RAAF POWS of Lamsdorf, The – Stories of the RAAF POWS of Lamsdorf Including Chronicles of Their 500 Mile Trek

J E Holliday with D A Radke (eds.)
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A history of the Royal Australian Air Force POWs interned at Lamsdorf POW Camp in Germany during World War 2. 316 p. : ill., ports ; 21 cm. SCARCE Prisoners of war — Poland — Lambinowice. | World War, 1939-1945 — Concentration camps — Poland — Lambinowice. | World War, 1939-1945 — Prisoners and prisons, German. | World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Australian. #0119

Uniquely, the Australians all ended up sharing one barracks, No. 18A, in the huge German POW camp known initially as Stalag V111B, later as Stalag 344, in Silesia, in the south-eastern corner of Germany.

For most, it was home for two years, a place of dreary privation but also of bursts of humour and sporting prowess. Australians fielded cricket and soccer teams that held their own against the old enemy”

Additional Information

AuthorJ E Holliday with D A Radke (eds.)
PublisherLamsdorf RAAF POWS Association
Year Published1992
Book Condition

As new.

Binding Type

Softcover

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