Stalag VIII A Görlitz

Stalag VIII A Görlitz Memorial site of former WW II German POW camp Stalag VIII A Görlitz

Educational centre. Exhibitions. Historical research

Paul Demullier – A French POW at Stalag VIII AFrench soldier Paul Demullier was imprisoned at Stalag VIII A Görlitz, fro...
06/11/2025

Paul Demullier – A French POW at Stalag VIII A

French soldier Paul Demullier was imprisoned at Stalag VIII A Görlitz, from where he was assigned to several labour battalions across Silesia. His son Christophe spent years trying to uncover his father’s story — despite Paul’s silence about his time as a POW and forced labourer.

Through photos, anecdotes, and archive documents, Christophe reconstructed his father’s path: from Frontstalag 203 in Le Mans to Görlitz, Hirschberg (Jelenia Góra), and Maiwaldau (Maciejowa), where Paul worked as a baker between 1942 and 1943.

In visiting these places, Christophe retraced his father’s steps and gave new life to a story once untold — showing how the history of Stalag VIII A still connects families across Europe today.

📖 Read the full biography on our website [link in bio].

24/10/2025

Am Montag, dem 27.10.2025, findet das nächste Online-Treffen mit Nachfahr:innen französischer und belgischer Kriegsgefangener des Stalag VIII A Görlitz statt. Christophe Demullier wird von seinen Recherchen zur Gruppe der sog. "travailleurs transformés", also in zivile Zwangsarbeiter umgewandelte Kriegsgefangene, berichten. Die Veranstaltung wird auf Zoom in französischer Sprache stattfinden. Um Anmeldung wird gebeten unter [email protected]

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme!
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W poniedziałek, 27 października 2025 roku, odbędzie się kolejne spotkanie online z potomkami francuskich i belgijskich jeńców wojennych ze Stalagu VIII A Görlitz.
Christophe Demullier opowie o swoich badaniach dotyczących grupy tzw. „travailleurs transformés”, czyli jeńców wojennych przekształconych w cywilnych robotników przymusowych.
Wydarzenie odbędzie się na platformie Zoom i będzie prowadzone w języku francuskim.
Prosimy o zgłoszenia na adres: [email protected]

Serdecznie zapraszamy do udziału!
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On Monday, October 27, 2025, the next online meeting with descendants of French and Belgian prisoners of war from Stalag VIII A Görlitz will take place.
Christophe Demullier will present his research on the group of so-called “travailleurs transformés” – prisoners of war who were turned into civilian forced laborers.
The event will be held on Zoom and conducted in French. Please register at [email protected]

We look forward to your participation!

On Monday, 1 September 2025, at 6 p.m., historian Jutta Bischoff will give a lecture on the history of French prisoners ...
26/08/2025

On Monday, 1 September 2025, at 6 p.m., historian Jutta Bischoff will give a lecture on the history of French prisoners of war in Germany during WW2. She will present research findings that she has published in her book ‘French Prisoners of War in Stalag 326 (VI K) Senne’ (available online at https://stalag326.de/.../Publikation_Frz-KGF_mitAnhang.pdf). The event will be held in French on Zoom. Anyone interested is warmly invited to attend! Please register at [email protected].

The field of public history is a leading aspect of our project. The German historian Felix Ackermann shared the gist of ...
30/07/2025

The field of public history is a leading aspect of our project. The German historian Felix Ackermann shared the gist of this exciting field with us. Under his guidance we visited the exhibition “Görlitz im Nationalsozialismus” currently featured in the Görlitz Kulturhistorisches Museum. We analysed the exhibition concerning its layout, its storytelling and its overall message. We concluded the day with a lively discussion comparing the different approaches of museums in Ukraine, Poland and Germany.

The memorial site Stalag VIII A is the starting point of or our work. We not only visited the site but engaged deeply in...
29/07/2025

The memorial site Stalag VIII A is the starting point of or our work. We not only visited the site but engaged deeply in its history, focussing on individual biographies of the prisoners of the POW camp during a guided tour by , the head of the projects organizer, the . We finished the morning by commemorating the victims of the camp at the nearby cemetery of the Soviet Prisoners of War.

Our project „One History – Many Stories. Summer School on WWII Forced Labour and Public History” has kicked off with our...
28/07/2025

Our project „One History – Many Stories. Summer School on WWII Forced Labour and Public History” has kicked off with our group of young people from Ukraine, Poland and Germany coming together in GörlitZgorzelec. We focused on the layout of the individual projects which will be developed on the bases of biographies of Forced Labourers. During our programme we will have the chance to get information and be inspired by historical and artistic inputs as well as visits to different places and memorial sites of forced labour.

Leading up to our project „One History – Many Stories. Summer School on WWII Forced Labour and Public History” we had th...
28/07/2025

Leading up to our project „One History – Many Stories. Summer School on WWII Forced Labour and Public History” we had the opportunity to learn how to conduct interviews with contemporary witnesses and working with different historical archives. The main idea is for every participant to try and research his or her own family history concerning the topic of WWII forced labour and its victims. The workshops were lead online by historians Anna Jatchenko and Andrij Ucatch from Після тиші – After Silence, our Lviv based partners.

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Jeńców Stalagu VIII A
Zgorzelec
59-900

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