Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn - Notable Prisoners

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)

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