Newcastle, A W Hadley
Your email address will not be published. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. E561 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowtitz. About 1000-1500 German prisoners died in the camp due to malnutrition, lack of medicine and acts of violence and terror by the guards. Captured RAF prisoners were first sent to the Dulag Luft transit camps near Frankfurt and then mostly taken to one of seven Stalag Luft Camps. Canterbury
Today on the site of the camp is the Polish Central Prisoner of War Museum (otherwise labeled incorrectly). A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Clarkson St
In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Saw Mill 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. Steel works, E149 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Buchenlust, E17 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee. Ormskirk
On 1st June a determined enemy attack on the Dunkirk perimeter was halted by the gallant stand of B Company, 1st East Lancashires, for which Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews was awarded the Victoria Cross (the only one at Dunkirk), assisted by a counter-attack by the Loyals. Civilian Internee Mail New Zealand to Changi, M. V. Gripsholm Mail, Diplomatic Exchange Vessel, Far East WWII, Repatriation Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942 46, New Zealand Irregular Use of Stamps and Other Items for Postage, The American Great White Fleet Voyage 1908-09, The Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp of WWI, Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp Postcards, The First New Zealand Pictorial Issue 1898, New Zealands Stamp First Issue, The Full Face Queens, Methods of Officially Sealing Mail in New Zealand, Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45, Postal Use of the New Zealand Boer War Stamp, Civilian Internee Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45. Montreal
The inmates who were selected to be gassed went through the procedure of preparing for a bath, they stripped their clothes off, and walked into the bathing room. Robert Stoker
Welledale Cres
Yorkshire Road
E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. In the second issue of The Clarion (the camp magazine) in February 1943, the RC Chaplain Father John Berry says that "there are about 600 Working Parties and .. you will be able to guess why so many of you will have not yet had a visit". Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Some New Zealand soldiers or air force personnel were held prisoner in France (St. Hippolyte, Fort de la Rivere) as well. At one point, after being recaptured, a German guard ordered him to 'dig his own grave' at the point of a gun and then when he had dug the hole told him to fill it in again. The others served as treatment blocks with operating theaters, X-ray and laboratory facilities, as well as kitchens, a morgue, and accommodations for the medical staff. Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. Cheslyn Hay
Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Ladysmith St
Most prisoners were put to work in machine shops making pipes and repairing chemical plant equipment. With the start of the Soviet VistulaOder Offensive in January 1945, Auschwitz was evacuated by the SS. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. South Africa, R W Kinsey
Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. Waiuku, Auckland
Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. In January 1945 the Germans evacuated their POW camps westwards as the Soviet forces came nearer from the east. cement factory, E203 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Oppeln. There were less than 200 survivors found. In February 1945 2,000 RAF prisoners arrived having been evacuated from Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag Luft 7. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. Dudley W. Attwood
Hall School
[4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. Cpl. This list does not claim to be definitive. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. Also other documents including weapons handling procedure; reports on escapes; arrest warrants; POW statements and correspondence with the Swiss legation in Germany. Falkirk
Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Australia, RAF No. Thanks again for your site. c/o S. E. Petherbridge
Middlesex, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. I found your site of the utmost interest & somewhat emotional as the man in the front row centre of the RAF group at Stalag V111B was my father, flight sergeant Frank Firman. Between February and March 1944, 800 were transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany. I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Explore the Collection. He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. Records of Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp from other sources. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. In the second issue of The Clarion (the camp magazine) in February 1943, the RC Chaplain Father John Berry says that "there are about 600 Working Parties and .. you will be able to guess why so many of you will have not yet had a visit". the long marchUsed for: the death marchA series of forced marches between January and April 1945 when Allied prisoners of war held in German military prison camps were forced to march westward away from the advancing Russian forces. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern agan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tn). Trpr. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Where 8B is shown, this means Teschen. From . The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Beverley High Rd
E288 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b sugar beet factory Bauerwitz, E30 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Cement factory, E324 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Dubrnsko, E357 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tunneling Peitskretschen, E364 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Strelitz, E373 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blaschke, Czechoslovakia. Harry before he died, age 91, began to talk of the horrendous times he endured on the march from France to Poland having to cross the River Danube on many occasions. They were ordered to march to the West. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. Prisoners of War. Staffs, 20th Dec 1943
