Albrechtice v Jizerských horách is a village in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is located about 9 km northeast of Jablonec nad Nisou and has a population of 322 . Hamlet Mariánská Hora is an administrative part of Albrechtice v Jizerských horách. During the Second World War the village, then known as Albrechtsdorf, was the base for a working party of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, under the administration of Stalag VIIB/344 at Łambinowice in Poland. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, the prisoners were marched westward in the so-called Long March or Death March. Many...
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