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[Willmore]

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Death sheet I recently got on eBay for $25 Includes two SS soldiers on it Hope u all enjoy it like I do!

Hi Ryan.

Thank you for sharing this with us. It is very poignant for sure.

Here is some information on the soldiers I could find casualty cards for.

First page -

Ludwig Scherm - 3./Kompanie Sturm Pionier Bataillon 178
Erwin Neuhardt - 1./Schwadron Aufklärungs Abteilung 179
Karl Lauer - 11./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 110
Ludwig Grub - 3./Batterie Artillerie Regtiment 246
Peter Erschens - Aufklärungs Schwadron Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 342
Wilhelm Sauter - 6./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 124
Günther Omlor - 3./Kompanie Pionier Bataillon 179

Second page -

Rudolf Braun - Bäckerei Kompanie 179
Ferdinand Artmann - 6./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 118
Ludwig Trautmann - 12./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 106
Alois Jung - 1./Kompanie Pionier Bataillon 376
Kurt Fettig - Stab./Pionier Bataillon 132
Reinhard Wild - 6./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 688
Ludwig Jenfer - 5./Kompanie Kuban Kosaken Reiter Regiment 4 ***

Third page -

Hans Lauer - Oasen Kompanie 12
Franz Pirrung - 1./Kompanie Pionier Bataillon 74
Emil Müller - 7./Kompanie Infanterie Regtiment 501
Johann Ludes - 4./Kompanie Sicherungs-Bataillon 707
August Laberke - 7./Kompanie Infanterie Regiment 463
Kurt Feist - 12./Kompanie Infanterie Regiment 116
Josef Simon - 10./Kompanie Grenadier Regtiment 282
Willi Stock - 5./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 485
Otto Korst - Stab./Panzeräger Abteilung (Mot) 18
Franz Malter - 3./Kompanie Marsch Bataillon 306/4
Erich Kihm - 7./Kompanie 218
Edmund Lauer - Feld Ersatz Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 110

Fourth page -

Paul Frey - 5./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 682
Günther Eckerle - 4./Batterie Flak Regiment 3
Walter Wenz - 7./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 105
Alois Schmidt - Pionier Zug Grenadier Regiment 418
Karl Klink - 6./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 731
Rudolf Becker - Eisenbahn Pionier Kompanie 79
Eduard Bellaire - 4./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 397
Willi Becker - 2./Kompanie Grenadier Regiment 463
Kurt Radke - 14./Panzerjäger Kompanie Infanterie Regiment 532
Philipp Stuckart - 14./Kompanie Grenadier Regimen 208


I picked out these two soldiers below because they were in very interesting units.

From page 2 -

Ludwig Jenfer (Kuban Kosaken Reiter Regiment 4).



1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division -
1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division


From page 3 -

Hans Lauer (Oasen Kompanie 12), which was made up of men that had lived or worked in Africa.



Oasen (Oasis) Kompanie -
The Oasen companies occupied and guarded not only isolated oasis, but also wells, road junctions, etc., and were specially trained and equipped for water collection and treatment operations.
Oasis Company? - Axis History Forum

Kind regards,

Will.

[Ryan heath]

Thank you for this information!

[BlackCat1982]

Nice find Ryan. It also appears to show 2 or 3 examples of headgear being added to the portraits at a later date.

[TabsTabs1964]

It's not strictly a Death Card. It's a photograph taken in 1944 of a kind of commemorative monument to the dead soldiers in that parish inside the church.

Katholische Stadtpfarrkirche St. Josef (St Joseph Catholic Chrurch) in Reinhausen. Reinhausen i's a District of Regensburg (Upper Palatinate, Bavaria)


Pfarrei Regensburg Reinhausen. Für die Heimat Sterben den Heldentod - Parish of Regensburg Reinhausen. For the homeland die a heroic death

[Willmore]

Hi Santi.

That is a great photo, very poignant too, thank you for sharing it with us.

Kind regards,

Will.

[TabsTabs1964]

Arrived yesterday

[TabsTabs1964]

[Willmore]

Hi Santi.

Thank you for sharing another poignant example.

Here are the details of the soldiers.

Name: Alfons Hurt
Rank: Unteroffizier
Birth Date: 9 May 1920
Birth Place: Nittel, Saarburg
Military Unit: Infanterie Geschutz Kompanie 216 Goslar
Death Date: 8 Sep 1944
Death Place: Kolmar (Colmar France)

His cause of death is noted as - Arrosions blutung aus dem Aortenbend mit Brustschuss (Arrosion bleeding from the aortic bend with a shot in the chest)

Alfons Hurt is buried in the military cemetery in Bergheim, France.
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I couldn't find a casualty card for Johann or Josef, but here are their details from the Volksbund.

Name: Johann Hurt
Date of birth: 10.02.1914
Place of birth: Nittel
Death/missing date: 1945
Death/missing place: Granowo pow. Chojnice
Service rank: Obergefreiter

Johann Hurt has not yet been transferred to a military cemetery set up by the Volksbund.
According to the information available to us, his grave is currently in the following place: Granowo - Polen


Name: Josef Hurt
Date of birth: 25.09.1915
Place of birth: Nittel
Death/missing date: 23.11.1943
Death/missing place: Bei Wessely
Service rank: Obergefreiter

Josef Hurt has not yet been transferred to a military cemetery set up by the Volksbund.
According to the information available to us, his grave is currently in the following place: Wessely / Nikopol - Ukraine

Kind regards,

Will.

[Clunkiest Olives]

I have quite a few , Ill post them in due course when I get round to it although typically on average how many death cards were actually produced per individual?

I suppose it highly depends on how many people attended the respective ceremony etc.

[BlackCat1982]

I have quite a few , Ill post them in due course when I get round to it although typically on average how many death cards were actually produced per individual?

I suppose it highly depends on how many people attended the respective ceremony etc.

I don't think there was a typical amount produced, as you have already deduced it depends on the size of family, friends etc.