My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Montreal
Ferry Lane
I recall one of these broadcasts was by Anthony Eden himself. This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact theMedia Sales & Licensing Team. Australia, 28th Oct 1943
This Christmas Postcard was drawn by my father Kenneth (Ken) V F Wood in a competition. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Ayot St. Peter
W. Wynne Mason, Prisoners of War (1954), from the Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945 series is a recommended reference text. Copies can be made for personal use. This is the Facebook Group of Stalag VIIIB (later renumbered Stalag 344) was one of the largest German prisoner of war camps and was situated at Lamsdorf (now Lambinowce in Poland). A photomontage of images from Stalag VIIIb prisoner of war came including a German list of prisoners who escaped from the Camp and featuring the profile of . Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Kyrle Street
Corrections and integrations. He spoke of being lined up to be shot on two separate occasions, but each time was reprievedI think that was a form of mental torture. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. The BEF advanced into Belgium but the Allied front rapidly collapsed before the German blitzkrieg and the British force, with its flanks exposed and its rear increasingly threatened, was obliged to make a succession of withdrawals. Geneanet a souhait vous faciliter l'accs cette base trs riche. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). Harrison Rd
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E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. It saw almost a century of misery. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942
He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. Johnnie Shanks
My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. Holme Rd
Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein)
I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. Manitoba
Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. London, 19th Aug 1942
Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944
After the treaty of Versailles, the camp was closed down. The unlucky ones got liberated by the Soviets, who instead of turning them over quickly to the western allies, held them as virtual hostages for several more months. The Room 42 on the football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the 42nd Division. Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). Standerton
Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through ambinowice and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. Hunter. Schmitz (used in the war crimes investigation). [3] In June 1943 it was placed under the administrative control of Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf and was renamed Stalag IV-B/Z. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942
The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Air Force POWs in all camps are listed - Lamsdorf is identified as 344. York, J Macgregor
Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Fader St
Douglas
In January the camp held just over 1500 prisoners who were evacuated initially as part of the long march and then by train to Stalag 3A. Herts
It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. Basegreen Ave
STALAG VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR Public Group | Facebook. Many marched 500 miles (800 km) and some almost 1000 miles (1600 km). Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. Cpl. Hunter
paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. There were less than 200 survivors found. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Among them were: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Wallasey
They were in Polish and German. The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. Watery Lane
A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. The Soviet Army reached the camp 17 March 1945. Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel. During winter 1944/45, as the Red Army was closing fast, the Germans decided to evacute the camp (which became a transfer point for the prisoners from Auschwitz and other camps) and forced the prisoners into columns of 500 men each. Stalag 8B (VIII-B, according to the German designation system) was established in late 1939 to hold Polish POWs taken during the German invasion of Poland. E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. Lamsdorf became a prison camp in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War - and was used as such until the late 1940s. Hastings St
Hull, 20th Jan 1944
Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. The men were marched along country roads towards the Oder, first north towards Dresden, then when the Germans changed their mind, south towards Bavaria, eventually reaching Stalag XIII-D near Nuremberg. It is not clear which battalion Robert served with however it is more probable that it was the 1st Battalion which formed part of the final defence force around the Dunkirk beaches. Many of them were finally repatriated towards the end of 1945 through the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. This led to representatives from the Red Cross making two visits to E715 in the summer 1944. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? The camp was liberated by the Red Army on the 26th of January 1945. Ross-on-Wye
Opened in 1939 Stalag 8B was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army located at Lamsdorf, now Lambinowice, in south-west Poland. Shortly after the outbreak of war with Germany the 1st South Lancashires and 1st Loyals crossed to France with, respectively, the 4th and 1st Divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Cameron St.
