Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen: Documents

Use R:\Document collections\MF54\Working Images\23\Wiener Docs frames 294-460 <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.</strong></span></p><p>This microfilm collection of reports and papers documents conditions at Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen POW camps. It includes camp reports, correspondence, reports of escapes, and statements by prisoners.</p><p>Camp reports, including statistics on inmates; deaths/ discharges; executions; health statistics; organisational changes<br /><br />Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf, Sep 1943<br /><br />Stalag VIII B Teschen, Dec 1943<br /><br />Stalag VIII B Teschen, Mar 1944<br /><br />Stalag VIII B Teschen, Jun 1944<br /><br />Stalag VIII B Teschen, Jul 1944<br /><br />Stalag VIII B Teschen, Nov 1944<br /><br />frames 1-41<br /><br /><br />Dienstanweisung über den Waffengebrauch- Stalag VIII B, 17 Oct 1942, frames 42-50<br /><br />Feldurteil of W. Conan, frames 50-55<br /><br />Various documents re Stalag VIII B Teschen, frames 56-60<br /><br /><br />Bound folder containing:<br /><br />Correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany<br /><br />Documents concerning the death of E. Krause No. 6718/306,5./Ld.Schtz.Btl.<br /><br />Correspondence from British camp leader RSM POW No.19 Stalag VIII B<br /><br />Reports on POW escapes<br /><br />Complaints by Swiss on conditions at Reserve Lazarett, Laurahuette, Kreis Kattowitz<br /><br />Statements by POWs: Nos. 9974 Jarvis; 10419, Duane; 11651, Day<br /><br />Arrest warrants of Jarvis Duane and Ray<br /><br />Report on execution of L. Reynolds<br /><br />Frames 60-163<br /></p> Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf also known as Kommando E562, was actually a part of the Auschwitz/ Monowitz concentration camp complex. The inmates consisted exclusively of British POWs, the majority of whom had been taken prisoner in North Africa during the campaigns of 1941-1942 and had earlier been in camps in Italy.<p>The first transport of 200 POWs arrived in Monowitz on 16 September 1943. 600 more followed a week later. By the end of the year the camp held 1200 POWs. They were destined to work in a dye factory producing material under the management of IG Farben for the German war effort. The prisoners were stubborn and obstructive from the beginning. However, under threat of violence they reluctantly agreed to carry out the work, albeit at a pace that barely kept up with the concentration camp inmates, who were treated much more harshly. By late Spring 1944 the numbers of inmates had reduced to a few hundred, most of the others having been moved to other camps.</p><p>See 'Notes' for comments from a reader.</p> Open