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Hello, It was and is not uncommon in the German Army to build "Stubenbelegungen" (soldiers in one accommodation) only with smokers and only with non-smokers. So, the non-smokes are not forced to sleep in a sleeping-room ("Smoking-chamber") full of smoke. To build these "Stub...

Hi

His rank is not Obergruppenführer.
It is Obergefreiter.
Possibilities of abbreviation:
OG
OGfr
Ob.Gfr.
Ob.Gefr.

In my opinion he was Obergefreiter with Unterkunftsverwaltung des Heeres 281 a kind of an quartermaster unit.

Best regards,

andernach

Hello

check this:

There is a GORDEEVO 150km south/west Moskau and

there is a GORDIJEVO in Yugoslavia (between Crna Gora and Kosovska Mitrovica).

Regards,

andernach

Hello

Can anybody tell me something about the camouflage and the encircled equipment.
At the back of the picture is written: Near Caen


Thanks a lot and greetings,

andernach

Hello Here is the story about these books the so called Vermisstenbildlisten des DRK (German Red Cross) Suchdienst. I hope you will understand the german text. Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz richtet Suchdienst ein Der Zweite Weltkrieg reißt Hunderttausende Familien auseinander: Frauen vermissen ihre Männer...

Hi Ostküste, Have you done a research to "Die Flugabwehrverbände der Waffen-SS" from Hans Stöber. There are a lot of information concerning the SS-FlakAbt 3. From page 97 to 116 you can find orders, names, structures, parts of the war diary, Feldpostnummern and awards. :up: Greetings, ande...

Hello I have ordered some of the new DVDs from NARA. My current PC has only 504 MB RAM, nevertheless I ordered the 2991 x 6552 pixels DVD versions. The result is overwhelming. Sharp pictures and no problems to start the pics, neither by starting them directly from the DVD. I only can recommend these...

Hello Rostislav Military German language and "normal" German language are sometimes very different. In military German there is no plural in the use of abbreviations. A "Satz" is a set of something. In your examble a set of heavy mortars (schweres Werfer- oder Wurfgerät). In &quo...