factory (Opole)
  • E198 Schlegel
  • E199 Waldenburg
  • E200 Weisswasser / Schleife
  • E201 Dirschel
  • E203 Opole cement works
  • E209 Bobrek. coal mine
  • E211 Treibiz. railway
  • E214 Schubertkrosse
  • E218 Flossingen
  • E227 Hartha
  • E232 Rabishau
  • E233 Wiese
  • E235 Ebersdorf
  • E234 Tonhain
  • E242 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E243 Breslau (gasworks)
  • E247 Leobschütz
  • E249 Kriegsdorf see this link: E249 link
  • E250 Adelsdorf (Adolfovice) Production of wood wool in Max Ledler timer works, established in the village in 1916 [working part of 31, accommodated in factory building]
  • E253 Neukirch
  • E254 Geppersdorf
  • E255 Hartenau
  • E256 Zuckmantel (Zlaté Hory)
  • E260 Gross Stanisch-Gross Zeidel (Staniszcze Wielkie) / Vosswalde, Cardboard Factory 
  • E265 Grafenweiler ( Gmina Kolonowski)
  • E268 Moschendorf
  • E272 Falkenberg
  • E273 Niklasdorf (Mikulovice u Jeseníku) [Prisoners housed near Mikulovice railway station. There were about  66 prisoners in the working party.].
  • E274 Patschkau
  • E275 Stein
  • E276 Ottmachau, sugar beet factory
  • E282 Ottmachau
  • E283 Ratibor (sugar mill) photos
  • E287 Neukirch
  • E288 Bauerwitz / Baborów, sugar beet factory
  • E291 Stephansdorf
  • E294 ? Sugar Beet factory
  • E297 Starenheim
  • E303 Petersweiler
  • E316 Mocker
  • E317 Nimmsdorf
  • E320  Rosenborn
  • E321 Glatz
  • E323 Waldsiedel
  • E324 Gross Dubrnsko or Dubensko?
  • E330 Thule
  • E331 Mittelbrück
  • E332 Rudgershagen
  • E333 Ober Lindenwiese (Horní Lipová) [Prisoners accommodated in abandoned stone masons works - 9 in the working party]
  • E334 Adelsdorf  (Adolfovice) [Prisoners employed in the timber plant Weihönig Max. Housed in wooden barracks not far from the road to Jesenik. Each prisoner had his bed. The camp had a bathroom, shower room and hall for occasional theater. Working party consisted of 166]
  • E339 Freudenthal, railway. See this link: E339 link
  • E341 Buchenhöh
  • E342 Albrechtsdorf
  • E345 Ratiborhammer
  • E346 Lenschütz
  • E348 Neisse
  • E352 Freudenthal (Bruntál) Emmerich Machold linen factory
  • E354 Jagerndorf (Javorník) saw mill & timer goods factory
  • E355 Ziegenhals
  • E361 Sternberg Timber Works link link 2
  • E363 Ratiborhammer
  • E365 Gross Strelitz lime quarry
  • E371 Ziegenhals
  • E372 Waldenstein
  • E373 Blaschke, Czechoslovakia, sawmill
  • E374 Rauden
  • E376 Leobschütz
  • E378 Brück
  • E380 Ober-Lindenwiese (Horní Lipová)
  • E382 Ratibor
  • E383 ? Sugar Beet Factory (Hohen Fels?)
