Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
Miscellany
Arriving at Stalag VIIIB / 344
Many of the Prisoners arriving at Lamsdorf were transported by rail in cattle trucks, and we unloaded at a railway halt about a mile from the camp, at a hamlet now known as Sowin, but in those days called Annahof. The railway halt is still there, and trains to and from the nearby city of Opole sometimes stop there. In a garden next to the platform are some of the original cattle trucks, kept since the end of the war, and used as a garden shed. This picture was taken during our Lamsdorf trip in September 2010. The picture below is of the Sowin Railway Halt. The cattle trucks are on the right of the picture, by the big tree.
Many of the Prisoners arriving at Lamsdorf were transported by rail in cattle trucks, and we unloaded at a railway halt about a mile from the camp, at a hamlet now known as Sowin, but in those days called Annahof. The railway halt is still there, and trains to and from the nearby city of Opole sometimes stop there. In a garden next to the platform are some of the original cattle trucks, kept since the end of the war, and used as a garden shed. This picture was taken during our Lamsdorf trip in September 2010. The picture below is of the Sowin Railway Halt. The cattle trucks are on the right of the picture, by the big tree.
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STALAG VIIIB / 344 GUARDROOM
This photo shows the guardroom at the entrance to the camp, as it was during the war.
This building still exists and is adjacent to the Polish Central Prisoners of War Museum.
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SCENES FROM STALAG VIIIB / 344
A selection of photographs from the camp, 1940 - 1945
Card Game
Hut at Stalag VIIIB
Supplies arriving: probably Red Cross parcels.
Huts at Stalag VIIIB
Huts today - the hut painted white has been partially restored by the Museum.
The main camp road as it is today.
Remains of the camp reservoir/swimming pool.