My Places - STYLES MASTER

Principle Places and Placemark Content Standards
The purpose of this folder is to describe the format and content standards for placemarks.

Descriptive HTML
Click on the blue link!
Placemark descriptions can be enriched by using many standard HTML tags.
For example:
Styles:
Italics, Bold, Underlined, Strike Out, subscriptsubscript, superscriptsuperscript, Big, Small, Typewriter, Emphasized, Strong, Code
Fonts:
red by name, leaf green by hexadecimal RGB
size 1,
size 2,
size 3,
size 7
Times, Verdana, Arial
Links:
Google Earth!
or: Check out our website at www.google.com
Alignment:
left
center
right
Ordered Lists:
First
Second
Third
Unordered Lists:
A
B
C
Definitions:
Google:
The best thing since sliced bread
Centered:
Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
Block Quote:
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-- T.S. Eliot
Headings:
Header 1
Header 2
Header 3
Images:
Remote image
Scaled image
Simple Tables:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
a | b | c | d | e
[Did you notice that double-clicking on the placemark doesn't cause the viewer to take you anywhere? This is because it is possible to directly author a "placeless placemark". If you look at the code for this example, you will see that it has neither a point coordinate nor a LookAt element.]

Description of Placemark Types and Usage
Click on the blue link!
The placemarks used in this custom "myplaces" folder are of two types, as follows:"
Standard Google Earth Placemark Icons.
Custom Placemark Icons.
The Custom Placemark Icons consist of the Standard Google Earth Placemark Icons that have been altered to serve a specific purpose, such as to indicate a special category of places.
For example, the Standard Google Earth Placemark Icon known as a polygon ("polygon.png") is used with magenta color applied, as a Custom Placemark Icon to indicate the location of a "Combat Base."
The Custom Placemark Icons are usually created by altering the " attribute" of the selected base Standard Google Earth Placemark Icon.
Custom Placemark Icon List
Icon Name | Icon File Name | Color
Custom "BalloonStyle" Pushpin, Light Blue | ltblu-pushpin.png | Light Blue
Battle Site, Magenta | target.png | Magenta
Combat Base, Magenta | polygon.png | Magenta
Crosshairs In Square, Cyan | cross-hairs.png | Cyan
Crosshairs In Square, Lime Green | cross-hairs.png | Lime
Crosshairs In Square, Magenta | cross-hairs.png | Magenta
Crosshairs In Square, Red | cross-hairs.png | Red
Crosshairs In Square, Yellow | cross-hairs.png | Yellow
Flag, Green | flag.png | Green
Invasion Beach, White | arrow.png | White
Landing Zone (LZ), Magenta | circle.png | Magenta
Massacre Site, Magenta | monument.png | Magenta
Pipe Enters Ground, Blue | poi.png | Blue
Pipe Exits Ground, Red | poi.png | Red
Pipe Enters-Exits Ground, Green | poi.png | Green
POW/Internee Monument, Cyan | monument.png | Cyan
Oflag (POW Camp), Yellow | square.png | Yellow
Stalag (POW Camp), Magenta | square.png | Magenta
POW/Internment Camp - Other, Cyan | square.png | Cyan
Special Forces (SF) Camp, Magenta | triangle | Magenta
Sunk Naval Vessel, Magenta | swc.png | Magenta
Truck, Lime Green | truck.png | Lime
Truck, Red | truck.png | Red
WWII Concentration Camp, Pink | polygon.png | Pink
WWII Extermination Camp, Red | firedept.png | Red
Waypoint Flag, Red | flag.png | Red
Waypoint Flag, Yellow | flag.png | Yellow
Waypoint, Long March, Cyan | hiker.png | Cyan
BLUE Beach | arrow.png | Blue
GREEN Beach | arrow.png | Green
ORANGE Beach | arrow.png | Orange
RED Beach | arrow.png | Red
WHITE Beach | arrow.png | White
YELLOW Beach | arrow.png | Yellow
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Format Standard for Placemark "Description" Field
Significance of Placemark
Describe the placemark and its significance. Use a Wikipedia Article or other informaiton as available and appropriate.
Context
Describe context of the placemark. For example, as a waypoint on The Long March.
Narrative or Interpretation
Insert a narrative or interpretation, if available.
"Enter direct quote of the diary author, if available."
Reference
Dieppe Raid
Or other references, including URL(s)
Additional References or Relationships:
None
Additional Information
Refer to the Long March Routes geographic file: MASTER_Long-March-Routes_yyyy-mm-dd.kml
License Information:
Text is available from Wikipedia.org under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Creative Commons ShareAlike License

Placemark Description Context-Specific Content Standard
Primary Reference
Wikipedia Article or other
Narrative
Insert a narrative, if available.
"Enter direct quote of the diary author, if available."
License Information:
Text is available from Wikipedia.org under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Creative Commons ShareAlike License
Reference:
Dieppe Raid
Or other, including URL
Other References:
None
Additional Information
Refer to the Long March Routes geographic file: MASTER_Long-March-Routes_yyyy-mm-dd.kml

Custom Icon Collection
The purpose of this folder is to hold custom placemark symbols for use with special/unique KML mapping files.

Route/Path Line Strings
This folder contains custome route/path lines, first as tessellated, then as untessellated.

Route/Path Template 1 - Lime Green (Tessellated)
This is an example of a tessellated route/path line.

Route/Path Template 2 - Cyan (Tessellated)
This is an example of a tessellated route/path line.

Route/Path Template 3 - Blue (Tessellated)
This is an example of a tessellated route/path line.

Route/Path Template 4 - Red (Tessellated)

Route/Path Template 1 - Lime Green (Untessellated)
This is an example of an untessellated route/path line.

Route/Path Template 2 - Cyan (Untessellated)
This is an example of an untessellated route/path line.

Route/Path Template 3 - Blue (Untessellated)
This is an example of an untessellated route/path line.

Route/Path Template 4 - Red (Untessellated)

Custom "BalloonStyle" Pushpin, Light Blue
This is an example of using a custom BalloonStyle to display a placemark's description information.

Custom Icon - Battle Site, Magenta
Significance of Placemark
This is a custom placemark template for a battle site.
Add Wikipedia entry, if available.
Describe the placemark and its significance. Use a Wikipedia Article or other informaiton as available and appropriate.
Context
Describe context of the placemark. For example, as a waypoint on The Long March.
Narrative or Interpretation
Insert a narrative or interpretation, if available.
"Enter direct quote of the diary author, if available."
Reference
Dieppe Raid
Or other references, including URL(s)
Additional References or Relationships:
None
Additional Information
Refer to the Long March Routes geographic file: MASTER_Long-March-Routes_yyyy-mm-dd.kml
License Information:
Text is available from Wikipedia.org under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Creative Commons ShareAlike License

Custom Icon - Combat Base, Magenta
This is a custom placemark template for military combat bases.
Add Wikipedia entry, if available.

Custom Icon - Crosshairs In Square, Cyan
This is a custom placemark template for the standard crosshairs in a box outline, colored cyan.
Add Wikipedia entry, if available.

Custom Icon - Crosshairs In Square, Lime Green
This is a custom placemark template for the standard crosshairs in a box outline, colored green.

Custom Icon - Crosshairs In Square, Magenta
This is a custom placemark template for the standard crosshairs in a box outline, colored red.

Custom Icon - Crosshairs In Square, Red
This is a custom placemark template for the standard crosshairs in a box outline, colored red.

Custom Icon - Crosshairs In Square, Yellow
This is a custom placemark template for the standard crosshairs in a box outline, colored yellow.

Custom Icon - Flag, Green
This is a custom placemark template for the standard green flag.

Custom Icon - Invasion Beach, White
This is a custom placemark template for military invasion beaches. Alter each placemarks color attribute to match the name of the beach. For example, use the red color attribute to match the icon to the "RED Beach" name.

Custom Icon - Landing Zone (LZ), Magenta
This is a custom placemark template for military helicopter landing zones.

Custom Icon - Massacre Site, Magenta
This is a custom placemark template for massacre sites.

Custom Icon - Pipe Enters Ground, Blue
This is a custom placemark template for the Alaska Pipeline designating the pipe going above- and underground at one location.

Custom Icon - Pipe Exits Ground, Red
This is a custom placemark template for the Alaska Pipeline designating the pipe going aboveground.

Custom Icon - Pipe Enters-Exits Ground, Green
This is a custom placemark template for the Alaska Pipeline designating the pipe going underground.

Custom Icon - POW/Internee Monument, Cyan
This is a custom placemark template for POW and internee monuments and facilities.

Custom Icon - Oflag (POW Camp), Yellow
This is a custom placemark template for World War II German POW camps for military officers.

Custom Icon - Stalag (POW Camp), Magenta
This is a custom placemark template for World War II German POW camps for military enlisted prisoners.

Custom Icon - POW/Internment Camp - Other, Cyan
This is a custom placemark template for World War II German (or other) miscellaneous internment camps.

Custom Icon - Special Forces (SF) Camp, Magenta
This is a custom placemark template for U.S. Army Special Forces camps.

Custom Icon - Sunk Naval Vessel, Magenta
This is a custom placemark template for sunk naval vessels.

Custom Icon - Truck, Lime Green
This is a custom placemark template to indicate vehicle movement.

Custom Icon - Truck, Red
This is a custom placemark template to indicate vehicle movement.

Custom Icon - WWII Concentration Camp, Pink
This is a custom placemark template for World War II German concentration camps.

Custom Icon - WWII Extermination Camp, Red
This is a custom placemark template for World War II German extermination camps.

Custom Icon - Waypoint Flag, Red
This is a custom placemark template for the standard flag, colored red. Used as a waypoint indicator.

Custom Icon - Waypoint Flag, Yellow
This is a custom placemark template for the standard flag, colored red. Used as a waypoint indicator.

Custom Icon - Waypoint, Long March, Green
This is a custom placemark template used to indicate waypoints on the Long March.

Custom Icon - Waypoint, Long March, Cyan
This is a custom placemark template used to indicate waypoints on the Long March.

Custom Icon - BLUE Beach
This is a custom placemark template to mark an invasion beach.

Custom Icon - GREEN Beach
This is a custom placemark template to mark an invasion beach.

Custom Icon - ORANGE Beach
This is a custom placemark template to mark an invasion beach.

Custom Icon - RED Beach

Custom Icon - WHITE Beach

Custom Icon - YELLOW Beach

Custom Polygon - BLUE Beach
This is a custom polygon template to mark an invasion beach area. Edit the properties to adjust the polygon to the actual geography.

Custom Polygon - GREEN Beach
This is a custom polygon template to mark an invasion beach area. Edit the properties to adjust the polygon to the actual geography.

Custom Polygon - ORANGE Beach
This is a custom polygon template to mark an invasion beach area. Edit the properties to adjust the polygon to the actual geography.

Custom Polygon - RED Beach

Custom Polygon - WHITE Beach

Custom Polygon - YELLOW Beach

Custom Polygon - Property Area - 33% Fill
This is a custom polygon template to mark a property area. Edit the properties to adjust the polygon to the actual geography.

Standard (Shared) Placemark Templates
The purpose of this folder is to hold standard placemark symbols for use as placemark templates.

Basic Shapes

GE Standard Icon - Airport, Light Blue

GE Standard Icon - Campfire, Green

GE Standard Icon - Campground, Green

GE Standard Icon - Capital Star In Circle, White

GE Standard Icon - Capital Star In Circle, Red

GE Standard Icon - Do Not Enter, White

GE Standard Icon - Caution Shield, Red

GE Standard Icon - Cemetery
This is a custom placemark template for cemetaries.

GE Standard Icon - Christian Church
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for cemetaries.

GE Standard Icon - Civic Building
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for museums.

GE Standard Icon - Crosshairs In Square, White
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for the standard white crosshairs in a box outline.

GE Standard Icon - Diamond, White

GE Standard Icon - Donut-In-Donut, White

GE Standard Icon - Dot, Black In Circle

GE Standard Icon - Dot, Opaque Shaded

GE Standard Icon - Down Arrow, White

GE Standard Icon - Flag, Light Blue

GE Standard Icon - Hikers, Green

GE Standard Icon - Bus
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for a bus.

GE Standard Icon - Cab
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for taxi cabs.

GE Standard Icon - Falling Rocks
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for falling rocks.

GE Standard Icon - Ferry
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for ferries.

GE Standard Icon - Heliport
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for heliports.

GE Standard Icon - Hospital
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for hospitals.

GE Standard Icon - Historical Marker
This is a tandard Google Earth placemark template for historical markers.

GE Standard Icon - Information Circle, Light Blue

GE Standard Icon - Information I, White

GE Standard Icon - Information I, Light Blue

GE Standard Icon - Man
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for hospitals.

GE Standard Icon - Marina
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for marinas.

GE Standard Icon - Monument
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for monument sites and facilities.

GE Standard Icon - Mountains
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for parking lots.

GE Standard Icon - Museum
This is a tandard Google Earth placemark template for museums.

GE Standard Icon - Parking-Lot
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for parking lots.

GE Standard Icon - Parks
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for parks.

GE Standard Icon - Photo, Small
Cmentarz Wojenny / żołnierzy polskich i radzieckich
Mirek
Images may be subject to copyright.

GE Standard Icon - Photo, Large
Cmentarz Wojenny / żołnierzy polskich i radzieckich
Mirek
Images may be subject to copyright.

GE Standard Icon - Photo-Online
Cmentarz Wojenny / żołnierzy polskich i radzieckich
Mirek
Images may be subject to copyright.

GE Standard Icon - Picnic
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for picnic areas.

GE Standard Icon - Point of Interest Arrow, Green

GE Standard Icon - Polygon In Polygon, White

GE Standard Icon - Rail
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for railroads.

GE Standard Icon - Ranger Station, Green

GE Standard Icon - Reverse Arrow, White

GE Standard Icon - Road Shield, Tri-Color

GE Standard Icon - Road Shield, White

GE Standard Icon - Road Shield, Circle, White

GE Standard Icon - Route
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for plotted routes.

GE Standard Icon - Ruler, White

GE Standard Icon - Schools
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for schools.

GE Standard Icon - Snowflake
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for snowflakes.

GE Standard Icon - Square, Black In Rectangle

GE Standard Icon - Square-In-Square, White

GE Standard Icon - Star-In-Star, White

GE Standard Icon - Structure Outline, Yellow

GE Standard Icon - Subway
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for subways.

GE Standard Icon - Subway, Blue

GE Standard Icon - Sunk Vessel, White
This is a -Sunk-Vessel-White placemark template for sunk boats and ships.

GE Standard Icon - Sunny
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for sunshine.

GE Standard Icon - Target, White

GE Standard Icon - Terrain
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for terrain.

GE Standard Icon - Track Arrowhead, Blue, 0 Degrees (North)

GE Standard Icon - Track Box, Blue

GE Standard Icon - Trail, Green

GE Standard Icon - Tram
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for railroads.

GE Standard Icon - Triangle In Triangle, White

GE Standard Icon - Truck, Blue

GE Standard Icon - Volcano
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for volcanos.

GE Standard Icon - Wavy Water, Blue

GE Standard Icon - Wikipedia

GE Standard Icon - Worship, General
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for places of worship.

GE Standard Icon - Airplane Sign, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for airport signage.

GE Standard Icon - Airplane Sign, Tiny, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for airport signage.

GE Standard Icon - Ferry Sign, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for ferry signage.

GE Standard Icon - Ferry Sign, Tiny, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for ferry signage.

GE Standard Icon - German Metro M Sign, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for German Metro signage.

