This official history of stalag luft i was prepared for the war office just after the war, but was never. Zagreb, jugoslavia 27 october 1944 to 1 november 1944. Where can someone go to find rosters of pows in stalag. The following 5 books were all written by joseph p. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. A comprehensive resource for information about stalag lufts 4 and 6.
The luftwaffe interrogators at dulag luft oberursel. The first three chapters deal with how the airmen were shot down, their experiences en route to the stalag lufts, etc. By intensively interrogating new arrivals, scrutinising documents and equipment carried by the airmen, and examining crashed aircraft, interrogators developed a detailed knowledge of. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Pilot school, the 450th bombardment group, flying the b24 liberator and prisoner of war at dulag luft, stalag luft iii sagan and stalag viia moosburg. The route to stalag luft i runs all through the book.
It caused the germans serious problems and great embarrassment, and tied up thousands of troops and civilians in a huge two week long search for the prisoners. Stalag luft iii is the camp most commonly associated with the allied prisoner of war experience in world war ii germany. Dulag luft, located near frankfurt am main, was the luftwaffe aircrew interrogation center to which all allied airmen were delivered as soon as possible after their capture. The german staff at dulag luft during the latter part of 1943 dulag luft was processing in the neighborhood of 1,000 allied prisoners of war a month. Dulag luft oberursel ordering and viewing options this record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Their main purpose was to act as collection and interrogation centres for newly captured aircrew, before they were transferred in batches to the permanent camps. Auswertestelle west evaluation center west was situated 300 yards north of the main frankfurthomburg road and near the trolley stop of kupforhammer. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is doubtful that walter layne or his fellow prisoners would have had any contact with the senior german staff at dulag luft but i feel their story. The escapers were led by squadron leader roger bushell, codenamed big x. Called stalag luft iii, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known. At dulag luft, pows were sorted out, interrogated, and shipped on to pow camps. Stalag luft 4 prisoner of war camp in the second world war.
Their main purpose was to act as collection and interrogation centres for newly captured aircrew, before they were transferred in batches to the permanent camps several camps were set up throughout germany and the. Dulag luft oberursel escape as with all pows, escape was always in mind. Air force academy aircraft airmen allied american arrived battle of britain became block bombers bombing british brits captured carolyn clandestine cameras colonel combat commander courtesy crowded davy jones dick dieppe raid dulag dulag luft eagle squadron england enlisted escorted ferrets field fighter pilot fire flight flying force academy. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This is a record of months in a german pow camp during world war ii, illustrating a phenomenal grace under pressure. All records indicate that the post was known as auswertstelle west. Stalag viiif project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. From their first days in stalag luft iii and the forming of bonds key to such exploits, to the tunnel building, amazing escape and eventual capture, vances history is a vivid, compelling look at one of the greatest exfiltration missions of all time. After being captured on the beaches of dunkirk and spending 5 years in captivity, sergeant edward hill of the british army is released from dulag luft prisoner of war camp, march 29, 1945. A ccompanied by two officers and three guards we went by train to dulag luft oberursel near koblenz interrogation camp located approximately 11 km northwest outside frankfurtonmain, arriving in the afternoon of 10 th april 1942.
If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the first or second world war, please do not destroy them. Historian durand here writes a comprehensive history of the camp some 10,000 prisoners at one point from its beginning in april 1942 until its chaotic evacuation in february 1945, much of the material based on an ingeniously coded log kept by three officers in one. Hello, you mentioned dulag luft west in this post re. Trial of erich killinger, heinz junge, otto boehringer. The article goes on to say that the book is the story of hanns scharff, the master german interrogator who. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Finally, the story of the prison camp experience is also recounted, examining in particular stalag. These camps were also intelligence collection centres. Stalag luft i short for kriegsgefangenenmannschaftsstammlager luft was one of nine german pow camps for allied airmen during world war ii in addition to the dulag luft interrogation center. There each new prisoner, while still trying to recover from the recent trauma of his shootdown and capture, was skillfully interrogated for military information of value.
By intensively interrogating new arrivals, scrutinising documents and equipment carried by the airmen, and examining crashed aircraft, interrogators developed a detailed knowledge of allied air operations. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The main dulag luft camp at frankfurt was the principal collecting point for intelligence derived from allied pow interrogation. The dodger is the story of john bigelow johnny dodge, a wartime hero and a. Dernisch, jugoslavia october 1944 to 20 october 1944. Dulag luft was the abbreviated name given to prisoner of war transit camps for air force prisoners captured by germany during the second world war. Opened in 1939, this was the largest transit camp in germany for captured allied fliers. Camp king is a site on the outskirts of oberursel, taunus in germany, with a long history. It is also the complete history of their prisoner of war pow camp, luft 7, told in. The dulag luft trial by cuddon, eric editor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The wartime memories project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. After ww ii the united states army took control and also used the area for intelligence purposes.
Capture and incarceration dulag luft ken fentons war. At morning assembly at the grammar school, only a short while after the fly past, the headmaster advised us that yet another old boy of the school, namely ken, was a wartime casualty. An official history of the pow camp of the great escape. Despite initial appearances, and some accusations of collaboration with the germans, the permanent staff, headed by day, had set up an escape committee with other members of the staff, including squadron leader roger bushell and lt cmdr jimmy buckley rn. Jun 19, 2018 after being captured on the beaches of dunkirk and spending 5 years in captivity, sergeant edward hill of the british army is released from dulag luft prisoner of war camp, march 29, 1945. This page is intended to give basic information about the camp. Click download or read online button to get dulag luft auswertestelle west book now.
