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Letter to the family of a soldier killed in action.
Here is a letter to the family of a soldier that was killed in action.
It is typed out by the company and is quite detailed in what actually happened to their son. Obergefreiter Schulz is buried in the German War Cemetry in Kharkov Ukraine.
Wilhelm Schulz ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Charkow.
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01-08-2017 07:26 PM
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One wonders, though, whether the stated cause of death (instantly killed by a headshot) was actually true.
In letters notifying a fallen soldier's next-of-kin of their relative's death as well as in the KIA entry in the deceased's Wehrpaß (which was sent to the family as a memento), direct headshots and heartshots were commonly used as the alleged cause of death even if the actual injuries were far grislier.
This was done to spare the family from additional grief and so that they could take some consolation from the belief that at least their loved one didn't suffer.
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In case you didn't know, his feldpostnummer refers to the 1. Kompanie of Infanterie-Regiment 120 from the 60. Infanterie-Division. In august 1941, they were fighting between Shitomir and Kiev.
Cheers,
Satzar
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