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Hi Thank you all very much. I am slogging my little heart out trying to learn German, having been told it can be used and understood all over Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland only to find I have to ask people to speak High German. I hope to go to Germany soon and some poor native will proba...

Hi Graham I have been to the area. My father was in the 98th Field Regiment, the Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry and he was captured about noon 28 May 1940 at Godeswaervelde, just a few miles from the site you are interested in. Some of his regiment managed to escape from the five tanks that decimated a ...

Cab anyone reccomend a book concerning the Suwalki and Bialystok regions of East Prussia (Wehrkreis I). I have found bits about Bialystok but so far have nothing on Suwalki.

Thank you

Jacky

There is a book on e-bay about Skorzeny. It is written by Charles Whiting and describes him as larger than life. According to the blurb he was 6' 4'' in height, covered in duelling scars, rescued Mussolini, kidnapped Hoarthy's son, had an affair with Eva Peron and tried to blackmail Churchill. Is th...

Hi derGespenst

Thank you for the information.

Jacky

Hi My German is elementary but I am trying to read about the burning of Angerburg in Ostpreussen synagogue. The first line reads: Die kaum mehr als 15 j. Familien zaehlende Gde in Angerburg hatte zuerst einen Betsaal und betete spaeter in einem Privatehaus. I would like to know what j. and Gde stand...

Hi Einsamer Wolf

I purchased my copy from e-bay. There were several copies for sale and for the first five I was outbid at the last minute but I finally purchased a brand new copy at the start price (in the UK). I hope you have the same luck in the USA.

Jacky

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If Goering destroyed Karinhall and Obersalburg was destroyed after being handed back to Bavaria how many homes did Goering have?

Thank you

Jacky

I found a picture of Russians erecting a signpost in territory they had just won. Unfortunately I lost it and cannot find it again but my question is: when the Russians entered Poland, Latvia, Estonia and East Prussia, which all use different alphabets, did they rename everywhere in names with cyril...

Thank you Sid

Jacky

Hi Sid

Thank you very much for your information. Can I please ask you for your references for the extra East Prussian synagogues and the total?

Thank you

Jacky

Hi On http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/outline.weekseven.html I found a map stating that synagogues were destroyed in Konigsberg and Allenstein. I found a photograph of the synagogue in Konigsberg taken about 1926 I think but have found nothing else on the subject. Does any one know if there are ph...

Hi Panzer Mooyman

Thank you. I went to the site and it looks interesting. I think I'll put it on my ;ist of places to visit as it is near where I want to go.

Thanks again

Jacky

I have been trying to find out about Goering's residences - I gather he had several. From what I have discovered it seems Karinhall (named after his late wife) was the favourite and the place where he kept his looted art collection. I understand it was blown up by the Allies but where was it? And wh...

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Thank you very much.

Jacky