PRISON CAMPS

Dulag Luft, Frankfurt---------------Stalag Luft 3, Sagan (North Compound)---Camp evacuated in Jan. 45
Stalag Luft, Milag und Marlag, Tarmstedt. Camp evacuated in Apr. 45.
Liberated by the 11th Armoured Division, British 2nd Army, near Lubeck on May 3, 1945.

TREK FROM STALAG LUFT 3, SAGAN TO TARMSTEDT
JANUARY 27, 1945 TO FEBRUARY 5, 1945.
1945
Jan 27--- 2130 Warning given to evacuate the camp. 6” snow on the ground-severe snow storms-extremely cold.
Jan 28--- 0245 Issued two parcels per man and started to march.
Jan 28--- 0800 Halbau, first stop - distance 17 kilometers
Jan 28--- 1300 Lunch at Freiwaldau (frozen meat) - 11 kilometers
Jan 28--- 1930 Leippa, bed in a barn - 5 km’s - 20 degrees below zero.
Jan 29--- 0800 Breakfast - cheese and biscuits
Jan 29--- 0830 Back on the road - same weather conditions.
Jan 29--- 1300 Priebus (lunch)
Jan 29--- 1800 Muskau - 30km’s - billeted at glass factory.
Jan 30---        Rest - Bread issue 1/3 loaf, margarine 1/9 lb.
Jan 30---        Rest - 2/5 Red Cross parcel per man.
Feb 01--- 2100 Started our journey on the road once again - snow all gone.
Feb 02--- 0600 Graunstein - Barn 7kms.
Feb 02--- 1100 Started on on the road, destination Spremberg - 7km’s.
Feb 02--- 1400 Arrived at Spremberg
Feb 02--- 1500 Soup issued at Army Barracks
Feb 02--- 1630 Railway Siding - 3 kms away - 300 mile journey.
Feb 02--- 1700 Entrained in boxcars - 40 men per car.
                     Issued 2/3 loaf, a bit of sausage and margarine
                     2/3 Red Cross parcel per man.
Feb 03           Still on train (no water)
Feb 04--- O730 Hannover stopped and given water.
Feb 04--- 1700 Detrained and milled around in the rain (2 days and 2 nights)
Feb 04--- 1830 Marched to Tarmstedt, still raining - 3 kms.
Feb 05--- 0100 After waiting in the rain, wind and mud for seven hours, entered camp Milag und Marlag.

Understood many prisoners suffered from: Gastritis, dysentery, cold and influenza.

“Extract from notes kept while on march”.