Teschen Army Barracks

Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp (Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now Český Těšín, Czech Republic). It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks.[1] It was later known as Stalag VIII-B. (from Wikipedia)       The first performance of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time took place on 15 January …