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 British
 * Józef Unrug
 * Brigadier Nigel FitzRoy Somerset (145th Infantry Brigade)

Dutch


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