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).
Camp history The camp, a former spa hotel, was opened in July 1940 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. Soon after all the other prisoners were also transferred, and the camp was closed on 1 July 1942.
Commandants Oberst Hencker (29 October 1940 – 30 June 1941) Generalmajor Johann Janusz (1 July 1941 – 19 May 1942)
Notable prisoners A number of high-ranking officers were held in the camp, including:
Polish
Generał dywizji
Władysław Bortnowski Tadeusz Kutrzeba Juliusz Rómmel
Generał brygady
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 Wiktor Thommée Juliusz Zulauf
Kontradmirał Józef Unrug British Brigadier Nigel FitzRoy Somerset (145th Infantry Brigade)
Dutch
General Henri Gerard Winkelman, Commander-in-Chief Dutch Forces 1940Teo van Middelkoop, Generaal H.G. Winkelman, Standvastig strijder, Zaltbommel, 2002
See also List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany
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