Service Number5495606 Stalag XVII-B Prisoner of war camp View all 32 images. Corporal WX14366 Serial Number38064103 State of ResidenceIowa Captured in Algeria, Willman King was interned in Italian and German camps, including Camp 59. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated orno camp listed), 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) Serial Number19018417 Serial Number15045264 State of ResidenceMaryland The 1945 map of Stalag 17B indicating todays location of the few remaining remnants of Stalag 17-B. Sergeant Escape was a topic rarely discussedaloud in camp. The prisoners regret they are not in an Air Force camp. 13023638is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Service Number4886262 Serial Number 31140926 So enabled to monitor the progress of the war, kriegies knew when the end was near. Private First Class Harold AdkinsSerial No. Corporal State of ResidencePennsylvania Edward W. Weisenberg - Sports Supervisor. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Hot water and showers were as rare as toothbrushes, combs, and toilet paper. Source: Clifford Houbens son Wayne Houben, Earl W. Huddleston State of ResidenceNew York Serial Number13078670 Charles C. Stalling Christopher J. Facchina Corporal Many were transferred to other camps, but close to 40,000 French remained at Stalag VII-A throughout the war. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Arthur R. Roberts Hays, Kans. Military District IV. Sergeant Address from Armie Hills address book: Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 [Note: This serial number, which contains an ampersand, is clearly incorrect.] State of ResidenceOhio U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Raymond Hines 532 S.E. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Laverne A. Sparks State of ResidenceGeorgia See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number13015711 601 Walnut Street State of Residenceunlisted If the men were relieved to be out of their pen, they quickly discovered that life on the march was no better, or safer. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). Joseph J. Keeley Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Elvin L. Perisho Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). 0000008629 00000 n I did so because of my relationship with the late Ray Matheny, a former POW who lived nearby in American Fork, Utah. Six separate classrooms accommodating 40 men were used for instruction, and furniture consisted of benches, tables and blackboards. He drew a large pistol from his holster, moved the barrel to his right hand and swung its heavy butt hard into my head. Picture Information. Two separate wire fences charges with electricity surrounded the area and four watchtowers equipped with machine guns were placed at strategic points. U.S. Army, Infantry 1529 Ill Ave. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Serial Number20323864 U.S. Army, Infantry Signalman Serial Number39186606 Incoming mail takes 5 months. Today, the overgrown trees and moss-covered cement walls are all that physically remains. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). The Commandant promised to have the pits cleaned more often and provide more disinfectant. Did Ray Dentler escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Serial Number33146780 J. Keith Killby, together with other WW II , founded the Monte San Martino Trust in. Scotland. 15 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below. Sergeant Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Source: Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica Kestner McMahon, Everette L. Kidd Private First Class Serial Number20704893 But theres more to this place than just concrete relics. American planes appeared overhead almost daily, while thunderous flashes of light to the east confirmed the approach of Russians seeking vengeance for atrocities the Germans had committed on them earlier in the war. 724 MacKinley See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Attached, 3rd Light Field Ambulance State of ResidenceNew York In Germany, stalag (/stl/; German: [talak]) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps. Malverne, Long Island Private Address from Armie Hills address book: Notation in the dog tag hole indicates interned in Camp 59. Soviet prisoners began to arrive and eventually dominated the camp. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 3, 1943, A. J. Briggs Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees, also told me of Mario Barone. Private First Class Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Peter C. Grillo 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15) KREISCH . The remaining 900 men were too ill to make the march and were left behind in the hospitals. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists two servicemen with the last name of Kirschner from New York who were detained by Germany. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Massachusetts. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 On 8 April 1945, 4000 of the PWs at Stalag 17B began an 18-day march of 281 miles to Braunau, Austria. Serial Number37129673 Private First Class See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceNew York He and fellow POW Luther Shields traveled though the mountains assisted by Italians, including the Palmoni family of Montefalcone, along the way. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Paul I. Wakefield All the POWs present in the camp escaped en masse the evening of 14 September 1943; exactly six days after the Armistice had been announced.. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Edwin M. Majeski Private Private Service Number7586544 State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceIllinois State of ResidenceIowa Sergeant A. Serial Number33136500 Serial Number33189164 During the 18-day march, the column averaged 20 kilometers each day. Source: Lorraine McLoughlin, whose mother was Jack Davies daughter-in-law owns a St. Johns Ambulance First Aid Book that belonged to Jack Davies; information about Jack is recorded on the inside covers of the book. Serial NumberO&436014 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of Residenceunlisted Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Clarence Hortons name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Clifford H. Houben 466th BG - 786th BS 9th Infantry Division circa 1940-1941. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Four additional barracks were added in early 1944, but two other were torn down because they were considered by the Germans to be too close to the fence, thus making it possible for PWs to build tunnels for escape purposes. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Michael R. Kreisch Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09), Orville Higgins Private Trooper. State of ResidenceIowa He awoke suddenly and had somehow been ejected from the plane and was falling at terminal velocity. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Lyndale Ligon TREATMENT: The treatment at Stalag 17B was never considered good, and was at times even brutal. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Sergeant Insufficient water from 6:30 to 8:00 AM and 10:30 to 12:00 and 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Serial Number20614252 On three occasions the men were quartered in cow barns. Serial Number12020303 Serial Number6661860 Service Number5495088 U.S. Army, Infantry Extent and medium. Address from Armie Hills address book: Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed), Jacob Stiner Serial Number38060738 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. According to the German governments own post-war figures, of the 5.7 million Russian POWs held by the Nazis, 3.3 million died. Serial Number20701884 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Stephen Shedlock Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14). State of Residenceunlisted Archival history. 33189164is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. On the return, a Ju-88 finished the job. Serial Number31068754 New Orleans, Louisiana, B. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Charles H. Ebright Many American servicemen who were recaptured after the September breakout are recorded in the database as repatriated from German-controlled stalags. Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 Private Serial Number35214698 Camp 59 internmentMarch 12, 1942June 8, 1943, H. J. Carey Serial Number33088486 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), James B. Pond, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. U.S. Army, Infantry Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Service Number3189899 Reached Allied lines, Maurice W. Cox T. H. Knight Charles R. Martins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. (National Archives Identifier: 540164). John J. Garone U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted Service Number958853 Private qj. U.S. Army, Thomas C. Cronin 15055130is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private British Army, Camp leader at Camp 59 from September 1942 to September 1943, Source: Swiss Red Cross reports as referenced by Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, William A. Helmly Serial Number20704953 Serial Number20701847 Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed), Charles Kenneth Simmons Serial Number6131066 U.S. Army, Field Artillery State of ResidenceIdaho Private England. Grimsby [North East Lincolnshire] In comparison, the mortality rate for Stalags for Western Allies was below 5 percent. Charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. Serial Number32188999 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry John Prockos name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. The marker has the word Remember written in the twelve different languages representing all the nationalities who were held here. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number35170070 State of Residenceunlisted Brooklyn, New York, Third Regiment Did Frederick Buske escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and send to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Folder. 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One), Captured at Long Stop Hill, near Medjez el Bab, Tunisia on December 23, 1942, Interned in Camp 98, Sicily, for one month, Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943; recaptured by German paratroopers nine days later, After recapture, Ralph Hoag was interned at Muhlberg, Stalag IV-B, Stalag II-B at Hammerstein, Stalag III-B Furstenberg on Oder, and Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, Herman J. Hochman Everett C. Shelby, Sr. As the plane began to disintegrate, Ray fell unconscious just as his plane started to spin out of control. