Location: Lamsdorf, Poland

District: Wehrkreis VIII Breslau - (Wroclaw)

Opened: 1939

Closed: 1943 - Thereafter renamed Stalag 344, which closed in March 1945.

 

History, Stalag 344

    1. Red Cross report, 7th December 1944

    2. Red Cross report, 8th December 1944

    3. Red Cross report, 19th December 1944

 

History, BAB 21

    1. Red Cross report, 11th May 1942

    2. Red Cross report, 8th August 1942

    3. Red Cross report, 30th November 1942

 

Pictures

 

POW Stories

 

Name

 

Nat.

 

Date

 

W/O James Badcock

British

1942-45

Pte George Beck

British

1940-45

Pte George Charlton

British

1940-45

Gnr Robbie Clark

British

1942-45

WOI Jack Elworthy

British

1941-45

Pte Les Foskett

British

1940-45

Cpl Gordon Hines

British

1942-45

W/O Peter Jones

British

1942-43

Pte William Pledger

British

1940-45

Gdsm Charles Saunders

British

1942-45

Cpl Harold Scharfe

British

1942-45

Sgt Norman Shute

Australian

1941-45

Gdsm George Wyatt

British

1940-45

 

Books

    Boldness Be My Friend, by Richard Pape, published by Elek Books, 1953.

    Sequel to Boldness, by Richard Pape, published by Oldhams press Ltd., 1959.

    Despite Captivity - A Doctor's Life as Prisoner of War, by John Borrie, published by William Kimbber and Co Ltd., 1975.

 

Offsite Links

    Central Prisoner of War Museum in Lambinowice

    E702 Klimontow

    Harold Pitt - Youtube videos 1 and 2

    Ken Latheron

    Lamsdorf

    Sgt Don Bruce 115 Squadron RAF