Dulag luft was the abbreviated name given to prisoner of war pow transit camps for air force prisoners captured by germany during the second world war. This book is an excellent depiction of the camp life. A born raconteur, his escapes, his operations as a. Their main purpose was to act as collection and interrogation centres for newly captured aircrew, before being transferred in. There are links to much more detailed accounts at the end of the page. The 1st of september 2019 is the wartime memories projects 20th birthday. Capture and incarceration dulag luft meanwhile, back at drax, keith simpson recalls. At dulag luft each prisoner was studied by several psychologists. If you would like to send us a present, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. I was collected by the luftwaffe sometime in the early new year, 1942 and taken down to frankfurt am main dulag luft for interrogation and eventually sagan. Dulag luft 12 prisoner of war camp in the second world war.
During world war ii, the lower fields became an interrogation center for the german air force. You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit kew. After world war ii, the united states army also used it as an interrogation center and intelligence post. Based largely on a coded history secretly kept by the prisoners of stalag luft iii, this indepth examination shows the main priority of the pows was the planning and execution of escapes which would aid the war effort by undermining german military resources. Housing mainly british and american flyers, it was the historical setting for the movie the great escape. Cal younger in his book, no flight from the cage recalls that dulag luft was a desolate place, there were none of the traditional bugs to tame, not even nails in the door to count. It began as a school for agriculture under the auspices of the university of frankfurt. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Dulag luft auswertestelle west download ebook pdf, epub. Dulag durchgangslager collection points or transit camps for prisoners prior to reassignment. The two men were taken to the dulag luft prison camp for enemy aviators in oberursel near frankfurt.
Dulag luft frankfurtammain, germany all interrogation 1 stalag luft i barth, germany officers, 3 stalag luft iii sagan, poland officers, 3s stalag luft iiisouth, 3c stalag luft iiicentral. Dulag luft, through which practically all air force personnel captured in german occupied europe passed, was composed of three installations. In early 1942 the third reich opened a maximum security prisonerofwar camp in lower silesia for captured allied airmen. Three chapters cover dulag luft, the interrogation center where the germans tried to get military information from them and their journey to a permanent camp. The great escape from stalag luft iii the escape of 76 pows from stalag luft iii on 24 march 1944 was the greatest mass escape from a prisonerofwar camp ever known. They were both great blokes and a pleasure for me to have known them. Rome2rio makes travelling from frankfurt airport fra to dulag luft easy. Stalag luft iii, a pow center in germany, will be familiar to readers who remember the film the great escape. Rome2rio is a doortodoor travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. Photos of dulag luft oberursel from the book the interrogator by raymond f. Digital copies of group photographs, scrapbooks, autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to ww2. Heilag or heimkehrerlager repatriation camps camps for the return of prisoners.
As a prisoner of war, he was senior british officer in a number of camps and a noted escapee. Universitaires europeennes german edition 9783631577912. Dulag luft evolved into a professionallyrun organisation where intelligence gathering was developed to a fine art. Rare photographs from wartime archives images of war by messenger, charles isbn. Frankfurt airport fra to dulag luft 5 ways to travel via. A b24, its left outboard engine on fire, begins its fatal plunge. There was a bed, a table and chair, i was ordered to strip. An official history of the pow camp of the great escape john grehan isbn. Their main purpose was to act as collection and interrogation centres for newly captured aircrew, before being transferred in batches to the permanent camps. Find all the transport options for your trip from frankfurt airport fra to dulag luft right here. There are maps, documents, narratives, camp rosters, audio and video files, a reading room. Dulag luft, frankfort, germany, 15 november 1944 to 22 november 1944. This is the story of my grandfather, b24 liberator copilot, flight officer and later lieutenant, francis joseph morrissey. With an emphasis on dependent life in the 1970s and early 1980s.
We are dedicated to preserving the history of the allied airmen held captive in these pow camps. After dulag luft moved to frankfurt am main it was known as auswertestelle west. Trials and tribulations of airmen prisoners from stalag luft. In a military intelligence service report on american prisoners of war in germany, a description is included for the dulag lufts and for hohemark hospital. Many books have been written about bomber commands war, from the highest levels of command to the experiences of the lowest waaf, but only a few have been able to reveal the human side of the bomber crews experience. Dulag luft wetzlar after interrogation at dulag luft oberursel the pows were sent to dulag luft wetzlar which was a transit camp located approximately 30 miles away.
Oct 01, 2015 this map indicates the pow camp routing for west compound starting with interrogation at dulag luft, near frankfurt, germany, to stalag luft iii, to stalag xiiid in nuremberg, and finally to stalag viia in moosburg, germany, where they were liberated. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Stalag luft sagan and belaria promoted to fllt during period as pow 1 fleng. Escape from stalag luft iii the true story of my successful great escape hardback. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to ww2 you may have at home. Group captain harry melville arbuthnot day gc, dso, obe 3 august 1898 11 march 1977 was a royal marine and later an raf pilot during the second world war. Wilhelmshaven germany 0643 dulag ob west dulag luft chalonssurmarne. Trial of erich killinger, heinz junge, otto boehringer, heinrich eberhardt, gustav bauerschlichtegroll the dulag luft trial by eric cuddon 255 pp, hodge, british book centre, 1952.
World war ii dulag luft special thanks to raymond toliver and charles rollings for this section to get their works you can use the links on the front page under suggested readings it should be noted that a discrepancy exists as to the actual name of the post during world war ii. Dulag luft were prisoner of war pow transit camps for germancaptured members of the air. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. The history press the great escape from stalag luft iii. Hohemark oberursel hospital at dulag luft history hub.
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