Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn
# Oflag VIII-E Johannisbrunn

Oflag VIII-E was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for Allied general officers (Offizierlager) located in Jánské Koupele (then Johannisbrunn) in German-occupied Czechoslovakia (now located in the Moravian–Silesian Region, Czech Republic).

## Camp history

The camp, a former spa hotel, was opened in July 1940 and housed approximately 70 Allied generals and their aides. Among those officers imprisoned were 30 from Poland, 24 from France, 7 from the Netherlands, 6 from Belgium, 1 from the United Kingdom, and a Colonel from Norway. On April 27, 1942, all the Poles were transferred to other camps, mostly to Oflag VII-A Murnau. Soon after all the other prisoners were also transferred, and the camp was closed on 1 July 1942.

### Commandants

* Oberst Hencker (29 October 1940 – 30 June 1941)
* Generalmajor Johann Janusz (1 July 1941 – 19 May 1942)

## 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)

Dutch

* General Henri Gerard Winkelman, Commander-in-Chief Dutch Forces 1940
