Article about: That depends really Dagon, i can read the printed words on the death cards but actual handwritting can be a totally different matter, it can be quite difficult sometimes but i could try
Name: Gerhard Drechsler
Date of birth: 23.11.1919
Place of birth: Gückebberg/Floha
Death/missing date: 22.6.1941
Death/missing place: Straße Widomla und Pruzana
A Gefreiter in Aufklärungs St. 6 (H) 32 Pz.
Name: Richard Lienert
Date of birth: 20.12.1918
Place of birth: Warschard
Death/missing date: 20.9.1941
Death/missing place: H.V.Pl Semipalki Sanko 2/156
verstorben: granate splitter zertrüm der linken unterkiefers (grenade splinter shattered the lower left jaw)
An Oberschütze in 1./Infanterie Regiment 234
Name: Erich Höhn
Date of birth: 4.10.1915
Place of birth: Plaue bei Chemnitz
Death/missing date: 10.9.1941
Death/missing place: Tjurchowa
Gefallen: infanterie geschuß herzschuß (heart shot)
An Obergefreiter in 7./Infanterie Regiment 476
Name: Paul Friedrich
Date of birth: 6.2.1921
Place of birth: Chemnitz
Death/missing date: 23.10.1941
Death/missing place: Nesarjewo
Gefallen: infanterie geschuß brust und bauch (shot in the chest and stomach)
A Pionier in 3./Pionier Bataillon 292
Name: Gerhard Köhler
Date of birth: 14.4.1921
Place of birth: Floha
Death/missing date: 18.10.1941
Death/missing place: Poljzo
Gefallen: artilleriw geschuß voltreffer (direct hit by artillery shell)
A Sturmmann in 9./SS Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 1
Name: Helmut Weiß
Date of birth: 3.1.1916
Place of birth: Floha
Death/missing date: 6.11.1941
Death/missing place: Parpatsch
Gefallen: artillerie geschuß kopf
An Unteroffizier in 6./Infanterie Regiment 72
Name: Walter Hampel
Date of birth: 5.1.1909
Place of birth: Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Death/missing date: 6.11.1941
Death/missing place: Atamano-Wlasowsky, 60 km nordlich Rostow
A Gefreiter in 3./schwere Artillerie Abteilung 844
Name: Paul Krumbiegel
Date of birth: 2.1.1920
Place of birth: Floha
Death/missing date: 12.11.1941
Death/missing place: südlich Wyborg
Gefallen: artillerie geschuß voltreffer (direct hit by artillery shell)
A Gefreiter in 13./Fallschirmjäger Regiment 3
Name: Pul Berger
Date of birth: 2.1.1920
Place of birth: Dresden
Death/missing date: 25.11.1941
Death/missing place: bei Bol-Wloja
An Oberschütze in 2./Infanterie Regiment 2
Name: Otto Schröber
Date of birth: 15.8.1913
Place of birth: Lichtenwalde
Death/missing date: 9.12.1941
Death/missing place: Kosjimino
Gefallen: infanterie geschuß herz (shot in the heart)
A Gefreiter in 9./Infanterie Regiment 185
Name: Johannes Tittmann
Date of birth: 2.10.1921
Place of birth: Floha
Death/missing date: 19.12.1941
Death/missing place: Feldlazarett (mot.) 615 Mgensk
A Pionier in 3./Pionier Bataillon 112
Name: Walter Seidel
Date of birth: 12.12.1914
Place of birth: Floha
Death/missing date: 23.12.1941
Death/missing place: Feldlazarett 1 Sologlilowka
Wounded and died from a shot in the stomach. A Pionier in 1./Pionier Bataillon 223
Name: Hans Zierer
Service rank: Obergefreiter
Date of birth: 28.11.1916
Place of birth: Vilshofen
Death/missing date: 27.06.1941
Death/missing place: bei Romaniki
His cause of death is noted as Gefallen: Infanterie Geschuß Herz (Killed in action: Infantry shot, heart)
Hans Zierer has probably been transferred as an unknown soldier to the military cemetery Potelytsch, Ukraine.
Unfortunately, during our re-interment activities, we were not able to recover all the fallen German soldiers from his original burial place and transfer them to the cemetery Potelytsch. It is, however, possible that Hans Zierer is one of the German soldiers whose remains have been recovered, but whom it has not been possible to identify, in spite of all our efforts.