GE Standard Icon - German Metro M Sign, Tiny, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for German Metro signage.

GE Standard Icon - German SBahn Sign, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for German SBahn signage.

GE Standard Icon - German SBahn Sign, Tiny, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for German SBahn signage.

GE Standard Icon - Highway Sign, Light Blue

GE Standard Icon - Metro M Sign, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for Metro M signage.

GE Standard Icon - Metro M Sign, Tiny, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for Metro M signage.

GE Standard Icon - Rail Sign, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for rail signage.

GE Standard Icon - Rail Sign, Tiny, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for rail signage.

GE Standard Icon - Tram Sign, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for tram signage.

GE Standard Icon - Tram Sign, Tiny, Light Blue
This is a standard Google Earth placemark template for tram signage.

Pushpins

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, Blue

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, Cyan

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, Green

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, Magenta

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, Purple

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, Red

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, White

GE Standard Icon - Pushpin, Yellow

Paddles - Colored Symbols

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Blue, Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Blue Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Blue Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Blue Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Blue Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Cyan (Blue), Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Cyan (Blue) Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Cyan (Blue) Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Cyan (Blue) Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Cyan (Blue) Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Green, Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Green Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Green Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Green Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Green Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Orange, Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Orange Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Orange Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Orange Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Orange Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Pink, Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Pink Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Pink Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Pink Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Pink Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Purple Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Purple Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Purple Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Purple Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Purple Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, White, Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, White Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, White Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, White Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, White Star

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Yellow Blank

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Yellow Circle

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Yellow Diamond

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Yellow Square

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Yellow Star

Paddles - Letters and Numbers

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Number "1"

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Number "2"

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Number "3"

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Letter "A"

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Letter "B"

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Letter "C"

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Letter "D"

GE Standard Icon - Paddle, Red, Letter "E"

Icons (Arrowheads)

Pallet 3

Pallet 4

Pallet 5

Mapfiles

Miscellaneous

KML Samples
Unleash your creativity with the help of these examples!

Placemarks
These are just some of the different kinds of placemarks with which you can mark your favorite places.

Simple placemark
Attached to the ground. Intelligently places itself at the
height of the underlying terrain.

Floating placemark
Floats a defined distance above the ground.

Extruded placemark
Tethered to the ground by a customizable "tail"

Styles and Markup
With KML it is easy to create rich, descriptive markup to annotate and enrich your placemarks.

Highlighted Icon
Place your mouse over the icon to see it display the new icon.

Roll Over This Icon

Descriptive HTML - Not fixed to any geographical point.
Click on the blue link!
Placemark descriptions can be enriched by using many standard HTML tags.
For example:
Styles:
Italics, Bold, Underlined, Strike Out, subscriptsubscript, superscriptsuperscript, Big, Small, Typewriter, Emphasized, Strong, Code
Fonts:
red by name, leaf green by hexadecimal RGB
size 1, size 2, size 3, size 4, size 5, size 6, size 7
Times, Verdana, Arial
Links:
Google Earth!
or: Check out our website at www.google.com
Alignment:
left
center
right
Ordered Lists:
First
Second
Third
Unordered Lists:
A
B
C
Definitions:
Google:
The best thing since sliced bread
Centered:
Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
Block Quote:
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-- T.S. Eliot
Headings:
Images:
Remote image
Scaled image
Simple Tables:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
a | b | c | d | e
[Did you notice that double-clicking on the placemark doesn't cause the viewer to take you anywhere? This is because it is possible to directly author a "placeless placemark". If you look at the code for this example, you will see that it has neither a point coordinate nor a LookAt element.]

Ground Overlays
Examples of ground overlays.

Large-scale overlay on terrain
Overlay shows Mount Etna erupting on July 13th, 2001.

Screen Overlays
Screen overlays have to be authored directly in KML. These examples illustrate absolute and dynamic positioning in screen space.

Simple crosshairs
This screen overlay uses fractional positioning to put the image in the exact center of the screen.

Absolute Positioning: Top left

Absolute Positioning: Top right

Absolute Positioning: Bottom left

Absolute Positioning: Bottom right

Dynamic Positioning: Top of screen

Dynamic Positioning: Right of screen

Paths
Examples of paths. Note that the tessellate tag is by default set to 0. If you want to create tessellated lines, they must be authored (or edited) directly in KML.

Tessellated
If the tag has a value of 1, the line will contour to the underlying terrain.

Untessellated
If the tag has a value of 0, the line follow a simple straight-line path from point to point.

Absolute
Transparent purple line.

Absolute Extruded
Transparent green wall with yellow outlines.

Relative
Black line (10 pixels wide), height tracks terrain.

Relative Extruded
Opaque blue walls with red outline, height tracks terrain.

Polygons
Examples of polygon shapes

Google Campus
A collection showing how easy it is to create 3-dimensional buildings.

Building 40

Building 41

Building 42

Extruded Polygon
A simple way to model a building.

The Pentagon

Absolute and Relative
Four structures whose roofs meet exactly. Turn on/off terrain to see the difference between relative and absolute positioning.

Absolute

Absolute Extruded

Relative

Relative Extruded

Bathymetry

Placemark Integration
The purpose of this folder is to save temporary placemarks until they may be integrated into the file proper.

cricketers inn, bagshot, uk

Beefeater Cricketers
1 London Rd, Bagshot GU19 5HR, United Kingdom
Reference photo of Harry William Manchester (Art-1246b.jpg) November 1940.

summerlands, heathfield, uk

Summerlands Care Home
Summerhill Ln, Lindfield, Haywards Heath RH16 1RW, United Kingdom

Summerlands
Summerlands Residential Home/Ashford Rd, Ashford TN27 0EE, United Kingdom

heathfield, uk

Heathfield
Heathfield, UK

preston road, brighton, uk

Preston Rd
Brighton, UK

Park Street, Dumbarton, UK

Park St
Dumbarton, UK

Cricketers Inn, Bagshot, UK
Reference photo of Harry William Manchester (Art-1246b.jpg) November 1940.

Summerlands, Heathfield, UK

Summerlands, UK

Heathfield, UK

Preston Road, Brighton, UK

Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum
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The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum is now located at Imperial War Museum Duxford. Prior to 2008 it was based at Browning Barracks in the Aldershot Military Town area near Aldershot in Hampshire. As well as the history of Airborne Forces in general, in particular the Museum told the story of the The Parachute Regiment, which was based in the town from its creation in 1940 until 2003.
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Interior of the former Museum

Aldershot Garrison
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Aldershot Garrison also known as Aldershot Military Town is a major garrison in South East England. Established in 1854 Aldershot has long been seen as the home of the British Army. The garrison was established when the war department brought a vast area of land near to the village of Aldershot, with the objective of establishing a permanent training camp for the British Army. Over time, this camp grew into a military town and continues to be used by the British Army to the present day. It is home to the headquarters of the 4th Division of the British Army, and it is also the administrative base for the 145th (South) Brigade and 101st Logistic Brigade. The garrison plays host to around 70 military units and organisations. It is located between Aldershot, and Farnborough in Hampshire.<ref name="army.mod.uk"> Aldershot Garrison, Introduction</ref>
In 1972 the garrison bore witness to one of the worst UK mainland IRA attacks of the time, a car bomb was detonated outside the headquarters mess of 16 Parachute Brigade. The Official IRA claimed responsibility and stating that the attack was in revenge for the shootings in Derry that came to be known as Bloody Sunday. At the time of the attack Aldeshot garrison was an entirely open garrison. Following the attack the Army took steps to secure the garrison by erecting security fences around most of the barracks and lines, as well as introducing armed security patrols.
The Garrison area covers approximately 500 hectares. The total garrison population is about 10,500. Adjacent to the military town is some 2,700 hectares of open military training area.<ref name="army.mod.uk"> Aldershot Garrison, Introduction</ref> Aldershot Garrison will serve as the hub for the future South East Super Garrison, which will include satellite establishments at Minley, Bordon, Sandhurst, Pirbright, Deepcut, Keogh, Arborfield, Winchester and Worthy Down.
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Royal Garrison Church in Aldershot Military Town
Photo showing the wooden barracks of North Camp in 1866
Historic wooden barrack bungalow, now part of the Aldershot Military Museum

Harry William Manchester Placemarks
The purpose of this folder is to record placemarks associated with Harry William Manchester's wartime locations and movements.

Camp Borden, Ontario

Possible Location of Warburg Barracks, Aldershot
Barracks demolished 1959.
Warburg Barracks (East Cavalry Barracks)
Date of construction 1856-59
Date of demolition 1964
Originally known as the East Cavalry Barracks they were renamed Warburg in 1909. The name 'Warburg' originates from the Battle of Warburg that took place on the 31 July 1760, during the Seven Years War with France
Warburg Barracks were one of three cavalry barracks built in Aldershot to house the 1st Cavalry Brigade. It housed regular regiments of horsed cavalry until 1938.
Guard room and cells plus four two-storey troop stables, officer's mess, sergeant's mess and a riding school.
Princes Hall and Warburg Car Park in Aldershot now occupy the site
Photo Warburg Barracks Officers Mess c1895

Dieppe Raid POW Holding Area - Evermeu,France
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Captain Clare's diary (page 10) indicates that
"The prisoners were all collected on the Dieppe hospital grounds, the severely wounded filling, eventually, both Dieppe and Rouen hospitals. The prisoners, able to move, were marched 10 kms. to Envermeuwhere the officers were put in a church, the men put in an unused factory. As we had been searched my equipment taken, I was unable to do any dressings. Food was a little black bread and water from a pump."
Reference:
Wartime Diary of Capt. D.W. Clare, M.C., R.C.A.M.C
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Possible Dieppe Raid POW Marshalling Site - Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
Primary Reference
Captain Clare's diary indicates (page 10) that
"The next day we marched to a train which took us to Verneulles, 30 kms. from Paris. There in an old prison camp, all the prisoners were being collected, the total count reaching (approx.) 1200 O.R.’s, 90 officers, and the 3 M.O.’s (Medical Officers) from the 4th Brigade. There were more than 250 so-called walking wounded, a misnomer as some of these men were in our camp hospital for 6 months, one officer died before reaching the Oflag."
Reference:
Wartime Diary of Capt. D.W. Clare, M.C., R.C.A.M.C
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Possible Dieppe Raid POW Marshalling Site - Verneuil-sur-Seine, France
Captain Clare's diary???
Wartime Diary of Capt. D.W. Clare, M.C., R.C.A.M.C

Possible Dieppe Raid POW Marshalling Site - Verneusses, France
Captain Clare's diary???

Possible Dieppe Raid POW Marshalling Site - Verneuil-sur-Avre
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Dieppe Raid - BLUE Beach
Wikipedia Article:
"The naval engagement between the small German convoy and the craft carrying No. 3 Commando had alerted the German defenders at Blue beach. The landing near Puys by the Royal Regiment of Canada plus three platoons from the Black Watch of Canada and an artillery detachment were tasked to neutralize machine gun and artillery batteries protecting this Dieppe beach. They were delayed by 20 minutes and the smoke screens that should have hidden their assault had already lifted. The advantages of surprise and darkness were thus lost, while the Germans had manned their defensive positions in preparation for the landings. The well-fortified German forces held the Canadian forces that did land on the beach. As soon as they reached the shore, the Canadians found themselves pinned against the seawall, unable to advance. The Royal Regiment of Canada was annihilated. Of the 556 men in the regiment, 200 were killed and 264 captured.[10]

Dieppe Raid - GREEN Beach
Wikipedia Article:
"On Green beach at the same time that No. 4 Commando had landed, the South Saskatchewan Regiment's 1st Battalion was headed towards Pourville. They beached at 04:52, without having been detected. The battalion managed to leave their landing craft before the Germans could open fire. However, on the way in, some of the landing craft had drifted off course and most of the battalion found themselves west of the River Scie rather than east of it. Because they had been landed in the wrong place, the battalion, whose objective was the hills east of the village, had to enter Pourville to cross the river by the only bridge.[10] Before the Saskatchewans managed to reach the bridge, the Germans had positioned machine guns and anti-tank guns there which stopped their advance. With the battalion's dead and wounded piling up on the bridge, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, the commanding officer, attempted to give the attack impetus by repeatedly and openly crossing the bridge, in order to demonstrate that it was feasible to do so.[29] However, despite the assault resuming, the South Saskatchewans and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, who had landed beside them, were unable to reach their target.[10] While the Camerons did manage to penetrate further inland than any other troops that day, they were also soon forced back as German reinforcements rushed to the scene.[13] Both battalions suffered more losses as they withdrew; only 341 men were able to reach the landing craft and embark, and the rest were left to surrender. For his part in the battle, Lieutenant Colonel Merritt was awarded the Victoria Cross.[26]

Dieppe Raid - ORANGE Beach
Wikipedia Article:
"The mission for Lieutenant Colonel Lord Lovat and No. 4 Commando (including 50 United States Army Rangers) was to conduct two landings 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Dieppe to neutralize the coastal battery Hess at Blancmesnil-Sainte-Marguerite near Varengeville. Landing on the right flank in force, they climbed the steep slope and attacked and neutralized their target, the artillery battery of six 150 mm guns. This was the only success of Operation Jubilee.[13] The commando then withdrew at 07:30 as planned.[10] Most of No. 4 safely returned to England. This portion of the raid was considered a model for future amphibious Royal Marine Commando assaults as part of major landing operations. Lord Lovat was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his part in the raid,[25] and Captain Patrick Porteous No. 4 Commando, was awarded the Victoria Cross.[26][27][28]

Dieppe Raid - RED Beach
"Preparing the ground for the main landings, four destroyers were bombarding the coast as landing craft approached. At 05:15, they were joined by five RAF Hurricane squadrons who bombed the coastal defences and set a smoke screen to protect the assault troops. Between 03:30, and 03:40, 30 minutes after the initial landings, the main frontal assault by the Essex Scottish and the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry started. Their infantry were meant to be supported by Churchill tanks of the 14th Army Tank Regiment landing at the same time, but the tanks arrived on the beach late. As a result, the two infantry battalions had to attack without armour support. They were met with heavy machine gun fire from emplacements dug into the overlooking cliffs. Unable to clear the obstacles and scale the seawall, they suffered heavy losses.[13] Captain Denis Whitaker of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry recalled a scene of absolute carnage and confusion, with soldiers being cut down by German fire all along the sea wall while his commanding officer, Colonel Bob Labatt, desperately tried to use a broken radio to contact General Roberts while ignoring his men.[33] When the tanks eventually arrived only 29 were landed. Two of those sank in deep water, and 12 more became bogged down in the soft shingle beach. Only 15 of the tanks made it up to and across the seawall. Once they crossed the seawall, they were confronted by a series of tank obstacles that prevented their entry into the town. Blocked from going further, they were forced to return to the beach where they provided fire support for the now retreating infantry. None of the tanks managed to return to England. All the crews that landed were either killed or captured.[10]
"Unaware of the situation on the beaches because of a smoke screen laid by the supporting destroyers, Major General Roberts sent in the two reserve units: the Fusiliers Mont-Royal and the Royal Marines. At 07:00, the Fusiliers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Dollard Ménard in 26 landing craft sailed towards their beach. They were heavily engaged by the Germans, who hit them with heavy machine gun, mortar and grenade fire, and destroyed them; only a few men managed to reach the town.[10] Those men were then sent in towards the centre of Dieppe and became pinned down under the cliffs and Roberts ordered the Royal Marines to land in order to support them. Not being prepared to support the Fusiliers, the Royal Marines had to transfer from their gunboats and motor boat transports onto landing craft. The Royal Marine landing craft were heavily engaged on their way in with many destroyed or disabled. Those Royal Marines that did reach the shore were either killed or captured. As he became aware of the situation the Royal Marine commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Phillipps, stood up on the stern of his landing craft and signalled for the rest of his men to turn back. He was killed a few moments later.[13]
"During the raid, a mortar platoon[34] from the Calgary Highlanders commanded by Lieutenant F. J. Reynolds was attached to the landing force, but stayed offshore after the tanks on board (code-named Bert and Bill) landed. Sergeants Lyster and Pittaway[35] were Mentioned in Despatches for their part in shooting down two German aircraft, and one officer of the battalion was killed while ashore with a brigade headquarters.[36]
"At 09:40, under heavy fire, the withdrawal from the main landing beaches began and was completed by 14:00.[13]"

