"I once had a comrade". Photos of graves of German soldiers.

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Thousands and thousands of names on wooden crosses all over Russia....


Jakobi - Erich Schalow - O. Gfr. Walter Habersack - Helmut Neumann - Erich Militzer - Pi. Ernst Enkelmann- O. Pi. Ernst Katscher 4.2.44 - Pi. August Menz - Gfr. Erich Vollrath 2.2.44


Uffz. Anton Schliepper – Uffz. Paul Meyer – Gfr. Bruno Schittenhelm – Gfr. Otto Pfaff – Gfr. Alfred Fey – Sold. Kupi Kienzle -Stb. Feldw Erich Hirsch – Alois Stolze – O Gefr. Ernst Gugl

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This Luftwaffe motorcyclist with his sidecar stops to see the grave of a fallen comrade on the second day of Operation Barbarossa. Sculeni, today the Republic of Moldova, formerly USSR territory
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Gefr. Georg Hartmann
Gef. am 23.6.1941 im Sculeni

[Witt]

Thank you for showing the photos of the Luftwaffe motorist and the marker of Georg Hartmann. I had previously seen the listing for these but found it interesting as Georg was not in the Luftwaffe but rather the Heer. He was a Gefreiter in Stab III./Infanterie Regiment 305. I wish that the large cross was not cast in a shadow such that the inscription could be read. It may be a Luftwaffe marker although only a handful of the casualty cards from Sculeni were not Heer. That is a few men of a Flak Regiment and one bomber crash. An old friend possibly.



Name: Georg Hartmann
Date of birth: 8.12.1910
Place of birth: Ebershardt
Death/missing date: 23.6.1941
Death/missing place: Sculeni

Gefallen: Fliegerbombe (aircraft bomb)

[Witt]

Thousands and thousands of names on wooden crosses all over Russia....


Jakobi - Erich Schalow - O. Gfr. Walter Habersack - Helmut Neumann - Erich Militzer - Pi. Ernst Enkelmann- O. Pi. Ernst Katscher 4.2.44 - Pi. August Menz - Gfr. Erich Vollrath 2.2.44

Hello Santi,

This is another touching photo. I have cards for most of the crosses that have discernible names. Unfortunately many are obscured just enough that I do not want to falsely assign a name to the grave. I will also have to break it up into two posts to cover all of the cards. This should open up the stories of more of these men that had fallen.
This photo should depict some of the graves at Heldenfriedhof Awtschino, 20km west-nordwestlich Newel. Many of the men buried here fell at Perewos although some were brought in from neighboring villages. Another two yards were established elsewhere to hold burials from the surrounding area. I should also note that all these are different from where the fallen of 1941 were buried. Today we find that most have been reburied in marked plots or as unknown soldiers in Schtschatkowo, Belarus.



Row 1

Pionier Walter Habersack of 2./Pionier Bataillon 299

Name: Walter Habersack
Date of birth: 2.10.1917
Place of birth: Bachrain
Death/missing date: 4.2.1944
Death/missing place: Perewos

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß kopf



Obergefreiter Erich Militzer of 14.(PzJäg)/Grenadier Regiment 528

Name: Erich Militzer
Date of birth: 27.6.1909
Place of birth: Dreitzsch
Death/missing date: 4.2.1944
Death/missing place: Perewos, 16km südlich Witebsk



Oberpionier Ernst Katscher of 3./Pionier Bataillon 299

Name: Ernst Katscher
Date of birth: 22.5.1924
Place of birth: Reichenbach
Death/missing date: 4.2.1944
Death/missing place: 1km nördl. Perewos

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß voltreffer



Gefreiter Erich Vollrath of 3./Pionier Bataillon 299

Name: Erich Vollrath
Date of birth: 10.10.1909
Place of birth: Gottendorf
Death/missing date: 3.2.1944
Death/missing place: 500m südl. Shuki

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß kopf



Row 2

Gefreiter Erich Schalow of 4./Grenadier Regiment 528

Name: Erich Schalow
Date of birth: 20.2.1912
Place of birth: Altstätt
Death/missing date: 4.2.1944
Death/missing place: Stakarowa

Gefallen: granate splitter beider unterschenkel



Unteroffizier Helmut Neumann of 2./Pionier Bataillon 299

Name: Helmut Neumann
Date of birth: 2.1.1922
Place of birth: Saalfeld
Death/missing date: 4.2.1944
Death/missing place: Perewos

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß voltreffer



Pionier Ernst Enkelmann of 3./Pionier Bataillon 299

Name: Erich (Ernst) Enkelmann
Date of birth: 18.7.1913
Place of birth: Deutsch-Gabel
Death/missing date: 4.2.1944
Death/missing place: 1km südl. Perewos

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß voltreffer



Pionier August Menz of 3./Pionier Bataillon 299

Name: August Menz
Date of birth: 26.7.1913
Place of birth: Floh
Death/missing date: 4.2.1944
Death/missing place: 1km nördlich Perewos

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß voltreffer

[Witt]

Row 3

Gefreiter Bernhard Gunkel of Stab/Grenadier Regiment 529

Name: Bernhard Gunkel
Date of birth: 1.7.1924
Place of birth: Rustenfelde
Death/missing date: 6.2.1944
Death/missing place: Perewos an der Lutschessa

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß voltreffer


Row 4


Gefreiter Heinz Hering of Stab/Grenadier Regiment 529

Name: Heinz Hering
Date of birth: 27.2.1922
Place of birth: Betzdorf
Death/missing date: 5.2.1944
Death/missing place: Perewos an der Lutschessa

Gefallen: infanterie geschuß rücken und beine



Oberfeldwebel Max Jaudt of 1./Pionier Bataillon 299

Name: Max Jaudt
Date of birth: 5.9.1914
Place of birth: Mannheim
Death/missing date: 5.2.1944
Death/missing place: 800m westlich Makarowa

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß harz



Gefreiter Günter Landgrebe of 5./Grenadier Regiment 529

Name: Günter Landgrebe
Date of birth: 18.12.1922
Place of birth: Friedberg
Death/missing date: 6.2.1944
Death/missing place: Karpowitschi

Gefallen: infanterie geschuß brust



Gefreiter Theodor Blum of 7./Grenadier Regiment 529

Name: Theodor Blum
Date of birth: 26.9.9124
Place of birth: Langenbochum
Death/missing date: 6.2.1944
Death/missing place: Perewos

Gefallen: artillerie geschuß voltreffer

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This is simply amazing. I uploaded the photos because of their striking image. I didn't think any identification was possible. Friend, you leave me speechless.....

Regards
Santi