  • E385 Friedrichsgrätz
  • E386 Schöndorf
  • E388 Bodisch
  • E389 Rudgershagen
  • E391 Mahr Trubau
  • E392 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E393 Mittel-Lazisk
  • E394 Turawa
  • E396 Lubowitz
  • E397 Mosern
  • E398 Bauerwitz / Baborów
  • E399 Sudetenland Cardboard Factory
  • E401 Sandhübel (Písečná) [35 in the working party. They were accommodated at the local railway station]
  • E404 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E405 Königswald
  • E406 Seifersdorf, Brickyard
  • E408 Hennersdorf
  • E410 Hammerfeld
  • E411 Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen coal mine
  • E414 Hohenbirken, saw mill
  • E415 Hohenbirken, tile factory
  • E416 Koschentin
  • E419 Opole / Groschowitz
  • E424 Gräfenberg (Lázně Jeseník) [21 in working party)
  • E428 Derschau
  • E431 Unter-Weckelsdorf
  • E432 Lichtenwalde
  • E433 Altrothwasser (Stará Červená Voda)
  • E435 Sakrau
  • E437 Langendorf
  • E438 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E440 Glatz
  • E441 Glatz
  • E442 Neudorf
  • E444 Beneschau
  • E446 Zuckmantel (Zlaté Hory) Sawmill [POWs accommodated in the sawmill buildings - 11 in the working party]
  • E450 Ebersdorf
  • E451 Falkenau
  • E452 Gleiwitz / Öhringen
  • E454 Mühldorf
  • E455 Willmansdorf
  • E456 Kalkau
  • E460 building railway bridge
  • E475 Weidengut
  • E476 Ziegenhals
  • E477 Deutsch-Wette
  • E478 Tost
  • E479 Tarnowitz
  • E484 Neisse. labouring
  • E486 Neisse labouring
  • E488 Grottkau
  • E489 Jauernig (Javorník)
  • E490 Beuthen railway building
  • E494 Gleiwitz Ost
  • E495 Freiwaldau (Jasenik)
  • E500 Breslau
  • E501 Ratibor
  • E504 Patschkau
  • E513 Dombrowa
  • E532 Stephansdorf
  • E534 Patschkau
  • E535 Milowitz / Sosnowitz West coal mine
  • E536 Neisse
  • E537 Althammer
  • E538 Sosnowice mine
  • E539 Jauernig / Freiwaldau/ Niklasdorf (Jasenik / Mikulovice u Jeseníku) [Prisoners housed outside the village, in a factory building, near the road. The working party consisted of about 15 Palestinian/Jewish POWs captured in Greece].
  • E540 
  • Bölten (Bělotín) Cz
  • E541 Quellengrund
  • E542 Fohrengrund ub Gleiwtz
  • E543 Drmbrowa
  • E548 Sandau
  • E549 Jakobswalde
  • E550 Hohenbirken, tannery
  • E551 Bankau (Bąków)
  • E552 Hindenberg Philipstr
  • E553 Ratibor
  • E557 Hemmersdorf
  • E560 Turawa
  • E561 Jaworzno / Tarnowtitz. railway depot loading and unloading trains
  • E562 Coal mine "Janina", near Libiaz
  • E563 Bory Jelen Jaworzno / Robertsgrube
  • E565 Arthurgrube / Sierza Wodna coal mine [Situated close to the river on the outskirts of Trzebinia in Upper Silesia, Poland. About 100 prisoners were housed in huts.] See this link for more information.
  • E566 Borkendorf
  • E567 Heinersdorf / Leinersdorf
  • E568 Lugendorf-Meinfeld
  • E569 Schönwalde
  • E570 Ratiborhammer
  • E571 Grassen / Gruden forestry department
  • E575 Sandowitz
  • E577 Saubsdorf  (Supíkovice)
  • E578 Peiskretscham (Pyskowice)
  • E579 Niwka     See this link: E579 link
  • E580 Czelads (Czeladź) Saturn Mine
  • E581 Tillowitz
  • E582 Neisse
  • E584 Marschendorf
  • E585 Jagerndorf, brickyard
  • E586 Kazimierz
  • E587 Czeladsgrube? (Czelads Piarski)
  • E588 Rauden
  • E589 Jägerndorf / Otterfelde
  • E590 Freiwaldau (Jasenik)
  • E591 Jassen
  • E592 Freiwaldau (Jasenik)
  • E593a Beuthen Schonberg coal mine see this link: E593A see page 4
  • E593b Beuthen construction work see this link: E593B see page 4
  • E594 Konigshutte Ost
  • E596 Jaworzno (SS Lager Neu Dachs / Dachs Gruber) link
  • E597 Olbendorf
  • E598 Giessmannsdorf
  • E599 Ottmuthweiche
  • E600 Oberglogau, Sugar Beet Factory
