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08-26-2010 02:08 PM
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
Very nice historical group.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
Indeed, a fine grouping. For the benefit of the non-German speaking members, allow me to add the translation of the letter posted above:
"Dear Mr. Heinrichs,
to my deepest regrets I have to inform you that the ship onto which your son, the Mechanikergefreite Alfons Rohman, had been detailed, has sunk during an operation against the enemy and that your son is not recorded on the list of those saved that has found its way here. Thus, sadly it has to be assumed with certainty that he has met with a Hero's Death for our Fatherland.
In case we receive additional news, you will be notified immediately.
Your son had belonged to a crew whose members had achieved the most outstanding merits in the Greater German Reich's struggle for liberty through their long and most successful cruises in the waters overseas and whose achievements shall be a particularly glorious chapter in history. The names of these heroes shall remain unforgotten in the Navy and be cherished highly.
May the thought that your son had laid his life on the line for Germany's liberty and greatness be a consolation for you.
In heartfelt sympathy,
Your
[signed: S. Sorge]
Kapitän zur See
and Chief of the Staff of the
2nd Admiral of the Baltic Sea Station"
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
Thank you HPL. I was trying to figure out the letter in my horrible broken German. Your translation is excellent.
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
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tampalam
Your translation is excellent.
It is indeed, many thanks HPL. I spent an hour typing it into a Google translator earlier today - I wish I'd waited now
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
Thanks, you're welcome! By the way, I forgot to add that, oddly, Mr. Fritz Heinrichs - although Alfons Rohman is referred to in the Captain's letter as his son - was apparently not really his father:
On the death certificate, the biological father is identified as Wilhelm Albert Karl Rohman with the ominous remark "whereabouts unknown".
Maybe Heinrichs was his adoptive father?
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
Postscript: Alright, Mr. Fritz Heinrichs was clearly the late sailor's stepfather: On the death certificate, his mother's name is given as Berta Rohman, neé Seraphin; but in the newspaper obituary, the parents appear as Fritz Heinrichs and Berta Heinrichs, so they probably had married not too long before. I should have looked closer at all the attachments.
Last edited by HPL2008; 08-26-2010 at 10:18 PM.
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
Hucks,
Nice piece, gone to a good home!
Jock
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Re: Auxiliary Cruiser ' Pinguin' Wehrpass & Paperwork
Sounds like most interesting grouping--I cant see pics) Poor connection my end. We don't see many WP/SB Shared-Apart from jammy Jocks, Last Find) Look forward to seeing this soon.
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