Dieppe Raid - WHITE Beach
"Preparing the ground for the main landings, four destroyers were bombarding the coast as landing craft approached. At 05:15, they were joined by five RAF Hurricane squadrons who bombed the coastal defences and set a smoke screen to protect the assault troops. Between 03:30, and 03:40, 30 minutes after the initial landings, the main frontal assault by the Essex Scottish and the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry started. Their infantry were meant to be supported by Churchill tanks of the 14th Army Tank Regiment landing at the same time, but the tanks arrived on the beach late. As a result, the two infantry battalions had to attack without armour support. They were met with heavy machine gun fire from emplacements dug into the overlooking cliffs. Unable to clear the obstacles and scale the seawall, they suffered heavy losses.[13] Captain Denis Whitaker of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry recalled a scene of absolute carnage and confusion, with soldiers being cut down by German fire all along the sea wall while his commanding officer, Colonel Bob Labatt, desperately tried to use a broken radio to contact General Roberts while ignoring his men.[33] When the tanks eventually arrived only 29 were landed. Two of those sank in deep water, and 12 more became bogged down in the soft shingle beach. Only 15 of the tanks made it up to and across the seawall. Once they crossed the seawall, they were confronted by a series of tank obstacles that prevented their entry into the town. Blocked from going further, they were forced to return to the beach where they provided fire support for the now retreating infantry. None of the tanks managed to return to England. All the crews that landed were either killed or captured.[10]
"Unaware of the situation on the beaches because of a smoke screen laid by the supporting destroyers, Major General Roberts sent in the two reserve units: the Fusiliers Mont-Royal and the Royal Marines. At 07:00, the Fusiliers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Dollard Ménard in 26 landing craft sailed towards their beach. They were heavily engaged by the Germans, who hit them with heavy machine gun, mortar and grenade fire, and destroyed them; only a few men managed to reach the town.[10] Those men were then sent in towards the centre of Dieppe and became pinned down under the cliffs and Roberts ordered the Royal Marines to land in order to support them. Not being prepared to support the Fusiliers, the Royal Marines had to transfer from their gunboats and motor boat transports onto landing craft. The Royal Marine landing craft were heavily engaged on their way in with many destroyed or disabled. Those Royal Marines that did reach the shore were either killed or captured. As he became aware of the situation the Royal Marine commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Phillipps, stood up on the stern of his landing craft and signalled for the rest of his men to turn back. He was killed a few moments later.[13]
"During the raid, a mortar platoon[34] from the Calgary Highlanders commanded by Lieutenant F. J. Reynolds was attached to the landing force, but stayed offshore after the tanks on board (code-named Bert and Bill) landed. Sergeants Lyster and Pittaway[35] were Mentioned in Despatches for their part in shooting down two German aircraft, and one officer of the battalion was killed while ashore with a brigade headquarters.[36]
"At 09:40, under heavy fire, the withdrawal from the main landing beaches began and was completed by 14:00.[13]"

Dieppe Raid - YELLOW Beach
"The mission for Lieutenant Colonel John Durnford-Slater and No. 3 Commando was to conduct two landings 8 miles (13 km) east of Dieppe to silence the "Goebbels" coastal battery near Berneval. The battery could fire upon the landing at Dieppe 4 miles (6.4 km) to the west. The three 170 mm (6.7 in) and four 105 mm (4.1 in) guns of 2/770 Batterie had to be out of action by the time the main force approached the main beach.
"The craft carrying No. 3 Commando, approaching the coast to the east, were not warned of the approach of a German coastal convoy that had been located by British "Chain Home" radar stations at 21:30. German S-boats escorting a German tanker torpedoed some of the LCP landing craft and disabled the escorting Steam Gun Boat 5. Subsequently, Motor Launch 346 and Landing Craft Flak 1 combined to drive off the German boats but the group was dispersed, with some losses, and the enemy's coastal defences were alerted. The commandos from six craft who did land on Yellow I were beaten back and, unable to safely retreat or join the main force, had to surrender. Only 18 commandos got ashore on Yellow II beach. They reached the perimeter of the battery via Berneval, after it was attacked by Hurribombers, and engaged their target with small arms fire. Although unable to destroy the guns, their sniping for a time managed to distract the battery to such good effect that the gunners fired wildly and there was no known instance of this battery sinking any of the assault convoy ships off Dieppe. The commandos were eventually forced to withdraw in the face of superior enemy forces.[13][15][24]

Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
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The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is a cemetery in France containing Canadian and British soldiers who were killed during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.
944 members of the Allied Armed Forces are interred at Dieppe, of which 707 are Canadian. Other dead from the raid are buried in Rouen, where the Germans took captured raiders, some of whom died of their wounds, or at the Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey, where wounded were taken by the Allies. Also in the cemetery are the remains of one woman, Mary Janet Climpson, a British Salvation Army Officer who had been killed in 1940.
The cemetery is unique in that it was created by the occupying Germans, as the Allied raid was a disaster and many dead were forced to be left behind in enemy territory. The headstones have been placed back to back in long double rows, typical of German burials but unlike any other Commonwealth war cemetery. When Dieppe was retaken in 1944, the Allies elected not to disturb the graves, so this unusual arrangement still stands. Today, the cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Dieppe Raid Canadian Cemetery
The Dieppe Raid - Canadian Soldier's Cemetery.

RED Beach - Dieppe Raid

WHITE Beach - Dieppe Raid

GREEN Beach - Dieppe Raid

ORANGE Beach - Dieppe Raid

BLUE Beach - Dieppe Raid

YELLOW Beach - Dieppe Raid

German Concentration Camps

Anne Frank's grave. Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. VR
Ann Frank's grave. Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. VR
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Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz -de) was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. It was the largest of the German concentration camps, consisting of Auschwitz I (the Stammlager or base camp); Auschwitz II-Birkenau (the Vernichtungslager or extermination camp); Auschwitz III-Monowitz, also known as Buna-Monowitz (a labor camp); and 45 satellite camps.
Auschwitz is the German name for Oświęcim, the town in and around which the camps were located; it was renamed by the Germans after they invaded Poland in September 1939. Birkenau, the German translation of Brzezinka (birch tree), refers to a small Polish village nearby that was mostly destroyed by the Germans to make way for the camp.
Auschwitz II-Birkenau was designated by Heinrich Himmler, who was the Reichsführer and Germany's Minister of the Interior, as the place of the "final solution of the Jewish question in Europe". From spring 1942 until the fall of 1944, transport trains delivered Jews to the camp's gas chambers from all over Nazi-occupied Europe. The camp's first commandant, Rudolf Höss, testified after the war at the Nuremberg Trials that up to three million people had died there (2.5 million exterminated, and 500,000 from disease and starvation), a figure since revised to 1.1 million, around 90 percent of them Jews. Others deported to Auschwitz included 150,000 Poles, 23,000 Roma and Sinti, 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and tens of thousands of people of diverse nationalities. Those not killed in the gas chambers died of starvation, forced labor, lack of disease control, individual executions, and medical experiments.
On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops, a day commemorated around the world as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 1947, Poland founded a museum on the site of Auschwitz I and II, which by 1994 had seen 22 million visitors—700,000 annually—pass through the iron gates crowned with the infamous motto, Arbeit macht frei ("work makes you free").
Surveillance photo showing location of three main camps
Auschwitz I entrance
Map of Auschwitz I, shows Polish Tobacco Monopoly building; 1940

Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp

Begern Belsen - Concentration Camp - Memorial - Graveyard - Lower Saxony - Germany
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Bergen Belsen - Concentration Camp - House Of Silence - Lower Saxony - Germany

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen (or Belsen) was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as the prisoner of war camp Stalag XI-C, in 1943 it became a concentration camp on the orders of Heinrich Himmler, where Jewish hostages were held with the intention of exchanging them for German prisoners of war held overseas. Later still the name was applied to the displaced persons camp established nearby, but it is most commonly associated with the concentration camp it became as conditions deteriorated between 1943-1945. During this time an estimated 50,000 Russian prisoners of war and a further 50,000 inmates died there, up to 35,000 of them dying of typhus in the first few months of 1945.
The camp was liberated on April 15, 1945 by the British 11th Armoured Division. 60,000 prisoners were found inside, most of them seriously ill, and another 13,000 corpses lay around the camp unburied. The scenes that greeted British troops were described by the BBC's Richard Dimbleby, who accompanied them:
"I could not believe the horror of these camps," said one liberator. "We found piles of bodies in train cars that had been dead for days."
For public opinion in Western countries in the immediate post-1945 period, the name "Belsen" became emblematic of Nazi horrors in general. The even greater horrors of Auschwitz, a camp which was liberated by the Soviets and of which Western soldiers and journalists had no direct experience, became widely known only later.
A British Army bulldozer pushes bodies into a mass grave at Belsen. 19 April 1945
A barrack block at Belsen
Former guards are made to load the bodies of dead prisoners onto a truck for burial, 17–18 April 1945

Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

Bełżec extermination camp
Belzec, Polish spelling Bełżec c-pl, was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust. Operating in 1942, the camp was situated in occupied Poland about half a mile south of the local railroad station of Bełżec in the Lublin district of the General Government.
Between 430,000 and 500,000 Jews are believed to have been killed at Bełżec, along with an unknown number of Poles and Roma; only one or two Jews are known to have survived Bełżec: Rudolf Reder and Chaim Hirszman. The lack of survivors may be the reason why this camp is so little known despite its number of victims.
Roma arrivals in the Bełżec death camp awaiting instructions
This document, the so-called Höfle Telegram, confirms 434,508 Jews were killed at Belzec in 1942
''Scrawled with a Pencil in the Sealed Cattle Car'', a poem by Dan Pagis, forms part of the modern memorial.

Buchenwald Concentration Camp

Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager (KZ) Buchenwald, -de) was a German Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg (Etter Mountain) near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937, one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps on German soil.
Camp prisoners from all over Europe and Russia—Jews, non-Jewish Poles and Slovenes, religious and political prisoners, Roma and Sinti, Jehovah's Witnesses, criminals, homosexuals, and prisoners of war— worked primarily as forced labor in local armament factories. From 1945 to 1950, the camp was used by the Soviet occupation authorities as an internment camp, known as NKVD special camp number 2.
Watchtower at the Memorial estate Buchenwald, 1983
Buchenwald's main gate, with the slogan ''Jedem das Seine'' (literally, "to each his own", but figuratively "everyone gets what he deserves")
Bodies of Buchenwald prisoners, April 1945.

Buchenwald Memorial

Dachau concentration camp
Dachau concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager (KZ) Dachau, -de) was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria, which is located in southern Germany. Opened 22 March 1933, it was the first regular concentration camp established by the coalition government of the National Socialist Party (Nazi Party) and the German Nationalist People's Party (dissolved on 6 July 1933). Heinrich Himmler, then Chief of Police of Munich, officially described the camp as "the first concentration camp for political prisoners."
American troops guard the main entrance to Dachau just after liberation
Aerial photo of the camp
The main gate at Dachau where prisoners walked through marked with the sentence ''Arbeit macht frei''

Dachau Concentration Camp

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
Concentration Camp Memorial

Dachau massacre
The Dachau massacre occurred in the area of the Dachau concentration camp, near Dachau, Germany, on April 29, 1945, during World War II. During the camp's liberation, American soldiers from 45th Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army allegedly wounded and killed German prisoners of war. The number of victims differs by account, some witnesses speculating that more than 100 German soldiers were killed; others report that 30-50 soldiers were killed during the camp's liberation, only a dozen of those being victims of alleged war crimes.<ref name="Dachau and Its Liberation, by Felix L. Sparks"> Dachau and Its Liberation, by Felix L. Sparks</ref>
The incident occurred after the US division entered the Dachau concentration camp. Soldiers reported seeing hundreds of naked and barely-clothed dead bodies piled floor to ceiling in rooms adjacent to what was assumed to be the gas chambers.
Before the soldiers entered the prison-camp 30 roofless boxcars (or freight-cars) full of dead bodies in advanced stages of decomposition had been found outside the camp. More bodies were found about the camp, some had been dead for hours and days before the camp's liberation and lay where they had died.<ref name="Dachau and Its Liberation, by Felix L. Sparks"/>
SS men conference with Gen. Henning Linden during the liberation of the dachau concentration camp. Pictured from left to right: SS aide, camp leader Untersturmführer Heinrich Wicker (mostly hidden by the aide), Paul Levy, a Belgian journalist (person with helmet looking to the left), Dr. Victor Maurer (back), General Henning Linden (person with helmet, looking right) and some US soldiers.
The photograph shows the bodies of six of the guards at the base of Tower B
Closeup of the bodies of SS personnel lying at the base of the tower. Their uniforms are camouflage patterned.

Flossenbürg Concentration Camp

Flossenbürg concentration camp
Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel (SS) Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, Germany, near the pre-war border with Czechoslovakia. Between 1938, when the camp was established, and liberation in April 1945, more than 96,000 prisoners passed through Flossenbürg. About 30,000 died there.
Hand drawn plan of the Flossenbürg concentration camp by Stefan Kryszczak the survivor of the camp.
General view of Flossenbürg concentration camp after liberation by the U.S. 90th Infantry Division, April 1945
"Food transsport (Essenträgers)" - drawing by Stefan Kryszczak

Iron-Gate Square
Plac Żelaznej Bramy ("Iron-Gate Square") is a large open space in the city center of Warsaw. The square took its name from a large iron gate that once secured the western boundary of the Saxon Garden.
Iron-Gate Square, with Lubomirski Palace, 18th century, by "Canaletto"
Lubomirski Palace, Iron-Gate Square, Ghetto wall, May 1941
Rickshaws, Iron-Gate Square, July 1944

KZ-Auschwitz-II Birkenau - Concentration-Camp Toilets

KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen
Erinnerungsstraße 1 4310 Mauthausen, Österreich
http://www.mauthausen-memorial.at/

Malmedy massacre trial
The Malmedy massacre trial (U.S. vs. Valentin Bersin, et al.) was held in May–July 1946 in the Dachau concentration camp to try the German Waffen-SS soldiers accused of the Malmedy massacre of December 17, 1944. The highest-ranking defendant was the former SS general, Sepp Dietrich. It attracted great attention because of the nature of the crime and the later disputes about the conduct of the trial.
A GI surveys the scene of the massacre. The victim's bodies were preserved under the snow until Allied forces recaptured the area in Jan 1945.

Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
Mauthausen Concentration Camp (known from the summer of 1940 as Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp) grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps that was built around the villages of Mauthausen and Gusen in Upper Austria, roughly 20 km east of the city of Linz.
Initially a single camp at Mauthausen, it expanded over time and by the summer of 1940, the Mauthausen-Gusen had become one of the largest labour camp complexes in German-controlled Europe. Apart from the four main sub-camps at Mauthausen and nearby Gusen, more than 50 sub-camps, located throughout Austria and southern Germany, used the inmates as slave labour. Several subordinate camps of the KZ Mauthausen complex included quarries, munitions factories, mines, arms factories and Me 262 fighter-plane assembly plants.
In January 1945, the camps, directed from the central office in Mauthausen, contained roughly 85,000 inmates. The death toll remains unknown, although most sources place it between 122,766 and 320,000 for the entire complex. The camps formed one of the first massive concentration camp complexes in Nazi Germany, and were the last ones to be liberated by the Allies. The two main camps, Mauthausen and Gusen I, were also the only two camps in the whole of Europe to be labelled as "Grade III" camps, which meant that they were intended to be the toughest camps for the "Incorrigible Political Enemies of the Reich". Unlike many other concentration camps, intended for all categories of prisoners, Mauthausen was mostly used for extermination through labour of the intelligentsia, who were educated people and members of the higher social classes in countries subjugated by the Nazi regime during World War II.
Franz Ziereis, Commandant of Mauthausen, 1939-1945
Aerial view of the Gusen I & II camps

Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp Complex

Muzeum Walki i Męczeństwa w Treblince. Oddział Muzeum Regionalnego w Siedlcach
08-330 Kosów Lacki Polska

Ravensbruck Concentration Camp

Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück or Ravensbrueck (-de) was a notorious women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel).
Construction of the camp began in November 1938 by SS leader Heinrich Himmler and was unusual in that it was a camp primarily for women. The camp opened in May 1939. In the spring of 1941, the SS authorities established a small men's camp adjacent to the main camp.
Between 1939 and 1945, over 130,000 female prisoners passed through the Ravensbrück camp system; only 40,000 survived. Although the inmates came from every country in German-occupied Europe, the largest single national group incarcerated in the camp consisted of Polish women.
Will Lammert, Memorial ''Tragende'' (Woman with Burden) for the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp memorial site, 1959
Female prisoners in 1939
Road roller

Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sachsenhausen (-de) or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May, 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950 (See NKVD special camp Nr. 7). The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
Prisoners of Sachsenhausen, 19 December 1938
Recreation of the security perimeter at Sachsenhausen
''Arbeit Macht Frei'' gate

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Uckermark concentration camp
The Uckermark concentration camp was a small Nazi concentration camp for girls near the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Fürstenberg/Havel, Germany and then an "emergency" extermination camp.
The camp had been opened in May 1942 as a detention camp for girls aged 16 to 21 that were considered criminal or just difficult. Girls that reached the upper age limit were transferred to the Ravensbrück women's camp. Camp administration was provided by the Ravensbrück camp. In its early years, the head overseer at Uckermark was a woman named Lotte Toberentz, and one other Aufseherin (female warden) is known today by name, Johanna Braach. Both these women were tried by a British court at the Third Ravensbruck Trial.
In January 1945, the juveniles' camp was closed and the infrastructure was subsequently used as an extermination camp for "sick, no longer efficient, and over 52 years old women". Over 5,000 women were murdered there; only 500 women and children survived. Though it was shut down in March 1945 the Soviets liberated the camp on the night of April 29–30, 1945. Today only very few structures of the camp lie in ruins, barely recognizable.
Some of the responsible SS wardens of the camp, amongst them chief warden (Oberaufseherin) Ruth Neudeck, were put to trial in the Third Ravensbrück Trial, the so-called "Uckermark trial".

German Extermination Camps

Area of the extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor.

Belzec Extermination Camp

Sobibor extermination camp
Sobibor was a Nazi German extermination camp located on the outskirts of the town of Sobibór in the Lublin Voivodeship of occupied Poland as part of Operation Reinhard; the official German name was SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor. Jews from Poland, France, Germany, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Jewish Soviet prisoners of war (POWs), and possibly Gypsies were transported to Sobibor by rail, and suffocated in gas chambers that were fed with the exhaust of a petrol engine. One source states that up to 200,000 people were killed at Sobibor. Thomas Blatt claims that "In the Hagen court proceedings against former Sobibor Nazis, Professor Wolfgang Scheffler, who served as an expert, estimated the total figure of murdered Jews at a minimum of 250,000."
After a successful revolt in October 1943 about half of the 600 prisoners in Sobibor escaped; the camp was closed and planted with trees days afterwards. A memorial and museum are at the site today.
Sobibor "Road to Heaven" in 2007
The Gold Medal winning Dutch Olympic gymnastics team of 1928: 4th from left Helena Nordheim; 6th from left Ans Polak; 5th from right Estella Agsteribbe (murdered in K-Z Auschwitz 1943); 2nd from right Elka de Levie (died 1979); extreme right Jud Simons. Coach Gerrit Kleerekoper was murdered 2 July 1943 at Sobibor

Sobibor Extermination Camp

Treblinka Extermination Camp

Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka II (-pl) was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II, near the village of Treblinka. Between July 1942 and October 1943, around 850,000 people were killed there,<ref name="Generalgouvernement, 2004, pp. 257-281">Treblinka - ein Todeslager der "Aktion Reinhard", in: "Aktion Reinhard" - Die Vernichtung der Juden im Generalgouvernement, Bogdan Musial (ed.), Osnabrück 2004, pp. 257-281.</ref> more than 800,000 of whom were Jews, but including several thousand Romani people. The camp was closed after a revolt during which a few Germans were killed and a small number of prisoners escaped.
The nearby Treblinka I was a forced labour camp and administrative complex in support of the death camp. Treblinka I operated between 1941 and 1944. In this time half of the 20,000 inmates died from execution, exhaustion, or mistreatment. Treblinka I inmates worked in either the nearby gravel pit or irrigation area.
A memorial at Treblinka. Each stone represents a Jewish town or city, the population of which was exterminated at the camp
Symbolic concrete blocks mark the path of the former railway line at Treblinka
Sign from Treblinka railway station on display at Yad Vashem

German POW Camps

Kriegsmarine Camps

Luftwaffe Camps

Military District I (Königsberg)

Stalag I A

Stalag I B

Stalag I C/Luft VI

Stalag I D/391/Oflag 10/Oflag XXI B/Stalag XXI D/Oflag 64 (General vicinity - Questionable)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%85twy Prisoner of war camps located here included a Heilag (repatriation camp) (closed September 1943), Stalag 391 (I D) (1941-December 1942), Oflag 10 (from December 1942), Oflag XXI-B (June - September 1943) and Stalag XXI-D (September - December 1943).[1] Oflag 64 and Construction and Labour Battalion 146 for Soviet prisoners were also stationed here.[2] Over 900 deaths were recorded during this period.

Stalag I E

Stalag I F

Military District II (Stettin)

Gedenkstätte Stammlager Fünfeichen
17033 Neubrandenburg Deutschland

Czarne Monument

Long March Waypoint - Stettin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_(1945) 29 January 1945 - Stalag IID Stargard (now Stargard Szczeciński, Poland) was evacuated. Almost a thousand men struggled into formation. There were about five-hundred Russians, two-hundred Frenchmen, one-hundred Americans and twenty-five Canadians in the march. The POWs were put on a forced march along a northern route in blizzard conditions via Settin (Szczecin) to arrive at Stalag 2A, Neubrandenberg on February 7, 1945.

Monument - Stargard - 15th Meridian
15 Południk
Stargard Szczeciński Polska

Monument - Stargard - 15 Południk (Meridian)
15 Południk
Stargard Szczeciński Polska

Monument Stargard, Poland

Oflag II A

Oflag II B - Vicinity Arnswalde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choszczno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_II-B

Oflag II C - Vicinity Woldenberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_II-C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobiegniew

Oflag II D - Gross Born
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_II-D
From: Wikipedia Oflag II-D
Camp history
In September 1939 two Stalags, Stalag 302 and Stalag 323 were established to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive.
The Polish POWs were transferred to other camps on 1 June 1940 and Oflag II-D was established to house French officers from the Battle of France. By February 1941 there were 3,166 officers and 565 orderlies in the camp.
In 1942 some of the French officers may have been transferred to other camps and replaced with Polish officers.
In 1942 a large camp (Stalag 323) was built for Soviet prisoners. It was located at the other end of the training ground. Conditions in this camp were deplorable, as the rules of the Third Geneva Convention were not observed for Soviet prisoners.
In October 1944 most of the officers from the Warsaw Uprising were brought to this camp. The roster of 1 January 1945 showed that there were 5,014 officers and 377 orderlies in the camp.
In November 1944 the officers created a bank which printed banknotes.[1]
Evacuation and repatriation
When the offensive of the Soviet Red Army resumed in 1945, all inmates were marched westward on 28 January 1945. Only those too sick to walk were left behind. After an eight-week 500 kilometres (310 mi) march in bitterly cold weather they reached Stalag X-B and Marlag und Milag Nord in Sandbostel. The prisoners were liberated there by units of the British Army on 5 May 1945.
Aftermath
A memorial to the French and Polish officers who died in Oflag II-D was erected at the site of the camp in the late 1990s (town of Opole); there is a French association of former prisoners and their descendants http://s225821866.onlinehome.fr
From: Borne Sulinowo
In September 1939 in the military barracks a German POW camp was established for Polish soldiers, as well as for Russian, French and Yugoslavian POWs-Stalag 302, where more than 30,000 were murdered. Later it became an oflag. See main article Oflag II-D. After January 22, 1945, the Pomeranian Rampart lines of defences around Gross-Born were manned by local artillery school NCOs and local fighting for the area started. Actual engagements with the Polish Army and the Red Army started in early February and lasted for more than a month. The town however was located behind the lines and survived the war almost undamaged.
From: The Bank of the Camp IID Gross Born, by Tomasz Sluszkiewicz.
In Gross Born in Pomerania(now Wielkie Bory near Jastrowo, Poland), were located two prisoner of war(POW) camps; IID and IIE.
Camp IID(the so-called "upper "camp) was for French prisoners until the second half of 1943. After relocating them at the end of 1943 around 3000 Polish officers and a few hundred lower ranks were placed there.
Camp IIE(the so-called "lower" camp) held Russian prisoners until 1943. Later, at the end of 1943 around 3000 Polish officers from the camp in Neubrandenburg were placed there. In May 1944, all prisoners from the "upper" camp were moved to the "lower". This joint camp received the name "Oflag IID". In this camp around 6000 Polish officers and a few hundred sergeants and soldiers lived. Prisoners and the camp's administration were located in 70 barracks. The camp was 1 km long and 0.5 km wide.
Prisoners were divided into battalions, and then into companies. The representative of prisoners, "The Oldest of the Camp" was elected from higher ranking officers, he was also in charge of the camp. In the camp there were several active prisoners' organizations; theatre, post office, printing house, consignment store etc.

Stalag 323 - Russian Cemetery Monument
This is monument marking location of the Russian prisoner-of-war (POW) cemetery.

Stalag 323 - Russian Cemetery
This is monument marking location of the Russian prisoner-of-war (POW) cemetery.

Stalag II D - Cemetery Monument
This is monument marking location of the Russian prisoner-of-war (POW) cemetery.

Stalag II D/323 - War Cemetery / Polish and Soviet soldiers
This is monument marking location of the Polish and Russian prisoner-of-war (POW) cemetery.

Oflag II E - Neubrandenburg

Soldier's Alley

Stalag II A - Neubrandenburg (Camp Fünfeichen)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_F%C3%BCnfeichen Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-D "Canadian prisoners from the Dieppe Raid of August 1942 were transferred to Stargard from Stalag VIII-B in January 1944." Evacuation and repatriation The first evacuation occurred on 29 January 1945 in blizzard conditions.[1] The count was held up the morning of the march as the MOC (Man of Confidence) was in negotiation with the Kommandant for the safety of the men who were too sick for the march.[2] Many of the sick and infirmed were left behind in the Lazzarett (camp clinic) and were transported by rail or truck at a later date. Almost a thousand men struggled into formation. There were about five-hundred Russians, two-hundred Frenchmen, one-hundred Americans and twenty-five Canadians in the march.[3] Other reports have the number at as many as two-thousand in the column.[4] They were marched twenty-five or thirty kilometers that day. Then were put into a barn, under guard, and slept for the night. Every evening the guards would dump out the meal for the day on the muddy earth. Everyone would scramble for what they could get. In the morning, they were given two slices of bread, counted, and the march began again for twenty-five or thirty kilometers until they reached the next appointed village.[5] Those who fell to the side of the road were rumored to have been shot, but were more likely to have been loaded onto the “dead cart” at the end of the column used to carry the dead, dying, and sick all piled into the cart together and carried to the next stopping point.[6] After two, maybe three days, the column reached Settin. The sick and the dead were left at Settin while the majority of the rest were moved on to Stalag 2A, Neubrandenburg where they arrived on 7 February 1945. The eight-day total distance of the march was 70–90 miles (120-150 Kilometers). On 25 February 1945 most of the remaining prisoners were forced to march westward in advance of the Soviet offensive and endured great hardships before they were freed by Allied troops in April 1945.

Stalag II B - Lagar Nord (North Camp)
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-B

Stalag II B - Lager Ost (East Camp)
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-B

Stalag II B Cross Monument

Stalag II B Monument

Stalag II C Greifswald

Stalag II D???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_F%C3%BCnfeichen Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_II-D "Canadian prisoners from the Dieppe Raid of August 1942 were transferred to Stargard from Stalag VIII-B in January 1944." Evacuation and repatriation The first evacuation occurred on 29 January 1945 in blizzard conditions.[1] The count was held up the morning of the march as the MOC (Man of Confidence) was in negotiation with the Kommandant for the safety of the men who were too sick for the march.[2] Many of the sick and infirmed were left behind in the Lazzarett (camp clinic) and were transported by rail or truck at a later date. Almost a thousand men struggled into formation. There were about five-hundred Russians, two-hundred Frenchmen, one-hundred Americans and twenty-five Canadians in the march.[3] Other reports have the number at as many as two-thousand in the column.[4] They were marched twenty-five or thirty kilometers that day. Then were put into a barn, under guard, and slept for the night. Every evening the guards would dump out the meal for the day on the muddy earth. Everyone would scramble for what they could get. In the morning, they were given two slices of bread, counted, and the march began again for twenty-five or thirty kilometers until they reached the next appointed village.[5] Those who fell to the side of the road were rumored to have been shot, but were more likely to have been loaded onto the “dead cart” at the end of the column used to carry the dead, dying, and sick all piled into the cart together and carried to the next stopping point.[6] After two, maybe three days, the column reached Settin. The sick and the dead were left at Settin while the majority of the rest were moved on to Stalag 2A, Neubrandenburg where they arrived on 7 February 1945. The eight-day total distance of the march was 70–90 miles (120-150 Kilometers). On 25 February 1945 most of the remaining prisoners were forced to march westward in advance of the Soviet offensive and endured great hardships before they were freed by Allied troops in April 1945.

