Lamsdorf Remembered is the home of the book Sojourn in Silesia by Arthur Charles Evans CBE, the former Irish Guard who was held in Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, during World War 2.

On this website you can read an extract from Sojourn in Silesia, buy the book which is available internationally through Amazon. You can also find first hand accounts from those who were in Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, and see photos of them in the camp from those who submitted them to the former site, Lamsdorf Reunited. We also have a blog called Letters from Stalag VIIIB which is POW 16783 letters home, you can access the blog from the tab in the top menu, it is now also available as a book.

Update 2023: We have now been able to get hold of Arthur’s POW records from The National Archives, which you can view here.

We are no longer taking submissions of photos, stories or memorabilia from relatives of former prisoners of war at Stalag VIIIB.