Introduction
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The purpose of this web-site is to collect together information about Stalag XVIIIA, a POW camp located at Wolfsberg, Austria from 1941 until 1945. By information, I mean anything which relates to the camp itself, the Work Camps (Arbeitskommandos) attached to it, and especially the men who were held there. If you browse through a few pages, you can see the sort of information that people have added so far. If you are an 'ex-Kriegie', or you know one and you have a story to tell, then please E-mail me.
A major part of this site is the Roll Call to which I am attempting to add the name of every POW who passed through Stalag 18A.
In addition to Stalag 18A, I'm interested in learning more about Stalags 18B, 18C and 18D.
My own interest in Stalag 18A stems from my late father, Sgt George Brown of
the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who was a POW there.
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At the end of September, I emailed a lot of my contacts about the Stalag
18A Exhibition in Wolfsberg in 2013. So far there has been a very
positive response. Unfortunately, some of the emails didn't get through
because the address was wrong. I'd really appreciate it if the following
people could get in touch with the correct email address. Vic Beardow Sorry to be a pain, folks, but I'm sure that you will want to be involved. |
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14 September 2011 At the beginning of June, my wife Carole and I visited Austria for a week. We stayed just south of Klagenfurt. During that week we visited Klagenfurt War Cemetery and the site of Work Camp 10029/GW at Weidmannsdorf. We met up with Paul Angerer, a local historian who showed us compelling proof that a small housing estate was built on the site of the old camp. Many thanks to Paul. Later in the week we drove up to Wolfsberg so that I could take some more photos of the light industrial estate that now occupies the Stalag 18A site. After that we visited Wolfsberg Museum (Museum im Lavanthaus) and met the Curator, Herr Pucker, his Assistant Christine Ragger, and an historian from Vienna, Dr.Christian Klösch. At the moment, the Museum has a small exhibit related to Stalag 18A, created by Dr Klösch. However, in 2013 they are planning a much larger exhibition which will run from Spring to Autumn. For that exhibition, the Museum will need original material related to Stalag 18A, the nearby Arbeitskommandos and the POWs held there. I have agreed to help in any way that I can. Later this year I will be contacting many of my Stalag 18A correspondents and asking them to send to me the original photos, letters, mementoes, etc, of which they have sent copies over the years. I will then undertake to personally transport all of the material to Wolfsberg and then bring it back when the exhibition has closed. I realise that this is a huge responsibility and I fully understand that people may be reluctant to trust their memories to the Post Office and me. All I can say is that this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tell the story of Stalag 18A. At the moment I am not expecting material to be sent to me. That can wait until next year. For now I am asking for people who are willing to get involved so that I can start to get organised. So, if you don't hear from me soon, then please email me. |
POWs requiring Medical treatmentTamara Haygood of the University of Texas is conducting some historical research into the medical care of Allied POWs during captivity. Dr Haygood would like to hear from any ex-POW who can recall any details of such care. Her email address is tamarahaygood@yahoo.com. One particular story that Dr Haygood would like to follow up is contained in Eric Fearnside's book, 'The Joy of Freedom'. It concerns a POW named Johnson who pretended to be deaf in the hope that he would be repatriated, only to be caught out at the last moment. If anyone has any more details on this story, Dr Haygood would like to hear from you. |
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