Stalag VIII-B

Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B
Lamsdorf, Germany (today Łambinowice, Poland)
Prisoners in Stalag VIII-B
Site information
TypePrisoner-of-war camp
Controlled by Nazi Germany
Location
Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B
(pre-war borders, 1937)
Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B
Stalag VIII-B / Stalag 344 / Stalag Luft VIII-B (Germany)
Coordinates50°33′41″N 17°35′03″E / 50.561456°N 17.584125°E / 50.561456; 17.584125
Site history
In use1939–1945
Battles/warsWorld War II
Garrison information
OccupantsAllied PoW

Stalag VIII-B was most recently a German Army administered POW camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf (now Łambinowice) in Silesia. The camp contained barracks built to house British and French World War I POWs. The site had housed POWs of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.

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