Stalag II E

Stalag II H

Wikipedia Location for Stalag II D

Military District III (Berlin)

Stalag III Luft Et Al

Allied Airmen Cemetery
Cmentarz Lotników Alianckich
Magneto

Stalag Luft 3 Museum
Margo Makiej

Stalag Luft 3 Museum
Muzeum Obozów Jenieckich w Żaganiu - replika tunelu Harry, którym uciekli lotnicy alianccy, o czym nakręcono film "Wielka ucieczka" - "The Great Escape"
Andrzej Banak

Luft III - Stalag III C - Museum of POW camps in Żagań. HARRY tunnel.
Luft III - Stalag III C - Muzeum Obozów Jenieckich w Żaganiu. Tunel HARRY.
Romano Bnowak

Reconstruction of one of the barracks of the S. Luft III prison camp, Zagan
Reconstruccion dun dos barracons do campo de prisioneiros S. Luft III, Zagan
xolo pi

Allied Airmen Mausoleum
Mauzoleum Lotników Alianckich
Magneto

Museum POW camps
kris bros

Muzeum Obozów Jenieckich
Lotników Alianckich 6 68-100 Zagan (Sagan), Polska
http://www.muzeum.zagan.pl/

Museum
Muzeum
Jerzy Szmaj

Stalag Watch Tower
[Untitled]
Mirek Maks Litwinski

Stalag VIIIC Prisoners' Cemetery
Cmentarz Jeńców Obozu Stalag VIIIC
Magneto

Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Zitadelle Spandau
Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin, Deutschland
http://www.zitadelle-spandau.de/

Spandau Zitadelle
Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin, Germany
http://www.zitadelle-spandau.de

Spandau Citadel
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) of Berlin, Germany, is one of the best-preserved Renaissance fortresses of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island created by the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot.

Gestapo
The Gestapo (-de; abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei, Secret State Police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police (Chef der Deutschen Polizei).<ref name="Lumsden, Robin p 83">Lumsden, Robin. A Collector's Guide To: The Allgemeine – SS, p 83.</ref> From September 1939 forward it was administered by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) ("Reich Main Security Office") and was considered a sister organization of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) ("Security Service") and also a suboffice of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) ("security police").<ref name="Lumsden, Robin pp 80-84">Lumsden, Robin. A Collector's Guide To: The Allgemeine – SS, pp 80–84.</ref>
Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring at the meeting to formally hand over control of the Gestapo. (Berlin, 1934).
Rudolf Diels first Commander of the Gestapo 1933–1934
1939 photograph; shown from left to right are a minor SS functionary (Huber), Arthur Nebe, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Müller. According to the archival caption, these men are planning the investigation of the bomb assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939 in Munich.

Stalag III A
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_III-A

Stalag III C
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_III-C

Stalag III D

Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luft, or POW Camp for Airmen #3) was a Luftwaffe run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II that housed captured air force servicemen. It was in the German Province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań in Poland), 100 mi southeast of Berlin.
The site was selected because it would be difficult to escape by tunnelling. However, the camp is best known for two famous prisoner escapes that took place there by tunnelling, which were depicted in the films The Great Escape (1963) and The Wooden Horse (1950), and the books by former prisoners Paul Brickhill and Eric Williams from which these films were adapted.
Model of the ''Stalag Luft III'' compound at the museum nearby
Kommandant Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau, Kommandant of Stalag Luft III.
End of "Harry"

Stalag Luft III
68-100 Żagań Polska
http://www.muzeum.zagan.pl

Stalag Luft III (The Great Escape)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III The Great Escape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III

Military District IV (Dresden)

Stalag IV A
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-A

Stalag IV B
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-B

Stalag IV C
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-C

Stalag IV D
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-D

Stalag IV E (Wikipedia Location)

Stalag IV F (Wikipedia Location)
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-F

Stalag IV G
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_IV-G

Oflag IV-A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_IV-A Oflag IV-A Oflag IV-A was a World War II German POW camp for officers located in the 15th-century Burg Hohnstein, in Hohnstein, Saxony. The castle was first used as a camp in 1933–34, named KZ Hohnstein.[1] As a Schutzhaftlager ("protective custody camp"),[2] it held political prisoners, mostly members of the Communist Party, who were forced to work in a nearby quarry.[1] The camp was reopened on 1 October 1939 to house Polish generals and their staffs captured during the German September 1939 offensive. On 15 May 1940 most of them were transferred to Oflag IV-B Koenigstein. By September 1940 the prisoners at the camp were mainly French, with 100 officers up the rank of colonel, and 28 generals. There were also seven Dutch and 27 Polish generals, with orderlies.[3] By the end of October 1940 all these prisoners had been transferred to other camps, and the castle was then used to accommodate evacuee children from Hamburg and Berlin.[4] German records indicate the camp was in existence until April 1945.[5] Post-war it housed refugees and displaced persons until 1948.[2]

Königstein Fortress
Königstein Fortress (German: Festung Königstein), the "Saxon Bastille", is a famous historic mountaintop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, near the town of Königstein. The fortress, which for centuries was used as a state prison and which is still intact, is one of Saxony's foremost tourist attractions, with 700,000 visitors per year.
The first reference to a castle at Königstein is from 1241. At that time the region was split between the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Bishopric of Meissen. To delimit the boundary running between the two states, King Wenceslaus I established the castle which controlled the Elbe valley above Pirna.
A castle since the mid-13th century situated on a prominent isolated rock in the "Saxon Switzerland" region, it originally belonged to the Kings of Bohemia, passing in 1408 to the Dukes of Saxony. Between 1516 and 1524, it included a monastery (belonging to the Celestines), but it always remained a stronghold and a fortress with its own garrison; the fortifications were always updated and enlarged to meet the latest requirements of arms technology.
Because Königstein Fortress was regarded as unconquerable, the Saxon monarchs retreated to it from Wittenberg and later Dresden during times of crisis and also deposited the state treasure and many works of art from the famous Zwinger here; it was also used as a country retreat due to its lovely surroundings. The Königstein also became the state prison until 1922 for the most important prisoners, such as the following (dates in brackets are dates of imprisonment):
the Crypto-Calvinists, including Caspar Peucer (1574-86) and Nikolaus Krell (1591–1601), chancellor of the Electorate of Saxony
Count Wolf Dietrich von Beichlingen (1703–1709), great chancellor and senior court-marshal of the Electorate of Saxony
Franz Conrad Romanus (1705–1746), Bürgermeister of Leipzig
Johann Friedrich Böttger (1706–1707), co-discoverer with Tschirnhaus of European porcelain
Johann Reinhold von Patkul (1706–1707), Livonian statesman
Count Karl Heinrich von Hoym (1734–1736), cabinet minister of the Electorate of Saxony; committed suicide in his cell
Mikhail Bakunin (1849–1850), Russian anarchist and revolutionary
August Bebel (1872–1874), German politician, president of the SPD, founder of German social democracy
Thomas Theodor Heine (1899), caricaturist and artist
View from the river Elbe to the fortress
View from the viewpoint on the top of the Papststein. The three large mountains are Gohrisch (left), the Königstein Fortress (in exact centre) and the Lilienstein (right). The village has the name Kurort Gohrisch.
View from Königstein Fortress, looking down onto the Elbe and the town of Königstein

Oflag IV-B Königstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_IV-B_Königstein Oflag IV-B Koenigstein was a Nazi POW camp for Allied officers during World War II. It was located in Festung Königstein ("Königstein Fortress") near the town of Königstein in Saxony. Camp history After the Invasion of Poland of 1939, most high-ranking Polish officers were imprisoned there. The staff officers were imprisoned in the casemates and the generals in one of the forts. The lower-ranking officers were incarcerated in the lower levels of the fortress. Despite harsh conditions in the living chambers, the officers were granted relative freedom and had a part of the fortress gardens at their disposal. Apart from Antoni Szylling and Tadeusz Piskor, who were imprisoned in Murnau, all Polish army commanders taken by the Germans in 1939 were held there. After the Fall of France in 1940, most Polish officers were transferred to either Oflag VIIA Murnau or Oflag VIII E Johannisbrunn, and French officers were imprisoned in the castle. After being freed in 1941, an orderly to a French admiral wrote that life there was boring but "not particularly onerous", with "adequate by European prison standards" sanitation, inadequate but regular rations, and cigarettes for purchase. The prisoners quickly found German bugs in their rooms, and discovered that an "English general" imprisoned with them was a German agent. The orderly estimated that 20% of the 120 French general officers favored cooperation with Germany (with many freed to join the Vichy government), 30% favored the Allies, and 50% were neutral.[1] An execution order of all French general was written by the SS general Kaltenbrunner. Only one execution was to be carried out (General Mesny, shot in the back during a walk outside the fortress). The camp was surrendered to the French General Condé on May 8, the blue, white and red flag floating for a while. A few Russians reached the fortress on May 9, 1945. The Russians stayed only long enough to remove anything of value, and loading up the German guards, they returned to their HQ leaving the French Generals alone. A short while afterwards, a French light aircraft landed and the pilot informed them that he had come to collect General Saint Ceran of the French Air Force. The remaining inmates asked that he inform the Americans of their plight which he did, and despite Koenigstein being in the Russian zone, a decision was taken to swiftly remove the French generals from the castle on May 11. They were flown back to Paris on May 12, many of them free for the first time in five years.[2]

Oflag IV-C
Oflag IV-C, often referred to as Colditz Castle because of its location, was one of the most famous German Army prisoner-of-war camps for officers in World War II; Oflag is a shortening of Offizierslager, meaning "officers camp". It was located in Colditz Castle situated on a cliff overlooking the town of Colditz in Saxony.
'''Colditz Castle'''
Some of the French officers held at Colditz
Members of the Prominente, under a U.S. guard, outside the Hungerberg Hotel on May 5, 1945, shortly after their release. L to R: John Alexander Elphinstone, Max de Hamel, Michael Alexander, unknown, George Lascelles, and John Winant Jr..

Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle is a castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden, and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. Used as a workhouse for the indigent and a mental institution for over 100 years, it became notorious during World War II as Oflag IV-C, a prisoner-of-war camp for "incorrigible" Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps. Oflag is a portmanteau of the German words Offizier (officer) and Lager (camp).
Colditz Castle in April 1945; photo taken by a U.S. Army soldier
The Colditz coat of arms over the gate to the outer courtyard
The mannerist portal (rhyolitic tuff) of the church house carved by Andreas Walther II in 1584.

Oflag IV-C
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_IV-C Oflag IV-C, often referred to by its location at Colditz Castle, overlooking Colditz, Saxony, was one of the most noted German Army prisoner-of-war camps for captured enemy officers during World War II; Oflag is a shortening of Offizierslager, meaning "officers camp".

Oflag IV-D
Oflag IV-D Elsterhorst was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers located near Hoyerswerda in Saxony, 44 km north-east of Dresden.

Oflag IV-D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_IV-D Oflag IV-D Elsterhorst was a World War II German Army Prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers located near Hoyerswerda, then part of Lower Silesia, 44 km north-east of Dresden. Timeline June 1940: part of Stalag IV-A was separated ou and made into an Oflag for Belgian. British, and French officers taken prisoner during the Battle of France. Also a separate part of the camp was set aside as a hospital for prisoners Reserve Lazarett 742. September 1943: many British Commonwealth officers from the North Africa campaign. that had been held in Italian prisoner of war camps were transferred to Oflag IV-D[1] May 1945 the camp was liberated by the Red Army. Before that many prisoners had been marched south-west.

Military District IX (Kassel)

Military District V (Stuttgart)

Stalag V A

Stalag V B

Stalag V C

Stalag V D

Oflag V-A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_V-A Weinsberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinsberg During the Second World War, Weinsberg was the site of a prison camp (Oflag Va) for Allied officers (French and British Commonwealth). On April 12, 1945, the town was destroyed by aerial bombings, gunfire and the fires which resulted from this.

Oflag V-B
Oflag V-B Biberach, was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers located in Biberach in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg from 1940 to 1942. Most of the prisoners were British officers captured in the Battle of France in 1940 or in Greece in June 1941. In October 1941 all the officers were transferred to Oflag VI-B in Warburg.
The camp was originally built as barracks for German Army infantry early in 1939 and consisted of concrete single storey buildings on a plateau north-west of the town. It was named "Lindele". In good weather there was a fine view of the Alps to the south. In May 1940 the British and Commonwealth officers began arriving in June 1940. The senior British officer was Major-General V. M. Fortune. The camp was clean and living conditions were satisfactory.
The first officers from the Battle of Greece arrived 16 June 1941. They were surprised at the good conditions after several weeks of travel and grim conditions in transit camps.
After the removal of the British, the camp was used for three months as a transit camp for Soviet prisoners. Then it was used as a temporary camp for French and Serbian officers.
In September 1942 the camp was changed to an Internment Camp Ilag for civilian families from the Channel Islands.

Oflag V-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_V-B Oflag V-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizierlager), in operation from 1940 until 1942. It was located in Biberach in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg. Camp history The camp was originally built as barracks for German Army infantry early in 1939 and consisted of concrete single storey buildings on a plateau north-west of the town. It was named "Lindele". In good weather there was a fine view of the Alps to the south. In May 1940 the first British and Commonwealth officers captured in the battle of France arrived. The Senior British Officer was Major-General V. M. Fortune. The camp was clean and living conditions were satisfactory. The first officers from the battle of Greece arrived on 16 June 1941. They were surprised at the good conditions after several weeks of travel and grim conditions in transit camps. In October 1941 the British officers were transferred to Oflag VI-B in Warburg. For three months after their removal the camp was used as a transit camp for Soviet prisoners. It was then used as a temporary camp for French and Serbian officers. In September 1942 the camp became Lager Lindele ("Lindele Camp"), and was used as an Ilag ("Internment Camp") adopting the code Ilag V-B for about 1,200 family civilian internees deported from the Channel Islands. The camp containing men, women and children. Around 2,000 civilian Channel Islanders were interned in different camps in Germany as a reprisal for the deportation of German nationals from the Kingdom of Iran to Camp 10 in Loveday, South Australia.[1] Escapes There were several escape attempts during the summer of 1941. The largest such attempt was on 13 September, when 26 prisoners got out through a tunnel. Four managed to reach Switzerland, the rest were recaptured. It is possible that the large number or escape attempts and the close proximity to the Swiss border (only 110 km (68 mi) away) prompted the authorities to move the prisoners. The successful escapes by Lt. Duncan and Cpt O'Sullivan were documented extensively at the time by British Intelligence. Lt. Duncan's report is in the file M.I.9/S/P.G.(G) 639 (subsequently released by the British National Archives under WO/208/3307/26) with a more extensive autobiographical account written up and published in the 1950s under the title of "Underground from Posen". Cpt O'Sullivan's report is in the file M.I.9/S/P.G.(G) 637 (subsequently released by the British National Archives under WO/208/3307/28).

Oflag V-C
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_V-C Bad Wurzach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Wurzach

Military District VI (Münster)

Dokumentationsstätte Stalag 326
Lippstädter Weg 26 33758 Schloß Holte-Stukenbrok, Deutschland
+49 5257 3033
http://www.stalag326.de/

Stalag Luft VI
Stalag Luft VI was a German POW camp during World War II located near the town of Šilutė (German: Heydekrug), now in Lithuania. The camp was the northernmost POW camp within the confines of the German Reich and it housed 9,000 British and American airmen. When the Russian front approached the camp in July 1944, orders were given to move the prisoners to other camps further towards Germany. Most of the men were moved by train to Stalag XX-A in Poland, but some 900 were taken to Klaipėda (German: Memel), where they were forced to board the merchant ship Insterburg for a 60-hour journey to Świnoujście (German: Swinemünde). After another train journey the men were force marched from Kiefheide with many men being bayoneted or shot before they reached Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo (German: Gross Tychow) in Poland. This march was one of the "Long Marches".

Stalag VI A

Stalag VI A - War Cemetery Höcklingser Weg - Russian cemetery

Stalag VI B

Stalag VI C

Stalag VI D

Stalag VI F

Stalag VI G

Stalag VI H

Stalag VI J

Stalag VI K/Stalag 326

Stalag VI-C
Stalag VI-C - Oberlangen was a World War II German POW camp located 6 km west of the village Oberlangen in Emsland in north-western Germany. It was originally built with five others in the same marshland area as a prison camp (Straflager) for Germans. From 1939 till 1945 the Oberlangen camp was a Prisoner of War camp, a sub-camp, first of Stalag VI-B Versen, then Stalag VI-C Bathorn. An exhibition of this and the other 14 Emsland camps 1933-1945 is shown in the Documentation and Information Center (DIZ) Emslandlager in Papenburg.