Regina, Saskatchewan
[1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B.[2]. please
More than 100,000 English-speaking POWs were held there, either at the base camp or in over 600 working parties in the area. Sergeant Charles Coward even managed to pass intelligence about the atrocities occurring at Monowitz through letters to the British War Office. Mitford Drive
"Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Les Chatterton
In the 1860s, the Prussian Army established a training area for artillery at a wooded area near Lamsdorf, a small village connected by rail to Opole and Nysa. mine. I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. Stan Living-Stone
E393 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittel-Lazisk. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Pte. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from Prisoner of warUsed for: POW, PoWSomeone held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. I was at Auschwitz nearly every dayNobody could live in Auschwitz and work in the plant, or even come down to the plant without knowing what was common knowledge to everybody. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. St Kilda
Herefordshire, Johnnie P Baple
High Street
He weighed 6 stone when he came home and was of a nervous disposition for the rest of his life. Jim Henry
Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. Scarborough, 7th May 1942
photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. He told us that he was in on several escape plans but did nor ever try to escape himself as he reckoned he was too old and might hold the others back. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian . Over 2000 prisoners are estimated to have died from hypothermia, exhaustion, starvation and disease during the long march. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. E715 was next to the I.G. Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? The Hollies
In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, many of the prisoners were marched westward in groups of 200 to 300 in the so-called Death March. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, British India, British Palestine, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the United States and Yugoslavia passed through this camp. The montage was created in the camp by Warrant Officer William Lawrence RAF. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. South Africa, Owen L Griggs
My family were told that Sonntag was not seen in the camp again and they believed he was sent to the Eastern Front. My father told us that he escaped on a number of occasions, typically from working parties and although he did not achieve a 'home run', he was on the run on VE day having fought in the liberation of Prague alongside Czech partisans. Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. THE ONLINE MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OF PRISONERS OF WAR. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. About 500 prisoners died at Stalag VIIIB/344 at Lamsdorf, mostly from illness, accidents or war wounds, probably fewer than 1% of the men who were at the camp at some time or another. Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. Even while still at Auschwitz we got radio broadcasts from the outside speaking about the gassings and burnings at Auschwitz. Junction Lane
Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942
Ottaw, On
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[2] Camp history [ edit] She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. They remained in touch post war until Rondeaus early demise. The military court at the time granted Sonntag an acquittal as he had "acted in accordance with the instructions issued by the Kommander i/c POWs, Major General Von Osterrich. Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States passed through this camp. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B. When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing. His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Hall St
Canada, 2nd Nov 1944
Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. Gordon D Pepper
The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Ordered back from one defensive line to the next, amid scenes of growing chaos, the four Lancashire battalions fought a number of delaying actions, most notably at Tournai on the Escaut, at Lannoy and at Rousbrugge, before reaching Dunkirk. List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. Cheshire, Norris E. Hunt (Joe)
D Gardiner
Cambridge
I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. They included general physicians and surgeons, even a neuro-surgeon, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist, radiologist. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. Pattingham
A. Carmichael
CQSM Sidney Cecil Lawrie 1/12, 2/13, 5/13, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16 and also this link: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=KRAKOW%20RAKOWICKI%20CEMETERY, The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, POWs sent from Italian POW camp PG 82 Laterina to Lamsdorf 22 July 1943, Keith Bruce Chisholm (see pages 6-15 of this document), Eric W. Lawson(see also Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson), Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson (see also Eric W. Lawson), Charles Amos George Victor (Vic) Petersen. E563 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bory Jelen Jaworzno, E565 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sierza Wodna, E571 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gruden. c/o Quebec Liquor Commission
Canada, 26th April 1944
East Street
Ray Dudley
There were 200 men in the party and their job was to build huts, lay pipes, clear snow etc. All three of the 1st Battalions then took up defensive positions to cover the evacuation of the BEF. Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942
The Last Escape. Tpr. An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. In the first period of its existence when the camp operated as independent Stalag VIII D Teschen, and from September 1942 to December 1943 as a branch of the prisoner-of-war camp in ambowice - Stalag VIII B/Z Teschen, around 500 people were incarcerated. Arcadian Buffet
Ian F. Keys (Ardoch)
Harry before he died, age 91, began to talk of the horrendous times he endured on the march from France to Poland having to cross the River Danube on many occasions. [2], Memorial dedicated to World War II resistance fighters on the site of Stalag VIII-D, Stalag VIII-D / Stalag VIII-B/Z / Stalag VIII-B, Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47, "List of POW Camps ("Kriegsgefangenenlager Liste")", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag_VIII-D&oldid=1139825211, Kommando E535 - Milwitz Coal mine "Milwitzgrube" SOSNOWITZ - Milowice (Sosnowiec), mainly, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 02:47. Football plaque could refer to a room containing mainly POWs from the outside speaking about the atrocities at... Prisoners transferred to camps at Blechhammer and Heydebreck-Cosel in Germany 1944-45 in mid stalag viii b stalag 8b prisoner list... Interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, (! 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