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Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn
World War II German prisoner-of-war camp From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oflag VIII-E was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for Allied general officers (Offizierlager) located in Jánské Koupele (then Johannisbrunn) in German-occupied Czechoslovakia (now located in the Moravian–Silesian Region, Czech Republic).
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Camp history
The camp, a former spa hotel, was opened in July 1940[1] and housed approximately 70 Allied generals and their aides. Among those officers imprisoned were 30 from Poland, 24 from France, 7 from the Netherlands, 6 from Belgium, 1 from the United Kingdom, and a Colonel from Norway. On April 27, 1942, all the Poles were transferred to other camps, mostly to Oflag VII-A Murnau.[2] Soon after all the other prisoners were also transferred, and the camp was closed on 1 July 1942.[1][2]
Commandants
- Oberst Hencker (29 October 1940 – 30 June 1941)
- Generalmajor Johann Janusz (1 July 1941 – 19 May 1942)[3]
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Notable prisoners
A number of high-ranking officers were held in the camp, including:
Polish[4]
- Roman Abraham
- Franciszek Alter
- Władysław Boncza-Uzdowski
- Leopold Cehak
- Jan Chmurowicz
- Walerian Czuma
- Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz
- Juliusz Drapella
- Janusz Gąsiorowski
- Edmund Knoll-Kownacki
- Wincenty Kowalski
- Józef Kwaciszewski
- Stanislaw Malachowski
- Czesław Młot-Fijałkowski
- Zygmunt Piasecki
- Wacław Piekarski
- Zygmunt Podhorski
- Zdzislaw Przyjalkowski
- Jan Jagmin-Sadowski
- Stanisław Taczak[5]
- Wiktor Thommée
- Juliusz Zulauf
British
- Brigadier Nigel FitzRoy Somerset (145th Infantry Brigade)[2][6]
Dutch
- General Henri Gerard Winkelman, Commander-in-Chief Dutch Forces 1940[7]
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