Stalag VIII-A

Stalag VIII-A

Stalag VIII-A was a World War II German POW camp just east of Görlitz, Germany (currently Zgorzelec, Poland.) Prior to the outbreak of war it was a Hitlerjugend camp.

Timeline

In October 1939 it was modified to house about 15,000 Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. By June 1940 most of the Poles had been transferred to other camps and replaced with Belgian and French taken prisoner during the Battle of France. At one time there were over 30,000 jammed into facilities designed for 15,000. In 1941 a separate compound was created to house Soviet prisoners. In 1943 2,500 British Commonwealth soldiers came from the battles in Italy, later in the same year an undefined number of Italian soldiers came from Albania. Finally in late December 1944 1,800 Americans arrived that were taken in the Battle of the Bulge. February 14, 1945 the Americans and British were marched out of the camp westward in advance of the Soviet offensive into Germany.

Notable inmates

It was there that Olivier Messiaen, a French prisoner, finished composing "Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps", a famous work of chamber music. With the help of some Germans, he was able to assemble three other POWs to help him perform the piece for the rest of the camp [ [http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/quartet_for_the_2.html Article in "New Yorker"] ] .

ee also

*List of German WWII POW camps

References

* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Pris-_N91403.html#name-035069-1 New Zealand On-line history of WW II]
* [http://ice.mm.com/user/jpk/wardiary.htm Diary of Sgt.John Kline captured in Ardennes 1944]

External links

* [http://www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20VIII-A%20Gorlitz/Dr%20Tattersall/Dr%20Tattersall.htm Diary of a Prisoner and Picture Collection]
* [http://www.B24.net B24.net]
* [http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141003887,00.html The Last Escape - John Nichol, Tony Rennell - 2002 Penguin UK]
* [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeitskommando_10001 Arbeitskommando 10001 in Ruckenwaldau, Lower Silesia (now Wierzbowa, Poland), Agency Camp German Stalag VIII-A.]

Further reading

*Rischin, Rebecca. "For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet." Cornell University Press: 2003. ISBN 0-8014-4136-6


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