This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. It's on private property and I had to walk carefully to avoid trampling down the wheat that surrounded this densely forested area that has been left un-managed for . Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Bernard Petrulis Hartwell R. Harris Serial Number18061638 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. [England, United Kingdom], C. G. Hooper-Rogers is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Clarence J. Horton Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Lawrence F. Hunt Joseph Maly 1944 Germany Stalag 8b Prisoner of War POW Postcard Cover To New Zealand . The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp from other sources.Stalag Luft VI, Stalag XXX D and Stalag 357 have been closed. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), George E. Good, Jr. In the end, as their waistlines shrank, Kriegies downed anything that would fill their stomachs. (15B- 97 th BG) (Captured 10/21/1942) Alderman, R.J. (Jimmy) (15B-95 th BG ) (Captured 4/13/1944) Alexenberg, Roland (Lex) (38B-95 th BG) (Captured 10/04/1943) Allred, Joe D. (Hosp-1 st Spec. (LogOut/ Serial Number6664729 U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Raymond Felchle Service Number568313 Dale E. Bechtel Northwich, Cheshire Serial Number13015711 Private Reading, Penna. In Germany, stalag (/stl/; German: [talak]) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps. Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. Army, Infantry PP 7034 12-7-44. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), William Wolfenbarger State of Residenceunlisted Corporal Service Number3958294 U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceTexas U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Yermiston? Private Private Serial Number37140882 James Martelli Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Edwin A. Wilcher U.S. Army, Infantry The food provided was too little to keep the prisoners alive. Corporal During visits to two other stalags in early 1944, a YMCA official saw Red Cross packages that were given to soldiers. Captured December 4, 1942Tunisia List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. Sergeant Major U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Milo F. Webb Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Claude J. Cole U.S. Army, InfantryRifle H.B. Sgt. Gunner Even without a radio, though, the Americans at Stalag 17-B could tell something was happening in April 1945. Serial Number33105757 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceCalifornia Source: G. H. Birds name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Figures of other nationalities of the above POWs are in the Swiss Red Cross report that covers the same period. State of ResidenceGeorgia They considered that they were entitled to a special camp and the privileges of aviators. Corporal This address for Frederick Druce is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Frederick Druce Name of creator. Serial Number6661860 U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry 77 Weetamoe Street Washington, D.C. Paul J. Falatek We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Arthur Page Serial Number35250761 Heinrich Hoffman Collection. I did so because of my relationship with the late Ray Matheny, a former POW who lived nearby in American Fork, Utah. State of ResidenceIowa The men on this page are just a sample of the thousands of prisoners who passed through P.G. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Corporal Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli State of Residenceunlisted Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), L. Rowbottom pr. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Jerome C. Pugh 322 Lincoln St. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. WX5012 Our Serial Number36151602 Serial Number13069951 State of ResidenceNew Jersey Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Robert Chandler Lt Briley was first sent to Stalag 17-B and later moved to Poland. Serial Number6952090 In the surrounding area, I noticed a few markers to identify this place as a former POW camp. Serial Number39227259 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Max A. Hauser Serial Number15055130 William R. Walter Escaped during the breakout on September 14, 1943. Technician, Grade 5 Massachusetts. William George Wales U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli U.S. Army, Field Artillery Norman A. Ellsworth U.S. Army, Infantry Private Serial Number34138090 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Staff Sergeant 0000005307 00000 n After a bit of digging, I located the GPS location of the old camp, and on a recent trip to Austria, I set out to find it. 929 N. Front St. Serial Number33090088 Sergeant Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Harold Burgess Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed), Bill Spruiell Private First Class Dillard W. AndersonSerial No. [5], Last edited on 24 November 2022, at 06:56, Learn how and when to remove this template message, More Soviet prisoners of war died every day, "The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy", La GUEFANGUE - La Vie des prisonniers de guerre Franais en Basse-Bavire - 1939-1945 par Roger DEVAUX. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle It felt like it was their primary objective to demean and humiliate all prisoners, but especially incoming prisoners. Serial Number37141362 Guards provided little more than a few uncooked potatoes. Medical Orderly SSgt. 15054958is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Service Number2614655 Staff Sergeant Private Private Serial Number32003300 William Helmlys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sergeant Riley Rudd died in a hospital in Ascoli Piceno on July 20, 1942 of appendicitis. Stanley Bentley According to the Geneva Convention, as non-commissioned officers, the Americans were not required to work. Los Angeles R.F.D. On 24 March 1944, 76 Allied prisoners escaped through a 110 m (approximately 360 feet) long tunnel. Private Private 6th Armored Infantry, First Armored Division Like this page to receive our updates. Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Marion is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database has no listing for a serviceman by either of these names. ______ Kuhn was charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Marion, Iowa, Lee Cooper Serial Number6956161 East Surrey Regiment, British Army State of Residenceunlisted Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated orno camp listed), 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) Ernest Ellis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private Serial Number15088456 He learned quickly to hate the Nazis. The 1945 map of Stalag 17B indicating today's location of the few remaining remnants of Stalag 17-B The map points to the grove of trees where the only relics of the camp remain. Source: Patrick Cahills grandson Dean Cahill, Patrick Cahill Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Captured December 4, 1942Tunis, Tunesia Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Kings Norton Private A few months later Soviet prisoners started arriving, mostly officers. Private 33067286is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942March 3, 1943, Alfred Bowen There is a very bad smell partly due to the fact that the men burnt the lids as fuel. Tatsfield,Westerham Wally Largent G. H. Bird The camp was filled with enlisted men, and under the terms of the Geneva Convention, they could not be required to work. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Hastings, Sussex Robert A. Newton corresponded with or met a number of former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees, while conducting research for his book Soldiers of the Strange Night. U.S. Army, Infantry CAMPO P.G. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Michael R. Kreisch Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Salvatore Trischitta Private First Class Camp 59 internmentMarch 2June 1, 1943. An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 1944. of War Data File for Stalag 17B. State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number38060738 State of Residenceunlisted Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya State of ResidenceMissouri This address for George Crawford is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George A. Crawford The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. The only food furnished to PWs by the German authorities was barley soup and bread. First Sergeant Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Francis A. Thomas Serial Number20704699 Hollis, Long Island E. R. H. Silverman State of Residenceunlisted Private (Research courtesy of Brian Sims), John Jack Albert Allen Quickly to hate the Nazis of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of camp 59 on-line POW database no. 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