1. February 1945
Missing Pages: 1. February – 6. February
7. February, Wednesday
Soldiers gathering, Hertie (Hertie is a department store in Munich), quarters. Wahler. Nata.
8. February, Thursday
Leave Munich, Pasing, Augsburg, Nurnberg
9. February, Friday
Leave Nurnberg at 7am, Weiden, Parksteinhutten. Narrow tracks to Steinfeld. 5 pm. Sleep with my coat on.
10. February, Saturday
Checking out construction sites with Beckmann, Boss.
Eat und sleep in my coat.
Missing Pages :11. February –12. February
13. February, Tuesday
Letter Inge (7)
14. February, Wednesday
15. February, Thursday
16. February, Friday
Schmid to Berlin
Missing Pages: 17. February and 18. February
19. February, Monday
Schmid is back from Berlin
20. February, Tuesday
21. February, Wednesday
Letter from Fly and Eva
(?). Eva.
22. February, Thursday
Missing Pages : 23. February and 24. February
25. February, Saturday
half a work day
26. February, Monday
Letter from Eva, from Feb 14th.
Schmid und Decker going to (the city of) Hof
27. February, Tuesday
The enemy is circling above Germany
28. February, Wednesday
2. March 1945,Thursday
3. March, Friday
4. March, Saturday
5. March, Sunday
Day off
6. March, Monday
7. March Tuesday
8. March, Wednesday
Letter from Mutti and Inge. Mailed Feb. 26, 1945. Letter to Inge (10)
9. March, Friday
10. March, Saturday
11. March, Sunday
Worked half day
12. March, Monday
Schmid to Weisswasser
13. March, Tuesday
Letter from Inge 10, letter to Inge 11.
14. March, Wednesday
Letter from Eva February 22; letter from Inge 13, 14 Letter to Inge (12)
15. March, Thursday
I am filling in for Kneip. Schuring continues.
16. March, Friday
Schmid is back, letter from Inge (7), letter to Inge (13)
17. March, Saturday
18. March, Sunday
19. March, Monday
Schmid to Munich and Illerbeuern
20. March, Tuesday
Letter to Inge (14)
21. March, Wednesday
22. March, Thursday
23. March, Friday
24. March, Saturday
8th and 9th letter from Inge. Letter to Inge (15)
25. March, Sunday
26. March, Monday
Letter from Mutti (money)
27. March, Tuesday
American tanks reach Limburg. Sick, a little diarrhea. Letter from Mother and Felix, Eva. Trip went well.
28. March, Wednesday
Schmid is traveling to Munich. O.T. refugees from Frankfurt; construction site elevated to priority status. Dr. Wegner
29. March, Thursday
30. March, Friday day off
31. March, Saturday
1. April 1945, Sunday
got the day off
2. April, Monday
Got the day off.
The Russians are near Vienna, the Americans near Kassel.
3. April, Tuesday
4. April, Wednesday
5. April, Thursday
Schmid is back.
6. April, Friday
Beckmann is back, Russians near Vienna, Americans are at Teutoburger Forest, Thuringer Forest, Kassel, at the river Weser.
7. April, Saturday
8. April, Sunday
9. April, Monday
10. April, Tuesday
11. April, Wednesday
Schmid is back. Talk about Beckmann regarding release.
12. April, Thursday
Leave for Salzburg
13. April, Friday
Arrive in Salzburg. Eva is here, Fly and Felix.
14. April, Friday
Movie, O.T. station, Mama Deutsch.
15. April, Sunday
16. April, Monday
17. April, Tuesday
Visited Berchtesgarden
18. April, Wednesday
19. April, Thursday
Drachenloch
20. April, Friday
Drachenloch
21. April, Saturday
Drachenloch
22. April, Sunday
No entry until 4. May
4. May 1945, Friday
The Americans marched through. The war is over. New life will grow out off the ruins. I do hope so!
Fathers OT Diary from February 1945 to the end of the war
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Hi Canadien,
Thank you very much for this very human diary. It is a valuable document because it highlights the banality of most of the war. War has been described as long periods of boredom interspersed with occasional moments of high terror. It is good to remind ourselves that most people weren't heroically leading daily charges in the front line.
Many thanks,
Sid.
Thank you very much for this very human diary. It is a valuable document because it highlights the banality of most of the war. War has been described as long periods of boredom interspersed with occasional moments of high terror. It is good to remind ourselves that most people weren't heroically leading daily charges in the front line.
Many thanks,
Sid.
You are all most welcome sharing is knowledge
You are all most welcome sharing is knowledge plus it gave me a connection to my father and again ,the diary would not be possible without the help of both Susanne and Annette. And thank you all for your sharing of knowledge as well ![:[]](./images/smilies/icon_study.gif "Study")