Oflag VI-A (Probable Location)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_VI-A Soest, Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_Germany

Oflag VI-B
Oflag VI-B Dössel (Doessel) was a World War II German POW camp for officers located 5 km (3 miles) SW of the small town Dössel (now part of Warburg) in north-western Germany.

Oflag VI-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_VI-B Oflag VI-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (Offizerlager), 1 km (0.6 mi) southwest of the village of Dössel (now part of Warburg) in northwestern Germany. Camp history In 1939, before it was a POW camp, the area was originally planned to be an airfield.[1] The POW camp was opened in September 1940.[2] At first French, and then British officers were housed there.[1] The serial escaper Eric Foster in his autobiography explained that upon arrival he chatted to a guard to ask about the conditions of the camp. Foster explained the guard confided, “the camp was a very, very bad camp indeed.” Foster stressed that this guard desperately wanted the prisoners to complain about the conditions, with the guard believing that if they harassed the camp command about the conditions, the camp would be closed down. The guard, who wanted an easier posting also stated to Foster, “We are prisoners as much as you are.”[3] Foster explained the prisoners were housed in huts which held 50 to 60 men.[4] In 1941, all lighting was provided by two acetylene lamps in each barrack.[4] though later on electric lighting was provided.[4] Eric Foster who was captured in June 1940[5] and up to 1942 had served time in Dulag Luft, Spangenberg, Torun and now Warburg, made observations about camp life. He observed three types of prisoner of war inside Warburg: the Zizzer, who would be a prisoner who was happy-go-lucky;[6] the studious type, who was always concerned he was being left behind at home and who would be catered for by the Red Cross with study classes and examinations up to first year university standard;[6] and the escapist, which included people like himself and his friend the Polish officer Danny Krol who was described as generous and a great gambler.[6] Krol would later be executed at Stalag Luft III.[6] Sometimes the studious type could also be an escapist.[6] Amongst these types was also a sprinkling of the POW Warburg eccentrics. A case study being Foster's friend F/O McHardy, who was an officer known by his comrades as ‘Fou.’ Fou was an artist and lived in a room at the end of Fosters hut with two other artists.[7] They constantly challenged what was standardised.[7] They chose to sit on the floor whilst eating meals.[7] They went by a time system that was two hours ahead of the camps time.[7] This time system had an advantage, in that they would find the camp stove to themselves at eating times.[7] They also had a pet mouse called Freddie, which ate alongside them with its own bowl.[7] In a peculiarity they had a court-martial for the mouse, after the mouse got caught stealing their food.[7] Fou would go on to captivate and hoax an audience with a lecture about a non existent German professor’s Calculus.[7] The camp was the setting for two remarkable escape attempts. On 1 December 1941 Flt Lt Peter Stevens RAFVR, disguised as a German Unteroffizier, led a party of 10 POWs disguised as orderlies, and two more disguised as guards complete with dummy rifles, up to the gates of the camp. The sentry was not satisfied with their gate pass, so Stevens marched his party back into the camp. As the sentry was apparently unaware that the party was not genuine, a second attempt was made a week later. This time the sentry demanded to see their Army paybooks, so the escape party fled,[8] although two, Pete Tunstall and Dominic Bruce were eventually arrested after a camp search by Major Rademacher found a piece of cloth on them that was used to create the sentry uniforms.[9] On 30 August 1942 the camp was the scene of "Operation Olympia", also known as the "Warburg Wire Job", another mass escape attempt. After RAOC officer Major B.D. Skelton ("Skelly") Ginn fused the perimeter floodlights,[10] 41 prisoners carrying four 12-foot (3.7 m) scaling ladders made from bed slats rushed to the barbed-wire fence and clambered over.[11] One ladder collapsed, so of the 41 involved, only 28 escaped the camp, and only three of those made it home.[12] In September 1942 the British prisoners were transferred to other camps, and were replaced with Polish officers, with 1,077 brought from Romania, where they had been interned since September 1939, and another 1,500 transferred from other camps in Germany. At various points in time up to 2296 officers and 287 non-commissioned officers were housed in the camp.[1] The British had begun an escape tunnel, and the Poles continued working on it, and on 20 September 1943, 47 of them escaped. Within four days, 20 had been captured and returned to the camp. They were then transported to the Buchenwald concentration camp and executed. In the next few days 17 more were captured and taken to the Gestapo prison in Dortmund where they were killed. Only 10 managed to remain free, some returning to Poland, others finding their way to the Allied lines. British prisoners were taught by one officer, Major Alexis Casdagli, to sew with unravelled jumpers and needles and threads from Red Cross parcels, and they made bookmarks or embroidered letters home with symbols of freedom such as butterflies.[13] On the night of 27 September 1944 British aircraft attacking the nearby railroad junction in Nörde, dropped some bombs on the camp, killing 90 officers. Altogether 141 prisoners died in Oflag VI-B. They are buried in the cemetery near the centre of the village of Dossel. A memorial was erected there in 1985.[1] The camp was liberated by the U.S. Army on 3 April 1945.[1]

Oflag VI-C (Probable Location)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_VI-C Osnabrück https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osnabrück

Oflag VI-D (Vicinity Münster)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_VI-D Münster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Münster

Oflag VI-E (Vicinity Dorsten)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_VI-E https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsten

Military District VII (Munich)

Stalag VII A - Moosburg
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VII-A

Stalag VII B

Military District VIII (Breslau)

Monument to the Prisoners of Martyrdom in Łambinowice

Monument to Serb prisoners, Łambinowice, Poland

Central Museum of Prisoners of War

Blechhammer South Camp
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blechhammer

Blechhammer North Camp
Refernce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blechhammer

(Blechhammer) POW Camp - WK & BAB 21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blechhammer

Stalag 344 - Lamsdorf/Lambinowice (From 1943)
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-B
Stalag VIII B at Lamsdorf ---> Stalag 344 (November 2943)
---> Stalag VIII C at Sagan
---> Stalage VIII D at Teschen
"In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern Żagań and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern Český Těšín). The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344."
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-D
"In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B.[4] "

Stalag VIII A
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-A

Stalag VIII B - Lamsdorf/Lambinowice (Until November 1943)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-B Stalag VIII B at Lamsdorf ---> Stalag 344 (November 2943) ---> Stalag VIII C at Sagan ---> Stalage VIII D at Teschen Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-B "In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern Żagań and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern Český Těšín). The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344." Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-D "In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B.[4] "

Stalag VIII B Captive camp - Lamsdorf/Lambinowice

Stalag VIII C
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-C
Stalag VIII B at Lamsdorf ---> Stalag 344 (November 2943)
---> Stalag VIII C at Sagan
---> Stalage VIII D at Teschen
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-B
"In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern Żagań and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern Český Těšín). The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344."
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-D
"In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B.[4] "

Stalag VIII D (From 1943)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-D Stalag VIII B at Lamsdorf ---> Stalag 344 (November 2943) ---> Stalag VIII C at Sagan ---> Stalage VIII D at Teschen Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-B "In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern Żagań and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern Český Těšín). The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344." Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-D "In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B.[4] "

Stalag VIII E/Stalag 308
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-E

Prisoners' Cemetery

Stalag VIII F - Lamsdorf/Lambinowice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-F Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VIII-F Opened in July 1941, it was initially designated Stalag 318, but was renamed Stalag VIII-F towards the end of the year. In June 1943, it came under the control of the nearby Stalag VIII-B, and the complex of camps were in turn redesignated Stalag 344 in November.[2] The camp was known locally as the Russenlager ("Russian camp"), but also held Poles, Italians, Yugoslavs, and Greeks, as well as small numbers of French and Romanians.[3]

Military District X (Hamburg)

Military District XI (Hanover)

Oflag XI A Vicinity Osterode am Harz
Vicinity Osterode am Harz - Moosburg Data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osterode_am_Harz

Oflag XI B Vicinity Braunschweig
Vicinity Braunschweig Moosburg Data

Stalag XI A (341) Vicinity Dörnitz (Altengrabow)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XI-A Vicinity Dörnitz (Altengrabow) - Moosburg Data

Stalag XI B Reconstructed Gates

Stalag XI B/Stalag XI D/Stalag 357 Vicinity Fallingbostel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XI-B Possible site of the liberation of Cpl Harry William Manchester by British armored troops. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XI-B "Stalag 357 In September 1944 Stalag 357 was moved from Thorn in Poland to the site of the former XI-D, with construction being carried out by the Italian POW from XI-B. This new camp was used to house mostly British and Commonwealth POWs.[2]" "...the camps at Fallingbostel had been liberated on 16 April 1945 by British troops[2] from B Squadron 11th Hussars and the Reconnaissance Troop of the 8th Hussars.[5] They were met at the main gate of Stalag 357 by a guard of Airborne troops, impeccably attired and led by RSM Lord.[6]"

Stalag XI C

Stalag XI D/321 Monuments

Military District XII (Wiesbaden)

Stalag XII A

Stalag XII B

Stalag XII C

Stalag XII D

Stalag XII E

Stalag XII F

Military District XIII (Nuremberg)
Wehrkreis XIII - Nürnberg [Deutschland, Tschechische Republik] Wehrkreis XIII - Nürnberg [Deutschland, Tschechische Republik]

Stalag XIII A- Sulzback-Rosengerg

Stalag XIII B

Stalag XIII C

Stalag XIII D - Nurnberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XIII-D Camp history In September 1939 an Internment Camp for enemy civilians was created within the buildings of the Sturmabteilung camp at the rally grounds. Within a couple of months, the civilians were moved out and prisoners from the invasion of Poland arrived. From May 1940, after the invasion of Norway and the Battle of France, prisoners arrived in large numbers, until they totalled 150,000 from all occupied countries, except Britain. British prisoners were held in separate camps all over Germany.[citation needed] Part of the facilities were used as Oflag XIII-A for officers. In August 1940 most enlisted men were shipped to other camps; Stalag XIII-A, Stalag XIII-B and Stalag XIII-C. Only those remained who were already employed in local industry and were housed in individual Arbeitskommandos. In June 1941 the massive influx of Soviet prisoners from Operation Barbarossa began. In August 1943 the camp was severely damaged during an Allied air-raid. 23 wooden huts were burnt down. Miraculously only two Soviet prisoners were killed in the camp. However, in this and subsequent bombing attacks, many prisoners were killed in individual Arbeitskommandos. In late 1944/early 1945 the camp population grew enormously with the arrival of prisoners evacuated from camps in the east in front of the advance of the Red Army. These included many Americans and British airmen from Stalag Luft III. On 12 April 1945 large numbers were marched to Stalag VII-A, and on 16 April the camp was liberated by advance elements of the United States Army. Post-War After the war, former SS military personnel were held in Stalag XIII-D.[1] It imprisoned 15,000 SS members.[1] In 1946 there was an attempt to kill the SS prisoners, apparently by Abba Kovner's Jewish Revenge organisation Nakam. A member of the group got a job as a baker and poisoned the bread to be fed to the prisoners. Large numbers were taken ill, but the actual death toll is not known.[2] Stalag XIII C at Lager Hammelburg, 2.5 miles from Stadt Hammelburg, gained fame as the main setting of the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes, which ran from 1965 to 1971.

Military District XVII (Vienna)

Bruckneudorf
Bruckneudorf (Hungarian: Királyhida) is a small town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the federal state of Burgenland in Austria, neighbouring Bruck an der Leitha ("Leitha Bridge"). Its name means "Bridge New Village" while the Hungarian version means "Royal Bridge", and the "Royal" refers to King Francis I. Historically and geographically Bruckneudorf represents the extension of the Austrian town of Bruck an der Leitha over the Austrian border into Hungary. This border, symbolised by the river Leitha, separated the Austrian Empire from the Kingdom of Hungary (Cisleithania and Transleithania). Its main current national significance derives from the Bruckneudorf military exercise ground of the Austrian federal army. Currently it is also the site of Bruck an der Leitha railway station, an important railway station near the borders with Hungary and Slovakia, a stop for nearly all the international trains that pass through it.

Gneixendorf
Gneixendorf is a village near Krems in Lower Austria. It was the location of Stalag XVII-B, the setting of the Billy Wilder film Stalag 17.

Stalag XVII B Krems–Gneixendorf

Stalag XVII C Döllersheim

Stalag XVII-A Kaisersteinbruch/Bruckneudorf

Stalag XVII-D Pupping

Military District XVIII (Salzburg)

Sankt Johann im Pongau
St. Johann im Pongau or St.Johann/Pg. (in Bavarian: Saiga Håns or Sainig Håns) is a small town in the middle of the province of Salzburg in Austria. It is the capital of the district of Pongau.
On 24 June 2000 the town of St. Johann completed the Stadtserhebung process and received the official designation of "city" from the Austrian government.
Exterior View Of The Cathedral Of St. Johann

Stalag XVIII A

Stalag XVIII A/Z Spittal

Stalag XVIII B Oberdrauburg

Stalag XVIII-C Markt Pongau

Wolfsberg, Carinthia
Wolfsberg (Slovenian: Volčji Breg) is the capital of the Wolfsberg district in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden Aichberg, Auen, Forst, Gräbern-Prebl, Gries, Hartelsberg, Hattendorf, Hintertheißenegg, Kleinedling, Kleinwinklern, Lading, Leiwald, Michaelsdorf, Oberleidenberg, Priel, Reding, Reideben, Reisberg, Rieding, Ritzing, Schoßbach, Schwemmtratten, Sankt Jakob, Sankt Johann, Sankt Marein, Sankt Margarethen, Sankt Michael, Sankt Stefan, Thürn, Unterleidenberg, Vordergumitsch, Vordertheißenegg, Waldenstein, Weißenbach, Witra, Wolfsberg Obere Stadt and Wolfsberg Untere Stadt. It is situated within the Lavanttal Alps in the valley of the Lavant River, a tributary to the Drava. The Packsattel mountain pass connects Wolfsberg with Voitsberg in Styria.
The castle above the town was first mentioned as Wolfsperch in a 1178 deed of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal, though it probably had been an estate of the Archbishopric of Bamberg since 1007. The adjacent settlement became the administrative centre of Bamberg's Carinthian territories and in 1331 received town privileges by Bishop Werntho Schenk von Reicheneck. During the Protestant Reformation Wolfsberg was a main area of Lutheranism which nevertheless was suppressed by the Counter Reformation. In 1759 Maria Theresa of Austria acquired all Bamberg lands in Carinthia. In World War II Wolfsberg was the site of the Stalag XVIII-A Prisoner-of-war camp.
St. Mark's Church

Military District XX (Danzig)

Malbork - Stalag XX B
Malbork
Malbork c-pl (German: Marienburg; Lithuanian: Marienburgas; Latin: Civitas Beatae Virginis) is a town in northern Poland in the Żuławy region (Vistula delta), with 38,478 inhabitants (2006). Situated in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously assigned to Elbląg Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Malbork County.
Founded in the 13th century by the Teutonic Knights, the town is noted for its Gothic Malbork Castle.
View across the river Nogat

Stalag XX A/312
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XX-A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_312

Stalag XX B

Military District XXI (Posen)

Oflag XXI B/Oflag 64 - Szubin, Poland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szubin In September 1939, it was quickly occupied by German troops and was incorporated into the Nazi Reich as part of the Warthegau. The boys' school in the town was surrounded by barbed wire fences and additional concrete huts were added, so that it could become a prisoner of war camp for captured officers, French, Polish and Soviet as Oflag XXI-B. In 1943, the camp was changed to a camp for U.S. Army officers as Oflag 64. The town reverted to Poland after being liberated by Soviet troops on 21 January 1945.