  • E603 Hindenburg
  • E604 Burgenwerk
  • E606 Jägerndorf (Krnov)
  • E607 Mochau, Sugar Beet Factory
  • E608 Poppelau / Hirschfelde (Kaniów)
  • E609 Kokottek / Koschmieder
  • E628 Stephansdorf
  • E701 Tichau Czulow (paper factory)
  • E702 Klimontow coal mine see these links: Klimontow 1   Klimontow 2        
  • E703 Poppelau
  • E704 Rosengrund
  • E706 Gleiwitz / Coal mine near Jaworzno, mostly Australians and New Zealanders
  • E707 Sosnowitz
  • E708 Laband / Flössingen
  • E709 Stauwerder
  • E711 Reigersfeld (IG Farben)
  • E711A Heydebreck
  • E713 Kasimirgrube (Kazimierz) near Sosnowicz (Nience coal mine)
  • E714 Blechhammer, Upper Silesia
  • E715 IG Farben chemical factory in Monowitz (Monowice) Auschwitz . Set up in September 1943, it housed about 1200 prisoners, mostly British
  • link 1  link 2  link 3  link 4
  • E716 Bendsburg link 1  link 2
  • E718 Grottkau
  • E719 Steigern / Gleiwitz
  • E720 Klimontow / Kathau-Wiesenau
  • E721 Kathau-Wiesenau
  • E722 Giessmannsdorf
  • E723 Oppeln (Opole)
  • E724 Schwientochlowitz / Hohenlinde
  • E725 Konigshutte Bismark
  • E727 Mechtal Beuthen. power station  photo
  • E728 Neu Oderberg
  • E730 Freiwaldau (Jasenik) Rehenhart Raymann arms factory [21 in working party]
  • E731 Zabrzeg
  • E732 Szyakowa
  • E733 Karlsthal
  • E734 Schoppintiz
  • E737 Vosswalde
  • E738 Trzebinia
  • E739 Dombrowa Grunkolonie / Ziegenhals
  • E740 Kobier / Langendorf
  • E742 Ober Lazisk / Rauden
  • E743 Jungferndorf (Kobylá) / Schwientochlowitz
  • E744 Kazimierz / Lenztal
  • E746 Konigshutte
  • E747 Reichsbahn
  • E748 Brorek
  • E749 Peiskretscham (Pyskowice)
  • E750 Kattowitz / Baildonhütte
  • E753 Graumanndorf / Ruderswald
  • E754 Czelads
  • E755 Wojkowitz Komorne
  • E756 Radzionkau
  • E757 Morenrot / Stahlhammer
  • E758 Knurow
  • E759 Glewitz
  • E760 Bobrek
  • E761 Bobrek
  • E762 Bobrek
  • E766 Leobschütz
  • E768 Kumau?
  • E769 Possibly Blechammer
  • E770 Ottmuth shoe factory picture
  • E771 Neisse
  • E773 Ruderswald
  • E774 Ratibor
  • E776 Grafenberg (Lázně Jeseník) arms factory
  • E778 Schurgast
  • E779 Zuckmantel (Zlaté Hory) [27 in the working party]
  • E780 Weidenau (Vidnava)
  • E782 Ratiborhammer
  • E783 Falkenau
  • E786 Zuckmantel (Zlaté Hory)
  • E790 Gurschdorf  (Skorošice) granite quarry (punishment camp?)
  • E791 Würbenthal (Vrbno) E. Grohmann Flax spinning works
  • E792 Niklasdorf (Mikulovice u Jeseníku) [The prisoners were employed in local quarries. Accommodated in a POW camp on the old Salisova road, together with Russian prisoners.]
  • E793 Blechhamme photo (was BAB 21see this link E793 link)
  • E794 Heydebreck (was BAB 20 see this link E794 link)
  • E795 Borkendorf
  • E797 Ober Lindenwiese (Lipová Lázně)
  • E798 Friedrichsgrätz
  • E799 Schönhorst
  • E800 Klodnitz
  • E902 Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine (Zabrze) see this link: Hindenburg
  • E22050 gas works


2. OTHER LISTS
Here are links to other lists of work camps, giving some geographical locations - but with the former German names:
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Work_camps.htm
http://powvets.com/pow-camps/stalags/lamsdorf-work-camps/

3. NAME CHANGES
These sites help you to find the modern, Polish or Czech names of places that had German names during the second world war:
http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp
http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html
http://prussianpoland.com/germanpolishnamespoland.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_the_Czech_Republic

4. COAL MINING
A useful article about working parties involved in coal mining is HERE.