Hi I ave obtained some gratefully received help from the forum regarding my grandfathers service with 5th Battalion Grenadier Guards Can I please make a further appeal regarding his POW camp after he was captured at Anzio in February 1944 I know he ended up at Stalag XIA and in January 1945 he was at Stalag XIA (68/2) which I believe was a quarry of some description in which the POWs were required to work. I believe that 68/2 opened approx autumn of 1944 and prior to that there was another work camp (quarry?) called camp 68/1. I have found out a lot of info but can find very little on Stalag XIA and 68/2. Finally does anyone know the circumstances the liberation of XIA. I'm aware the Russians took over the camp but were prisoners still there or were they on one of these forced marches that other prisoners at other camps were subjected to? If there is anyone out there who has any info I would be very grateful. Thanks Gary
Hi, did you ever get more information of Stalag X-IA ? The person I am researching was also there, captured on 28 Aug 1944. I haven't had much luck finding out anything about this camp other than where it was.
Hi, The OP hasn't visited the forum for the past 3 years. You could try and contact him via the forum PM system. Steve Y
There are several ways of writing 11A, XIA, etc.. These files at Kew might provide information. WO311/1006 looks like a good file to start with. It might be worthwhile looking at any files on Stalag XIB, if making a day of it. ( I haven't see any of these files.) Descriptions from Discovery as follows: Reference: WO 311/133 Description: Stalag 11A, E602 Work Camp, Neuwegersleben, Germany: killing of British POW Date: 1945 Aug - Oct Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department MD/JAG/FS 20/46 Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Reference: WO 311/1006 Description: Ill-treatment of prisoners of war at Stalag XI A, Altengrabow near Magdeburg, Germany: general correspondence and affidavits Date: 1945 Aug 01 - 1946 May 31 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department MD/JAG/FS/22/13 Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Access conditions: Open on Transfer Record opening date: 15 May 2008 Reference: WO 311/1062 Description: Ill-treatment of a British prisoner of war at Stalag XI A, Altengrabow, Germany, 4 August 1943 Date: 1945 Sep 01 - 1946 Jan 31 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department MD/JAG/FS/22/158 (3E) Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Access conditions: Open on Transfer Record opening date: 15 May 2008
The Wartime Memories Project - STALAG 11a POW Camp Stalag X1A (341) Altengrabow in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Wartime Memories Project - There is quite a few if you google search it TD
Thanks for this information, I will see if I can get hold of them. Do you know if I have to book an appointment or if I just turn up and request the files? I had done several googles, but using the correct roman numeral XI-A, I didn't think to also do 11-A and X1-A.
Steve, In case you haven't been to Kew before you could look at a thread on this site called "Kew Tips" for general background. You will need to obtain a reader's ticket : the procedure is itemised on the National Archives website. From time of arrival to sitting at a desk with the files you mention in front of you could take about 90 minutes, perhaps a little longer. Clever people order the files in advance by computer or even telephone, but I usually order once I get there, since I do not often find that somebody else has ordered the files before me. They do have a fair few ! You'll need passport, recent utility bill, pencil without eraser attached, notebook, digital camera, laptop if you want. Power is supplied free of charge at the desks. If you go to Table 5 and mutter " WW2 Talk" someone will say hello, or the opposite. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the best because the opening hours are longer. I have only been once in 14 months, so hope I've got the basics correct. John