Stalag XXI-A Schildberg (Poland)

Oflag XXI A/Oflag 64 Schokken (Poland)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_64 During World War II it was incorporated into the Nazi Reichsgau Wartheland. At this time an Oflag was established - Oflag XXI-A, later renumbered Oflag XXI-C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoki

Stalag XXI B/Oflag 64
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XXI-B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_64 The camp was built around a Polish boys' school by adding barracks. Initially it was Stalag XXI-B for Polish soldiers until December 1940. It then it became Oflag XXI-B for French and British Commonwealth officers, subsequently for Soviet officers until June 1943. They were then moved out to other camps, the Commonwealth flying personnel to Stalag Luft III Sagan, others to Oflag XXI-C Ostrzeszów. It was then re-numbered.

Stalag XXI-B Schubin (Poland)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XXI-B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szubin

Stalag XXI-C/Z Graetz

Stalag XXI-D

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Clare, D.W. - Long March Route
“The March – January to March 1945” Called the Black March, Bread March, or Death March Captain D.W. Clare’s diary notes from January 23 to February 21, 1945.

Clare Diary Rail Route (Probable)
The Long March -

Waypoint-001 - Lamsdorf Railhead

Waypoint-002-Karlow Railhead

Waypoint-003 - Westboud Rail Line

Waypoint-004 - Sarnowice Railhead

Waypoint-005 - Kamieniec Zabkowicki Railyard

Waypoint-006 - Bardo Rail Station

Waypoint-007 - Klodzko Rail Station

Waypoint-008 - Gorzuchow Rail Yard

Waypoint-009 - Scinawwka Srednia Rail Yard

Waypoint-010 - Nova Ruda Rail Yard

Waypoint-011 - Ludwikowice Klodzie Rail Junction

Waypoint-012 - Dworzec Rail Station

Waypoint-013 - Dworzec Walbrzych Glowny Rail Yard

Waypoint-014 - Boguszow-Gorce Rail Station

Waypoint-015 - Jaczkow

Waypoint-016 - Ciechanowice

Waypoint-017 - Janowice Wielkie

Waypoint-018 - Zabobrze

Waypoint-019 - Jelenia Gora Junction

Waypoint-020 - Goduszyn

Waypoint-021 - Rebiszow

Waypoint-022 - Gryfow Slaski

Waypoint-022 - Mlynsko

Waypoint-023 - Studniska Gorne

Waypoint-024 - Luban

Waypoint-0nn - Aubere Neustadt

Waypoint-0nn - Gorlitz

Waypoint-0nn - Olszyna

Waypoint-0nn - Ubocze

Waypoint-0nn - Zareba

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Klostermansfeld

Klostermansfeld Randsiedlung

Kubschütz

Langebrück(Sachs)

Langenhagen Mitte
R30 | | | | |
www.hvv.de

Langenhagen Pferdemarkt
S4 | S5 | Bennemühlen... | Weetzen -- B... | Hannover Hbf... | Bennemühlen...

Langenhagen-Kaltenweide
S4 | Bennemühlen... | Weetzen -- B... | Hannover Hbf... | Bennemühlen... |

Leipzig Hbf
ICE | S5X | | | |
www.oebb.at
www.lvb.de

Leisnig
RB | Nossen -- Le... | Meißen -- L... | Döbeln, Hau... | |

Lindwedel
R4 | | | | |

Lutherstadt Eisleben
IC | RB | RE | | |

Löbau(Sachs)

Meißen
SEV | | | | |

Mellendorf
R4 | S4 | Bennemühlen... | Weetzen -- B... | Hannover Hbf... | Bennemühlen...

Miltitz-Roitzschen

Mulmke

Naunhof

Niederstriegis
RB | Nossen -- Le... | Meißen -- L... | | |

Niederwartha, Bahnhof
RB31 | | | | |

Nossen
RB | Nossen -- Le... | Meißen -- L... | | |

Odorf

Oker

Pommritz

Radeberg

RE

Reichenbach(Oberlausitz)

Rethen (Leine)
S4 | R11 | | | |

Roßwein

Salzgitter-Ringelheim

Sarstedt

Schkeuditz

Schwarmstedt

Seitschen

Stacja kolejowa

Tanndorf
RB | Nossen -- Le... | Meißen -- L... | Döbeln, Hau... | |

Teutschenthal

Vienenburg
SEV | | | | |

Walsrode

Wansleben am See

Wegeleben

Weickersdorf(Sachs)

Zoblitz

Zscherben

Dirkin, Thomas Alan - Long March Diary

Emslie, Frank - Long March Diary

Hines, Cpl Gordon - Route of Long March
Significance of Placemark
This folder contains the placemarks denoting the route taken by Cpl Gordon Hines during the Long March from Blechammer in the Winter of 1945.
Route of The Long March.
Cpl Gordon Hines: Route of Long March from Blechammer 1945.

Start of Long March: Blechammer South Camp, Bierawa, Poland
Additional Reference
Cpl Gordon Hines: Route of Long March from Blechammer 1945.
Blechammer South
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 25k to Przedborowice.
Bierawa (reigersfeld) approximate location of arbeits kommando E769.
Left E769 about 17.30pm, walked 25k to Katerina Hof."
Bierawa, Poland (Reigersfeld) Approximate location of Arbeits Kommando E769.
None.
The information provided herein was gathered from Internet sources, copied and value added under fair use doctrine, and re-published under Creative Commons ShareAlike License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Waypoint 001 - Przedborowice, Poland
Additional Reference
Cpl Gordon Hines: Route of Long March from Blechammer 1945.
Przedborowice, Poland (German: Katharinenehof.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "January 23 through January 24, 1945. Stayed two days."
Note.
The information provided herein was gathered from Internet sources, copied and value added under fair use doctrine, and re-published under Creative Commons ShareAlike License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Waypoint 002 - Szonów, Poland
Additional Reference
Szonów, Poland (German: Schonau.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 16 kilometers."
None.
The information provided herein was gathered from Internet sources, copied and value added under fair use doctrine, and re-published under Creative Commons ShareAlike License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Waypoint 003 - Niemyslowice, Poland
Niemyslowice, Poland (German: Ludwigsdorf.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 25 kilometers."
None.

Waypoint-004 - Charbielin, Poland
Charbielin, Poland (German: Ludwigsdorf.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 12 kilometers."

Waypoint-005 - Zwanowice, Poland
Zwanowice, Poland (German: Schwandorf.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 25k over mountains. January 29,1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-006 - Zloty Stok, Poland
Zloty Stok, Poland (German: Reichenstein.)

Waypoint-007 - Żelazno, Poland
Żelazno, Poland (German: Marzdorf.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 26k. February 1, 1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-008 - Kamieniec, Poland
Kamieniec, Poland (German: Kamnitz.)

Waypoint-009 - Otovice, Czechia
Otovice, Czechia (German: Ottendorf.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 26k. February 4, 1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-010 - Křinice, Czechia
Křinice, Czechia (German: Weckersdorf (Braunau).)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 7 kilometers. February 6-8, 1945 - three days rest."

Waypoint-011 - Zdoňov, Czechia
Zdoňov, Czechia (German: Merkelsdorf.)

Waypoint-012 - Okrzeszyn, Poland
Okrzeszyn, Poland (German: Albendorf.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 16k. February 11, 1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-013 - Staré Buky, Czechia
Staré Buky, Czechia (German: Altenbuch.)

Waypoint-014 - Čistá u Horek, Czechia
Čistá u Horek, Czechia (German: Cista (but listed as Ischust in diary).)
Modern location name: Čistá u Horek, Czechia

Waypoint-015 - Sobrĕaz, Czechia
Sobrĕaz, Czechia (German: Soberaz (but Dobritz in diary).)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 27k. 1945-02-15 - Rest day."

Waypoint-016 - Samšina, Czechia
Samšina, Czechia (German: Samsin.)

Waypoint-017 - Kněžmost, Czechia
Kněžmost, Czechia (German: Suchrowitz.)

Waypoint-018 - Jezová, Czechia
Jezová, Czechia (German: Jezowai.)

Waypoint-019 - Zákupy, Czechia
Zákupy, Czechia (German: Reichstad.)

Waypoint-020 - Stružnice, Czechia
Stružnice, Czechia (German: Strausonitz.)

Waypoint-021 - Malé Březno, Czechia
Malé Březno, Czechia (German: Klein Priesen.)

Waypoint-022 - Ustí nad Labem, Czechia
Ustí nad Labem, Czechia (German: Ausseg/ Auchine.)
Note that Google Earth puts the given coordinates for the waypoint approximately five miles west of Ustí nad Labem, Czechia.

Waypoint-023 - Proboštov, Czechia
Proboštov, Czechia (German: Probstau.)

Waypoint-024 - Osek, Czechia
Osek, Czechia (German: Ossig.)

Waypoint-025 - Komořany, Most, Czechia (Approximate Location of Waypoint)
Komořany, Most, Czechia (Approximate Location of Waypoint.)
German: Neundorf Not on modern map; Information obtained from an historical map.
(January 5, 2020): Google Earth places the name "Komořany, Most, Czechia" as the railroad yard 3.37 kilometers East by North of the given coordinates.

Waypoint-026 - Kadaň, Czechia
Kadaň, Czechia (German: Wistritz.)

Waypoint-027 - Rašovice, Czechia
Rašovice, Czechia (German: Roschwitz.)

Waypoint-028 - Kfely, Czechia
Kfely, Czechia (German: Gfell.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 35k. March 4, 1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-029 - Vintířov, Czechia
Vintířov, Czechia. Originally misspelled as "Vintitov." (German: Wintersgrun.)

Waypoint-030 - Sokolov, Czechia
Sokolov, Czechia (German: Falkenau.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 18k. March 7, 1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-031 - Dobroše, Czechia
Dobroše, Czechia (German: Dobreaz.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 15k. March 9, 1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-032 - Cetnov, Czechia
Cetnov, Czechia (German: Zetendorf.)
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Marched 18k. March 11 and 12, 1945 - Rest days."

Waypoint-033 - Kothigenbibersbach, Germany
March 13, 1945 (Date corrected; originally erroneously recorded as January 13, 1945.)
Kothigenbibersbach, Germany

Waypoint-034 - Röslau, Germany
Röslau, Germany (German: Ludwigsdorf.)

Waypoint-035 - Neuenhammer, Weißenstadt, Germany
Neuenhammer, Weißenstadt, Germany (Near Weißenstadt.)

Waypoint-036 - Gefrees, Germany
Gefrees, Germany

Waypoint-037 - Ramsenthal, Germany
Ramsenthal
March 19 to 24, 1945 - Rest days. March 25, 1945 - Loaded onto train for transport. March 26, 1945 - Returned to Ramsenthal.

Waypoint-038 - Bindlach, Germany
Bindlach, Germany

Waypoint-039 - Bayreuth, Germany
Bayreuth, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Train via Bayreuth to Nürnburg (modern Nuremberg), then marched to Stalag XIII D."

Waypoint-040 - Nürnburg, Germany (modern Nuremberg) - Stalag XIII D
Nürnburg, Germany (modern Nuremberg) - Stalag XIII D
Cpl Gordon Hines: "March 28, 1945 - Arrived Stalag XIII D.
April 2, 1945 - Left by train but returned at midnight.
April, 13, 1945 - Departed again. Stalag XIII-D Nürnberg Langwasser was a German Army World War II prisoner-of-war camp built on what had been the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, northern Bavaria. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_XIII-D"

Waypoint-041 - Altenfelden, Allersberg, Germany
Altenfelden, Allersberg, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Arrived early morning 06:30 am."

Waypoint-042 - Ebenried, Allersberg, Germany
Ebenried, Allersberg, Germany (Oiginally misspelled as "Ebendreid.")
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Arrived evening. April 15, 1945 - Rest day."

Waypoint-043 - Schutzendorf, Greding, Germany
Schutzendorf, Greding, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "April 17 and 18, 1945 - Rest days."

Waypoint-044 - Erkertshofen, Titting, Germany
Erkertshofen, Titting, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Arrived 07:30 am. Rest day."

Waypoint-045 - Baderbuch???
Baderbuch???
Cpl Gordon Hines: "Rest day; arrived in evening."
A Google Earth search could not find the location by name.

Waypoint-046 - Pfünz, Walting, Germany
Pfünz, Walting, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "April 21, 1945 at 04:30 am - Start of march to Pietenfeld. Arrived Pietenfeld at 07:00 am."

Waypoint-047 - Pietenfeld, Adelschlag, Germany
Pietenfeld, Adelschlag, Germany.
Cpl Gordon Hines: "April 22 to 24, 1945 - Hid in a farmhouse with a family. April 25, 1945 - Artillery battle and liberated by the Americans. Then took a car from Pietenfeld through Germany, to the Belgian border."

Waypoint-048 - Ansbach, Germany
Ansbach, Germany

Waypoint-049 - Würzburg, Germany
Würzburg, Germany

Waypoint-050 - Hanau, Germany
Hanau, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "April 28, 1945 - Hanau to Koblenz."

Waypoint-051 - Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany

Waypoint-052 - Mainz, Germany
Mainz, Germany

Waypoint-053 - Bingen, Germany
Bingen, Germany

Waypoint-054 - Koblenz, Germany
Koblenz, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "April 28, 1945 - Hanau to Koblenz."

Waypoint-055 - Köln, Germany
Köln, Germany

Waypoint-056 - Aachen, Germany
Aachen, Germany
Cpl Gordon Hines: "1945-04-28 - Hanau to Koblenz."

Waypoint-057 - Eupen, Germany
Eupen, Germany

Waypoint-058 - Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp, Belgium

Waypoint-059 - Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
Cpl Gordon Hines: "May 1, 1945 - Sightseeing in Brussels. May 2, 1945 - Flight to Westcott, Aylesbury, United Kingdom."

Waypoint-060 - Westcott, Aylesbury, United Kingdom
Westcott, Aylesbury, United Kingdom
Cpl Gordon Hines: " May 2, 1945 - Arrived at Westcott, Aylesbury, United Kingdom."

Jack, John Leonard - Long March Diary

Massey, James G. - Long March Diary

Mathews, Robert - Long March Diary
Long March Route
Long March diary of Robert Mathews.

Robert Mathews Start of Long March, Knurów, Poland
Knurów, Poland
Robert Mathews: "Tuesday, marched from KNUROW 6.30 pm. Deep snow and icey roads. German troops at regular intervals in arctic uniforms. Russians attacking KATOWICE clearly visible."
"KATOWICE" is believed to be modern Katowice, Poland.

Waypoint-001 - January 24, 1945 - Reigetau (Believed to be modern Rydułtowy, Poland)
Believed to be Rydułtowy, Poland
Robert Mathews: "Arrived REIGETAU 7.30 am. Jewish working camp previously evacuated. Lousy. Endeavoured to receive radio news despite tiredness."
Editor's Note: "REIGETAU" is unknown to Google Earth, and cannot be located. "REIGETAU" is believed to be modern Rydułtowy, Poland, which is 26 kilometers (straight line) from Knurów.

