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Stalag 13A Prisoner of War Camp
Stalag 13a prisoner of war camp was situated at Brahnau, near Wolfsberg.
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Want to know more about Stalag 13A Prisoner of War Camp? There are:12 items tagged Stalag 13A Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library
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Lt.Jr. Wladimir Wasiliy Kowalenko 279th Rifle Division (d.1st October 1943) My grandfather, Kowalenko Wladimir, has been missing since beginning of WWII.
Only recently I have found information that he had been captured on 8th of August 1941 and executed by the Gestapo on 1st of October 1943.
He was 29 years old.
He had a wife and two small children 6 and 2 years old.
They grew without knowing what had happened to their father.
They were born in 1935 and 1941.
He was born on 25th of May 1914.
Graduated Agricultural College and then, in 1939, had been drafted into the Armed Forces as an officer, 279th Rifle Division.
The military base was stationed near Kosiv, Ukraine.
One of the documents stated that he had also been in Oflag XIII D (62).
That is all I know about my Grandfather.
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Cpl. Zygmunt Nowak Polish Tank Corps My father Zygmunt Nowak was captured on 6th of October 1939 and sent to Stalag XIII-A, and then moved to Stalag X-A in Schleswig. On 15th of December 19141, he was sent to work on a farm near Flensburg. He stayed there until the end of the war, as the farmer treated him well. Even after he was freed by the British, he stayed on to help at the farm until one of the farmer’s three sons came home from the war. Knowing the area well, he joined the occupying Allied forces to keep law and order in the area.
Not much was said about the camps, so I can't tell any stories. One interesting point was that some time in 1943 Dad was allowed to go home to Poland for a week. My family back in Poland has a record of this. His brother was part of the Polish underground and told him not to go back, as he would hide him in Poland. But Dad said no, as probably the Germans would kill the whole family if he didn't go back, plus he was being treated well there.
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Alan McKenzie Coogan 1st Airborne Division Alan Cougan served with the 1st Airborne Division in WW2. He was called up in 1940 aged 19. Alan glided into Arnhem (September 1944) and was in the group that held one end of the bridge. Grouped into Charges of 8 (Charge #21) this group was commanded to abandon the charge & move back to British lines. They hid in a shed but were captured by the Germans and taken to the local church with 200 others.
Transported over 6 days by cattle wagon, no food, no water, no toilet, Alan suffered claustrophobia as a consequence. He was taken to Stalag 13A where there were no beds - "a pigsty". Over the ensuing months they were marched from camp to camp. Eventually they were placed in Stalag 4B : 25,000 POWs (Poles, Russians, Italians, Brits). Only 1 meal a day was provided: bread with jam or butter plus soup. Morning coffee was made with acorns. But the Germans had no food either. The daily routine was out at 06:30 until 18:30 with return walks of three miles to the factory to get synthetic petrol. There was a Jewish extermination camp nearby and they all endured the sweet smell of burning flesh.
As the tide of war turned, they had a three day march to another camp as the Russians approached. On this march, Alan escaped by rolling into a ditch and hiding. He spent three days in an evacuated French labour yard and ate out of the bins. Finally he was picked up by US troops who fed him. He got food, stole a car, and was given petrol by US troops and drove 180 miles back behind German lines. Alan was taken in by a Czech woman & given food. While staying in this house, a drunk American burst in. He shot the woman & raped the two daughters.
Alan was finally flown to France then on to Britain. He was admitted to Southport Hospital and declared Grade 9C - unfit for further service. He wighed 7 stone. My Mother heard Lord Haw Haw's radio announcement about POWs and she heard "Alan McKenzie Coogan" much to her relief.
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Howard J. Bohle 427th Bomb Sqdn. 303rd Bomb Group 2Lt Howard J Bohle, USAAF was a pilot of a B-17G Flying Fortress and was shot down on 29th od April 1944. He was assigned to the 427th Bomb Squadron of the 303rd "Hells Angels" Bomber Group flying out of Moleworth, England. He would have made the forced march to Stalag XIII in Nuremburg and later to Stalag VII in Moosburg at the end of the war. He was from North Dakota and was my favorite uncle. He wouldn't share stories about his experiences as a POW and wondered if anyone knew him as a prisoner?
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Leonard Whitmarsh Royal Signals My dad was a POW in Stalags 20a and 13a.
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Thomas Lawrence Williams The Holyhead Maritime Museum has recently been given a photograph album containing some photos
of Thomas Lawrence Williams whilst a prisoner of war in Stalag 13A
Thomas was rescued from the vessel Orama sunk by the German cruiser
Hipper in June 1940.
Richard. (Conservation Officer for the on the Isle of Anglesey N. Wales.)
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Jack Henry "Taffy" Perks Welsh Guards Jack Henry Perks (Taffy) of the Welsh Guards, I was caught in Bolougne on the 28th of May 1940.
POW No: 8027 Stalag XXA and Stalag 13 Working parties at Bruss Sept 1940 to October 1941
Also at Dorf Waldorf 1942 to 1944 doing Farm Work. Does anyone have any memory of me?
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Arthur Richardson My father, Arthur Richardson, was a POW in Stalag 13, I believe from 1940 onwards. We have only just acquired his war medals from the MOD after all these years. He often speaks of some of his comrades during these difficult times. We would very much like to put him in touch with any fellow POW, as time is now running out for dad, as he is 84
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Stew. Harry Little SS. Orama My father Harry Little survived the sinking of Orama. He was a POW in Stalag 13. I'm happy to share any information I have, and very interested to hear from any survivors, etc.
