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Some great books for sale. Prefer shipping within EU due to shipping costs Period books: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Kriegsmarine, years 1940, 1941, 1942. All in near perfect condition, 1940 and 1942 editions in their original dust jacket (very very hard to find!). €25 each, €70 altogether. Other: GD, Di...

Hi all, We have done a major update to the site, including updated and corrected guide to Bundesarchiv material. I have changed all the sections with mainly text to HTML format for ease of reading, pringting and edit. New Luftwaffe section. I will be listing it in Google under "wehrmacht office...

If you still need the WASt bank info, let me know (email me better). You need to wire the money via the bank account number provided in the footer of their standard laters

I am studying some documents I obtained from Bundesarchiv (Wast abd BA-MA) on a Hauptmann der Reserve with ID 19. I am curious about a note written on the back of his Karteikarte and also on the front, with a line across. the Note reads "Mit uniform entlassen" - Released with uniform on th...

Thanks guys I hope the material in the menus below will be useful to anyone researching Wehrmacht officers, regardless of the reason. Of cource, anyone researching these officers to put a backgound to their personalized German militaria artifacts will perhaps enjoy it and benefit from it the most Pl...

This is still a work in progress, and I am still to add 15 more pieces with their research and stories, but almost all the other material is there. I would love to read your feedback and comments http://www.zeitzeugen1939.com/ If you only read one section, please read "Material culture and Germ...

Yes, that was the case for chaplains serving in the front. My question was in regards to wearing the Offiziersdolch, which I have found out they didnt

Ive been trying for some time to understand what these Verwendungskarte are (Use cards??) Heres their own definition: Verwendungskarte: für jeden Ersatz-Reservisten I nach der Musterung oder Freiwilligenannahme gleichzeitig mit dem Wehrstammbuch erstellt; diente im Frieden zur Einteilung des Wehrpfl...

I came across the following statement regarding the Pfarrer in the Bundeswehr. Could anyone confirm if this was also the case in the Wehrmacht? (i.e. chaplains never carried weapons and didnt hold rank of officer) Erstaunt waren die Schülerinnen und Schüler über die Information, dass die Militärpfar...

Could anyone tell me if a KM Pfarrer would wear the standard KM Offizierdolch? Also, I would like to understand what "M Pfarrer" means, as in the following taken from the 1937 address book of the Marine Offizier Verband

HI Steve

Have a look at the very long thread on KG27 that i started. the opposite page is there

Heres an image from my flugbuch belonging to Oblt Hermann Winkler of KG27 Boelke, showing a bombing mission to Hull carried out by Winklers He111 on 19th March 1941

vielen dank Lothar

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Hi, help much appreciated with this text: Aus dem Familienbesitz des U-Boot-Fahrers d. U93. Nach Vorbesitzerangaben vom Onkel, einem alten Marineoffizier des Kaiserreichs, der Reichsmarine und im 3. Reich an der Marineschule in Kiel. E-Marke und Foto dabei. Getragener Bestzustand. Der Nachlass stamm...