Waypoint-002 - January 25/26, 1945 - Bielau (Believed to be modern Bílov, Czechia)
Bielau (Believed to be modern Bílov, Czechia)
Robert Mathews: "Marched off 1 am early morning. We crossed over the River Oder at KREUZENORT at 7.10 am and marched to BIELAU at 3 pm. Foolishly, I wanted to transport on the sledge which I had made the first Russian who had dropped out of the march, exhausted. The others, ‘Curly’ Craker and ‘Taffy’ Morgan, said it was hard enough struggling along without the extra weight - which was sensible. The Russian was probably the first of hundreds shot en- route."
Editor's Note: "Bielau" translates to "Bílov, Czechia" using the German-Czech Wikipedia name translation webpage at . The Czech Wikipedia webpage is
. "Kreuzenort" is unknown to Google Earth, and cannot be located, but is believed to be the German name for modern Krzyżanowice, Poland. The Olza River, which is the right tributary of the Oder River, runs adjacent to modern Krzyżanowice. The straightline distance from Rydułtowy to Krzyżanowice is 14 kilometers, and from Krzyżanowice to Bielau is 33 kilometers straightline.

Waypoint-003 - January 27, 1945 - Bielau (Possibly modern Bělotín, Czechia)
27 January 1945
Travel time: 9:00 hours
Boletitz (Possibly modern Bělotín, Czechia)
Robert Mathews: "We left BIELAU at 3 pm and arrived in Bielau at 6.30 pm where we occupied a very large farm loft. I surprised everybody by getting a bath to wash in."

Waypoint- Bílov
Bílov

Waypoint-February 7, 1945 - Stepanov (Modern Štěpánov, Czechia?)
7th February 1945
We finally were marched away at 9 am from DOLOPLATZ and arrived in STEPANOV at 4.30 pm where we were “housed" in a farm-barn.
Travel time: 7:30 hours
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Waypoint-February 9, 1945 - Lostice (ModernLoštice, Czechia?)

Mills, Herbert L. - Long March Diary

Peters, Pvt James - Long March Diary

Potterton, Frederick - Long March Diary

Richardson, C.V.- Long March Diary

Silk, Henry - Long March Diary

Spencer, Walter - Long March Diary

Spooner, L/Cpl. Ernest Arthur - Long March Route
Long March Route of L/Cpl. Ernest Arthur Spooner
Documented by L/Cpl Ernest Arthur Spooner, Kings Royal Rifle Corp.

Start of Long March - Chorzów, Poland
Chorzów, Poland
Start of The Long March.
Documented by L/Cpl Ernest Arthur Spooner, Kings Royal Rifle Corp.

Segment-001 -
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Segment Distance: ...
Original cartographer: "Statistics computed from imported data. Distance: 897.5 km Minimum Elevation: 167 m Maximum Elevation: 759 m Total climb: 7556 m Total descent: 7523 m."
Documented by L/Cpl Ernest Arthur Spooner, Kings Royal Rifle Corp.

Waypoint-001 - O.s.t.r., Henryka Sienkiewicza, Chorzow, Poland
O.s.t.r., Henryka Sienkiewicza, Chorzow, Poland (German: Konigshutte Ost)
Walked 42 kilometers.

Segment-002 -
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Segment Distance: ...

Waypoint-002 - Orzesze
O.s.t.r., Henryka Sienkiewicza, Chorzow, Poland (German: Konigshutte Ost)
Walked 42 kilometers.

Segment-003 -
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Segment Distance: ...

Waypoint-003 - Rybnik, Poland
Rybnik, Poland
Walked 28 kilometers.

Waypoint-004 - Racibórz, Poland
Racibórz, Poland

Waypoint-005 - Kravaře, Czechia
Kravaře, Czechia

Waypoint-006 - Hradec nad Moravicí, Czechia
Hradec nad Moravicí, Czechia

Waypoint-007 - Budišov nad Budišovkou, Czechia
Budišov nad Budišovkou, Czechia

Waypoint-008 - Dětřichov nad Bystřicí, Czechia
Dětřichov nad Bystřicí, Czechia

Waypoint-009 - Ondřejov, Rýmařov, Czechia
Ondřejov, Rýmařov, Czechia

Waypoint-010 - Šternberk, Czechia
Šternberk, Czechia

Waypoint-011 - Újezd, Czechia
Újezd, Czechia

Waypoint-012 - Luková, Czechia
Luková, Czechia
Walked 55 kilometers; via Klappe and Pouboutsch.
"Klappe and Pouboutsch" are not known to Google Earth, and cannot be located.

Waypoint-013 - Rybník, Czechia
Rybník, Czechia

Waypoint-014 - Horní Jelení, Czechia
Horní Jelení, Czechia

Waypoint-015 - Hradec Králové, Czechia
Hradec Králové, Czechia

Waypoint-016 - Hřibsko, Stěžery, Czechia
Hřibsko, Stěžery, Czechia

Waypoint-017 - Hořice, Czechia
Hořice, Czechia

Waypoint-018 - Ktová, Czechia
Ktová, Czechia

Waypoint-019 - Židněves, Czechia
Židněves, Czechia

Waypoint-020 - Kropáčova Vrutice, Czechia
Kropáčova Vrutice, Czechia

Waypoint-021 - Zlonín, Czechia
Zlonín, Czechia

Waypoint-022 - Slaný, Czechia
Slaný, Czechia
Editor's Note: This waypoint is 14 kilometers due North of the route trackline as its closest point. The original author of the Google Earth data file may have missed the waypoint when building the trackline.

Waypoint-023 - Nesuchyně, Czechia
Nesuchyně, Czechia
Walked 63 kilometers via Schlewtschitz, Strany, and Yedomielitz.
Editor's Note: "Schlewtschitz, Strany, and Yedomielitz" are unknown to Google Earth, and cannot be located. "Yedomielitz" may be Jedomělice, Czechia.

Waypoint-024 - Libyně, Lubenec, Czechia
Libyně, Lubenec, Czechia
Walked 36 kilometers via Sudtenland Muckof.
Editor's Note: "Sudtenland Muckof" is unknown to Google Earth, and cannot be located.

Waypoint-025 - Německý Chloumek, Bochov, Czechia
Německý Chloumek, Bochov, Czechia

Waypoint-026 - Bečov nad Teplou, Czechia
Bečov nad Teplou, Czechia
Walked 39 kilometers via Mullersgrun.
Editor's Note: "Mullersgrun" is unknown to Google Earth, and cannot be located. A march of 39 kilometers is three times the point-to-point distance from the previous waypoint, indicating the march significantly deviated from a straight-line route.

Waypoint-027 - Zádub-Závišín, Czechia
Zádub-Závišín, Czechia

Waypoint-028 - Chodová Planá, Czechia
Chodová Planá, Czechia

Waypoint-029 - Bor, Czechia
Bor, Czechia

Waypoint-030 - Přimda, Czechia
Přimda, Czechia
Walked 35 kilometers via Ujest.
Editor's Note: "Ujest" is unknown to Google Earth, and cannot be located. A march of 35 kilometers is three times the point-to-point distance from the previous waypoint, indicating the march significantly deviated from a straight-line route. "Ujest" may refer to Dlouhý Újezd, Czechia.

Waypoint-031 - Waidhaus, Germany
Waidhaus, Germany
Crossed the border into Germany.

Waypoint-032 - Lohma-Siedlung, Pleystein, Germany
Lohma-Siedlung, Pleystein, Germany

Waypoint-033 - Vohenstrauß, Germany
Vohenstrauß, Germany

Waypoint-034 - Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany
Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany

Waypoint-035 - Irrenlohe, Schwarzenfeld, Germany
Irrenlohe, Schwarzenfeld, Germany

Waypoint-036 - Schwandorf, Germany
Schwandorf, Germany

Waypoint-037 - Regensburg, Germany
Regensburg, Germany

Segment-038A - Rail Trip From Regensburg To Sinzing

Waypoint-038 - Sinzing, Germany
Sinzing, Germany, by Train.

Segment-038B - Rail Trip From Sinzing To Regensburg

Waypoint-037 - Regensburg, Germany
Regensburg, Germany, by Train.

Waypoint-039 - Graßlfing, Pentling, Germany
Graßlfing, Pentling, Germany

Waypoint-040 - Laaberberg, Rohr in Niederbayern, Germany
Laaberberg, Rohr in Niederbayern, Germany

End of Long March - Oberndorf, Germany
Oberndorf, Germany
April 29, 1945 - Liberation Day.

Long March (Death March) Route - Tattersall
End point of the Tattersall Long March - 22 January 1945 to 18th April 1945
RAF Warrant Officer Joseph Fusniak, BEM
Compiled by Richard Fusniak © 2003
Lamsdorf Death March 1945

Start of Long March: Lamsdorf/Łambinowice, Poland
Łambinowice, Poland (German: Lamsdorf.)

Segment-001 - Lamsdorf - Friedewalde
- Enter Valid Location -

Waypoint-001 - Skoroszyce, Poland
Skoroszyce, Poland (German: Friedewalde.)

Segment-002 - Friedewalde - Prieborn
- Enter Valid Location -

Waypoint-002 - Przeworno, Poland
Przeworno, Poland (German: Prieborn/)

Segment-003 - Prieborn - Alt Almannsdorf

Waypoint-003 - Starczów, Poland
Starczów, Poland (German: Alt Altmannsdorf)

Segment-004 - Alt Almannsdorf - Gross Olbersdorf

Waypoint-004 - Olbrachcice Wielkie, Poland
Olbrachcice Wielkie, Poland (German: Gross Olbersdorf)

Segment-005 - Gross Olbersdorf - Neudorf

Waypoint-005 - Nowizna, Poland
Nowizna, Poland (German: Neudorf)

Segment-006 - Neudorf - Alt Jauernick

Waypoint-006 - Stary Jaworów, Poland
Stary Jaworów, Poland (German: Alt Jauernick)

Segment-007 - Alt Jauernick - Bohrhoff

Waypoint-007 - Borów, Poland
Borów, Poland (German: Bohrhoff)

Segment-008 - Bohrhoff - Seichau

Waypoint-008 - Sichów, Poland
Sichów, Poland (German: Seichau)

Segment-009 - Seichau - Goldberg

Waypoint-009 - Złotoryja, Poland
Złotoryja, Poland (German: Goldberg)

Segment-010 - Goldberg - Pilgrimsdorf

Waypoint-010 - Pielgrzymka, Poland
Pielgrzymka, Poland (German: Pilgrimsdorf)

Segment-011 - Pilgrimsdorf - Kesselgut

Waypoint-011 - Ubocze, Poland
Ubocze, Poland (German: Kesselgut im Shosdorf)

Segment-012 - Kesselgut - Heidersdorf

Waypoint-012 - Włosień, Poland
Włosień, Poland (German: Heidersdorf)

Segment-013 - Heidersdorf - Gorlitz

Waypoint-013 - Stalag VIIIA - Zgorzelec-Ujazd, Poland
Zgorzelec-Ujazd, Poland (German: Gorlitz-Moys)
Housed at Stalag VIIIA.

Segment-014 - Gorlitz - Krobnitz

Waypoint-014 - Krobnitz, Reichenbach, Germany
Krobnitz, Reichenbach, Germany

Segment-015 - Krobnitz - Nechern

Waypoint-015 - Nechern, Weißenberg, Germany
Nechern, Weißenberg, Germany

Segment-016 - Nechern - Bautzen

Waypoint-016 - Bautzen, Germany
Bautzen, Germany

Segment-017 - Bautzen - Kamenz

Waypoint-017 - Kamenz, Germany
Kamenz, Germany

Segment-018 - Kamenz - Konigsbruck

Waypoint-018 - Königsbrück, Germany
Königsbrück, Germany

Segment-019 - Konigsbruck - Radeburg

Waypoint-019 - Radeburg, Germany
Radeburg, Germany

Segment-020 - Radeburg - Meissen

Waypoint-020 - Meißen, Germany
Meißen, Germany

Segment-021 - Meissen - Lommatzsch

Waypoint-021 - Lommatzsch, Germany
Lommatzsch, Germany

Segment-022 - Lommatzsch - Dobeln

Waypoint-022 - Döbeln, Germany
Döbeln, Germany

Segment-023 - Dobeln - Leisnig

Waypoint-023 - Leisnig, Germany
Leisnig, Germany

Segment-024 - Leisnig - Bad Lausick

Waypoint-024 - Bad Lausick, Germany
Bad Lausick, Germany

Segment-025 - Bad Lausick - Borna

Waypoint - 025-Borna, Germany
Borna, Germany

Segment-026 - Borna - Wurchwitz

Waypoint-026 - Würchwitz, Zeitz, Germany
Würchwitz, Zeitz, Germany

Segment-027 - Wurchwitz - Zeitz

Waypoint-027 - Zeitz, Germany
Zeitz, Germany

Segment-028 - Zeitz - Eisenberg

Waypoint-028 - Eisenberg, Germany
Eisenberg, Germany

Segment-029 - Eisenberg - Dorndorf

Waypoint-029 - Dorndorf-Steudnitz, Saaleplatte, Germany
Dorndorf-Steudnitz, Saaleplatte, Germany

Segment-030 - Dorndorf - Steudnitz

Waypoint-030 - Dorndorf-Steudnitz, Saaleplatte, Germany
Dorndorf-Steudnitz, Saaleplatte, Germany

Segment-031 - Steudnitz - Mellingen

Waypoint-031 - Mellingen, Germany
Mellingen, Germany

Segment-032 - Mellingen - Weimar
Author's annotation: "Train to Bad Sulza and back."

Train Route - Bad Sulza and Return
Diversionary train ride to Bad Sulza, and back to Mellingen.
RAF Warrant Officer Joseph Fusniak, BEM
Compiled by Richard Fusniak © 2003
Lamsdorf Death March 1945

Train Route Segment 001 - Bad Sulza and Return

Train Route Segment 002 - Bad Sulza and Return

Train Route Segment 003 - Bad Sulza and Return

Waypoint-032-Bad Sulza

Segment-033 - Mellingen - Bussleben

Waypoint-033-Büßleben, Erfurt, Germany
Büßleben, Erfurt, Germany

Segment-034 - Bussleben - Siebleben

Waypoint-034 - Siebleben, Gotha, Germany
Siebleben, Gotha, Germany

Segment-035 - Siebleben - Schonstedt

Waypoint-035 - Schönstedt, Germany
Schönstedt, Germany

Segment-036 - Schonstedt - Zella

Waypoint-036 - Zella, Anrode, Germany
Zella, Anrode, Germany

Segment-037A - Zella - Silberhausen - Zella

Segment-037B - Zella - Worbis

Waypoint-037 - Worbis, Leinefelde-Worbis, Germany
Worbis, Leinefelde-Worbis, Germany

Segment-038 - Worbis - Duderstadt

Waypoint-038 - Duderstadt, Germany
Duderstadt, Germany

Segment-039 - Duderstadt - Osterhagen

Waypoint-039 - Osterhagen, Bad Lauterberg, Germany
Osterhagen, Bad Lauterberg, Germany

Segment-040 - Osterhagen - Werna

Waypoint-040 - Werna, Ellrich, Germany
Werna, Ellrich, Germany

Segment-041 - Werna - Hasselfelde

Waypoint-041 - Hasselfelde, Germany
Hasselfelde, Germany

Segment-042 - Hasselfelde - Westerhausen

Waypoint-042-Westerhausen, Thale, Germany
Westerhausen, Thale, Germany

Segment-043 - Westerhausen - Ditfurt

Waypoint-043-Ditfurt, Germany
Ditfurt, Germany

Tomsett, Edward - Long March Diary

West, Kenneth James - Long March Diary

Woodman, Stanley John - Long March Diary