The website contains a picture of the camp ID of Tom Williams, a steward on Orama. I have my father's camp ID. He was also a steward. I believe Tom Williams was in correspondence with my late mother.
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Lt.Jr. Wladimir Wasiliy Kowalenko 279th Rifle Division (d.1st October 1943) My grandfather, Kowalenko Wladimir, has been missing since beginning of WWII.
Only recently I have found information that he had been captured on 8th of August 1941 and executed by the Gestapo on 1st of October 1943.
He was 29 years old.
He had a wife and two small children 6 and 2 years old.
They grew without knowing what had happened to their father.
They were born in 1935 and 1941.
He was born on 25th of May 1914.
Graduated Agricultural College and then, in 1939, had been drafted into the Armed Forces as an officer, 279th Rifle Division.
The military base was stationed near Kosiv, Ukraine.
One of the documents stated that he had also been in Oflag XIII D (62).
That is all I know about my Grandfather.
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Cpl. Zygmunt Nowak Polish Tank Corps My father Zygmunt Nowak was captured on 6th of October 1939 and sent to Stalag XIII-A, and then moved to Stalag X-A in Schleswig. On 15th of December 19141, he was sent to work on a farm near Flensburg. He stayed there until the end of the war, as the farmer treated him well. Even after he was freed by the British, he stayed on to help at the farm until one of the farmer’s three sons came home from the war. Knowing the area well, he joined the occupying Allied forces to keep law and order in the area.
Not much was said about the camps, so I can't tell any stories. One interesting point was that some time in 1943 Dad was allowed to go home to Poland for a week. My family back in Poland has a record of this. His brother was part of the Polish underground and told him not to go back, as he would hide him in Poland. But Dad said no, as probably the Germans would kill the whole family if he didn't go back, plus he was being treated well there.
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Alan McKenzie Coogan 1st Airborne Division Alan Cougan served with the 1st Airborne Division in WW2. He was called up in 1940 aged 19. Alan glided into Arnhem (September 1944) and was in the group that held one end of the bridge. Grouped into Charges of 8 (Charge #21) this group was commanded to abandon the charge & move back to British lines. They hid in a shed but were captured by the Germans and taken to the local church with 200 others.
Transported over 6 days by cattle wagon, no food, no water, no toilet, Alan suffered claustrophobia as a consequence. He was taken to Stalag 13A where there were no beds - "a pigsty". Over the ensuing months they were marched from camp to camp. Eventually they were placed in Stalag 4B : 25,000 POWs (Poles, Russians, Italians, Brits). Only 1 meal a day was provided: bread with jam or butter plus soup. Morning coffee was made with acorns. But the Germans had no food either. The daily routine was out at 06:30 until 18:30 with return walks of three miles to the factory to get synthetic petrol. There was a Jewish extermination camp nearby and they all endured the sweet smell of burning flesh.
As the tide of war turned, they had a three day march to another camp as the Russians approached. On this march, Alan escaped by rolling into a ditch and hiding. He spent three days in an evacuated French labour yard and ate out of the bins. Finally he was picked up by US troops who fed him. He got food, stole a car, and was given petrol by US troops and drove 180 miles back behind German lines. Alan was taken in by a Czech woman & given food. While staying in this house, a drunk American burst in. He shot the woman & raped the two daughters.
Alan was finally flown to France then on to Britain. He was admitted to Southport Hospital and declared Grade 9C - unfit for further service. He wighed 7 stone. My Mother heard Lord Haw Haw's radio announcement about POWs and she heard "Alan McKenzie Coogan" much to her relief.
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Howard J. Bohle 427th Bomb Sqdn. 303rd Bomb Group 2Lt Howard J Bohle, USAAF was a pilot of a B-17G Flying Fortress and was shot down on 29th od April 1944. He was assigned to the 427th Bomb Squadron of the 303rd "Hells Angels" Bomber Group flying out of Moleworth, England. He would have made the forced march to Stalag XIII in Nuremburg and later to Stalag VII in Moosburg at the end of the war. He was from North Dakota and was my favorite uncle. He wouldn't share stories about his experiences as a POW and wondered if anyone knew him as a prisoner?
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Leonard Whitmarsh Royal Signals My dad was a POW in Stalags 20a and 13a.
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Thomas Lawrence Williams The Holyhead Maritime Museum has recently been given a photograph album containing some photos
of Thomas Lawrence Williams whilst a prisoner of war in Stalag 13A
Thomas was rescued from the vessel Orama sunk by the German cruiser
Hipper in June 1940.
Richard. (Conservation Officer for the on the Isle of Anglesey N. Wales.)
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Jack Henry "Taffy" Perks Welsh Guards Jack Henry Perks (Taffy) of the Welsh Guards, I was caught in Bolougne on the 28th of May 1940.
POW No: 8027 Stalag XXA and Stalag 13 Working parties at Bruss Sept 1940 to October 1941
Also at Dorf Waldorf 1942 to 1944 doing Farm Work. Does anyone have any memory of me?
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Arthur Richardson My father, Arthur Richardson, was a POW in Stalag 13, I believe from 1940 onwards. We have only just acquired his war medals from the MOD after all these years. He often speaks of some of his comrades during these difficult times. We would very much like to put him in touch with any fellow POW, as time is now running out for dad, as he is 84
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Stew. Harry Little SS. Orama My father Harry Little survived the sinking of Orama. He was a POW in Stalag 13. I'm happy to share any information I have, and very interested to hear from any survivors, etc.
The website contains a picture of the camp ID of Tom Williams, a steward on Orama. I have my father's camp ID. He was also a steward. I believe Tom Williams was in correspondence with my late mother.
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