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). State of ResidenceTexas Serial Number13069951 Private British Army. State of ResidenceNew Mexico U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number35264149 Sergeant Serial Number15041867 If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261045 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Wesley Goettel Is this the same Edmund Cote, and was he living in Massachusetts at the time of the war? My uncle, Porter D. Clemens, was a POW here. Bist offered art lessons in Camp 59. Therefore, technically "stalag" simply means "main camp".[1]. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force The Trust awards English language study bursaries to Italians, aged 18 to 25, in recognition of the courage and generosity of the Italian people in aiding the escaped Allied prisoners of war. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), William B. Casey, Jr. From Italy he was transferred to Germany, where he was interned at Stalag 7-A Moosburg, Stalag 11-A Altengrabow, Stalag 11-B Fallingbostel, and Commando 1011 Wolfenbttel. State of ResidenceNew York Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya Serial Number12007294 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Camp 59 internmentJanuary 2June 1, 1942, Marshall J. Brekkes name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Author of Behind Enemy Lines (Bognor Regis, Anchor Publications, 1985), Gilbert Broadbent was one of the 150 POWs transferred to Sforzacosta on February 23, 1943, Robert Brooks Stanley Bentley Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Charles A. Harman Roy Hatfields name and address (above) and the quip Hill Billy Sheep Hearder were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Interned in a camp on Sicily, at PG 66 Capua, and PG 59 35. Gunner U.S. Army, InfantryRifle G. H. Bird Corporal Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Serial Number17040065 Serial Number33137349 Private Luther Vaughns name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Nick Velton Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Lawrence F. Hunt The Other Prisoners of Stalag 17B As previously mentioned, there were over 45,000 prisoners from other nations in Stalag 17B. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Serial Number35261700 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Technician, Grade 5 Corporal State of ResidenceIowa On 3 may 1945 the camp was liberated when six men of the 13th Armored Division arrived in three Jeeps and easily captured the remaining guards who numbered 205. Because over 1,700 men died at this place, under the most desperate and cruelest of circumstances. Lance-Sergeant Sheffield 2 Private Forman (A. Forman) is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Alec Foreman L. H. Straight August C. Erdbrink Serial Number11011496 Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceNorth Carolina Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Raymond Cox Air Corps NCO's were held at this camp and they regretted they were not in an Air Force camp. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Bar Machine Gunner British Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). Pte Roger Lee Hymer 4th Btn. The address above is also on that list. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Sources: Article Britain at War: Initiating a POW breakout in Italy, The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk), November 13, 2008; http://www.ww2escapelines.co.uk, J. Keith Killby is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Cavaliere Ufficiale of the Italian Republic. Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya Corporal Les J. Cratty [Crotty]Serial No. 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and Carl Good. Connections. Serial Number33146482 6 When it didnt rain or snow, nighttime brought some relief from pain, as the men lay their tired bodies down to sleep in the woods and fields along the winding country roads. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Billy England Corporal Serial Number20846363 U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute Infantry Service Number5493563 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Earl Hug Private First Class 4232 Tamerack Dr. 406 Redditch Road Serial Number39602619 U.S. Army, Air CorpsMedium Bomber (B25, B26) To free-spirited airmen accustomed to seeing only the pastoral outlines of the German landscape or the tops of cities, the ominous, tightly-pressed surroundings were troubling. Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees. Rayford Blankenship Welwyn Garden City 37038102is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Originally from Scotland Serial Number33090208 Allentown, Pennsylvania, Source: Chicago Tribune article War diary returns after 63 years, January 25, 2007. Private The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp from other sources.Stalag Luft VI, Stalag XXX D and Stalag 357 have been closed. Moses was near Comunanza with a large group, including Gus Teel, Francis Thomas and Walter Simon. 102nd Regiment, Royal Artillery State of ResidenceNew York John D. Green G. Loonam (15B- 97 th BG) (Captured 10/21/1942) Alderman, R.J. (Jimmy) (15B-95 th BG ) (Captured 4/13/1944) Alexenberg, Roland (Lex) (38B-95 th BG) (Captured 10/04/1943) Allred, Joe D. (Hosp-1 st Spec. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated but no camp is listed), David E. Riding Private Serial Number32180893 Outgoing mail very erratic. Serial Number32001738
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