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Friedrich-Wilhelm Franz Max Erdmann Gustav von Lindeiner genannt von Wildau (12 December 1880 – 22 May 1963) was a German Staff Officer of the Luftwaffe during World War II. He is best known today for having been the commandant of Stalag Luft III, which is famous for the 'great escape' which took place in 1944.
Stalag Luft III (German: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel.
Stalag Luft III – niemiecki obóz jeniecki podczas II wojny światowej, przeznaczony dla zatrzymanych lotników sił alianckich. Obóz (Kriegsgefangenen Stammlager der Luftwaffe 3, Sagan; w literaturze niemieckojęzycznej cyfra jest arabska, a w anglojęzycznej rzymska) powstał w 1942 roku na terenie Rzeszy.
16 maj 2023 · Stalag Luft 3, near the town of Sagan in the German province of Silesia, became the largest and most famous prison camp for Allied airmen in World War II. It was opened in April 1942, after the Luftwaffe decided that all captured airmen should be confined in a single camp.
The camp commandant was fair in his attitude and the camp staff well disciplined. Communication with other compounds was practically nil and parole walks outside the confines of the camp were very restricted.
Stalag Luft III was located 100 miles southeast of Berlin in what is now Poland. The POW camp was one of six operated by the Luftwaffe for downed British and American airmen. Compared to other prisoner of war camps throughout the Axis world, it was a model of civilized internment.
2 kwi 2015 · Discover WW2 records for Stalag Luft III Prisoners of War in Silesia, Poland (the famous camp of the Great Escape), and daily life in the camp.
