Gestapo prison in Dortmund where they were killed. Only 10 managed to remain free, some returning to Poland, others finding their way to the Allied lines. British prisoners were taught by one officer, Major Alexis Casdagli, to sew with unravelled jumpers and needles and threads from Red Cross parcels, and they made bookmarks or embroidered letters home with symbols of freedom such as butterflies. On the night of 27 September 1944 British aircraft attacking the nearby railroad junction in Nörde, dropped some bombs on the camp, killing 90 officers. Altogether 141 prisoners died in Oflag VI-B. They are buried in the cemetery near the centre of the village of Dossel. A memorial was erected there in 1985. The camp was liberated by the U.S. Army on 3 April 1945. Aftermath In 1960 Polish survivors organized the Klub Dösselczyków. Journals of ex-Polish prisoners are kept in the Central Prisoners of War Museum in Łambinowice, near Opole, Poland. Notable inmates Wg Cdr Douglas Bader RAF, legless British air ace (October 1941 to May 1942). P/O Josef Bryks, Czechoslovak RAFVR fighter pilot and serial escaper (October 1941 – June 1942). Lt Peter Conder, ornithologist and Director of the RSPB Generał dywizji Walerian Czuma, commander in the siege of Warsaw, September 1939 Flt Lt Sydney Dowse, RAFVR pilot and Great Escape survivor. Lt Jock Hamilton-Baillie, serial escaper. Wincenty Kawalec, Polish Ministry of Labour (1972–74), Polish Central Statistical Office President (1965–72), escaped from Oflag VI-B on 20 September 1943 Adam Rapacki, Polish Foreign Secretary (1956–68) Squadron Leader Pete Tunstall RAF, who served more time in solitary confinement than any other British POW Flying Officer Dominic Bruce RAF, the "Medium Sized Man" of Colditz See also List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany Oflag Zero Night References POW memoirs Oflags World War II prisoner of war massacres World War II prisoner of war camps in Germany 1940 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany