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by wednesdayschild
Fri Jun 12, 2015 6:53 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Railroad Reichsbahn question
Replies: 1
Views: 4940

Railroad Reichsbahn question

For purpose of writing a scene in a novel, I need to know a couple of things: how many different types of passenger cars were there as rolling stock in Germany around 1944 (OTHER than sleeping cars) and, secondly, how were these cars heated ? So far I have found one reference, in a transcript of a w...
by wednesdayschild
Tue May 05, 2015 5:26 pm
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Passage UK to Vienna, May 1942?
Replies: 2
Views: 4745

Re: Passage UK to Vienna, May 1942?

Thanks. I'm posting this over on the Axis History forum also, to get a few more eyeballs.
by wednesdayschild
Tue May 05, 2015 10:59 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Passage UK to Vienna, May 1942?
Replies: 2
Views: 4745

Passage UK to Vienna, May 1942?

For purpose of a novel I'm working on, I have a character whom I need to have travel from Scotland (where she has arrived courtesy of the SOE via the N. Atlantic Air Ferry route) to Vienna, May 1942. She has a valid German passport and is planning to work for SOE in Germany (Vienna) even though we a...
by wednesdayschild
Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:49 am
Forum: Auxiliary organizations
Topic: Abwehr in Vienna - location
Replies: 2
Views: 5270

Re: Abwehr in Vienna - location

Thanks for your response. I've sent queries to several people in Vienna who specialize in giving walking tours of the city for tourists. For the record, here is what one of them said her "source" told her: (no info on who the source is) Gruppe I: Stubenbastei 12 Gruppe II: Biberstraße 22 G...
by wednesdayschild
Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:50 am
Forum: Auxiliary organizations
Topic: Abwehr in Vienna - location
Replies: 2
Views: 5270

Abwehr in Vienna - location

If anyone knows where in Vienna the Abwehrstellen was, I'd appreciate hearing about it. Research for a novel. Also, my research has turned up that the SD was on Theresianumgasse, 16-18, the former residence of Nathaniel Rothschild; if anyone knows differently, or thinks another agency was in that bu...