Stabskompanie./Infanterie-Bataillon 560 z.b.V - Franz Pölzleitner
Name: Franz Pölzleitner
Date of birth: 9.2.1923
Place of birth: Frankenmarkt
Death/missing date: 23.11.1943
Death/missing place: Bol-Lepaticha
Service rank: Obergefreiter
His cause of death is noted as Gefallen: Granatsplitter Ganzer Körper (Killed in action: Shrapnel whole body)
Franz Pölzleitner was not recovered during our re-interment activities. The planned transfer to the collective cemetery in Kropywnytskyji - Sammelfriedhof, Ukraine was, therefore, unfortunately not possible. His name will be recorded in the cemetery's memorial book.
Although Franz was a member of Infanterie-Bataillon 560 z.b.V (Bewährung/probation unit), the fact he was in the Stabskompanie points to him being assigned to this unit and not being there as a consequence of a sentence.
From April 1941 on, soldiers convicted by Wehrmacht courts fought in so-called probation unit 500 on »particularly dangerous sections of the front«, where they were to prove themselves by displaying »exceptional bravery«. If they succeeded, they could hope for a reduced sentence or even a pardon; otherwise their original sentences would be enforced. Around 27,000 »probation men« served in the »500« units during the war, guarded and commanded by officers, sergeants and squads selected for this purpose from the regular troops. A qualified leadership on the one hand, probation pressure and, in part, the »will to prove oneself« on the other made these units strong in battle. Yet losses were also particularly high. After an average of six months, a battalion of around 1,000 men had been »worn down«, meaning the men had been killed in action, gone missing or been wounded. The existence of these units was to deter obedient soldiers from any form of insubordination. Penal System | Denkmal fur die Verfolgten der NS-Militarjustiz in Wien
3./Schwadron Gebirgs Aufklärungs Abteilung 54 - Franz Paul Jordan
Name: Franz Jordan
Date of birth: 14.4.1922
Place of birth: Apfeltrang, Schwab
Death/missing date: 14.5.1943
Death Place: Mojkovate, Montenegro
Service rank: Gefreiter
Father: Franz Jordan
His cause of death is noted as Gefallen: Infanterie Geschuß Brustschuß (Killed in action: Infanterie shot, chest)
Franz Jordan was not recovered during our re-interment activities. The planned transfer to the collective cemetery in Podgorica, Montenegro was, therefore, unfortunately not possible. His name is recorded in a particular place in the aforementioned cemetery.
I thought this would be interesting to share because there are two different versions of his death card.
Staf De Clercq (16 September 1884 – 22 October 1942) was a Flemish nationalist collaborator, co-founder and leader of the Flemish nationalist Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (Flemish National League, or VNV).
He was born as Jeroom Gustaaf De Clercq in Everbeek, East Flanders on 16 September 1884. He was a member of the moderate Frontpartij, became party leader in 1932, and moved them to the right, converting them into VNV the following year.[1] In 1936 his new party gained 13.6% of the votes in Flanders, and 14.7% in 1939.
Welcoming of the Nazi German occupation, De Clercq believed it to constitute a chance for the creation of a Diets state, an unprecedented (apart from the medieval Burgundian personal union) Dutch language-based community uniting Flanders, the Netherlands and even the part of northern France with Flemish dialects (corresponding to French Flanders). His organization supported the German occupiers in the identification and round-up of Jews for deportation.
He died in Ghent and was succeeded by Hendrik Elias. In 1978 the Vlaamse Militanten Orde had his body transferred to the cemetery in Asse.
This is very interesting indeed, thank you for posting. In my time collecting death cards, this is only the second example I have seen for a collaborator.
Google Lens makes it so easy for us to translate a wall of text.
This is the in memoriam:
A man passed from us whom Providence had chosen for the difficult task of leading a people through distress and confusion to its shining salvation.
It was an ancient and glorious nation, deprived of its crown over the course of time, deeply humiliated when its very essence was attacked and it became a prey to the powers of corruption.
The man who was called to lead the struggle for the upliftment of that people had a big heart, a courageous will and an unassailably pure insight.
How much love for people and country did he have in his heart! How his will was bent, day by day, towards the glorious goal! The purity of his insight was such that even the enemies had to testify: “There is no deceit in this man. »
He fell in the heat of the camp. Then it was seen how he had managed to connect tens of thousands to his good fight. His funeral was royal. From the mourning for the death, the flame of the invincible popular faith rose high.
He is buried in the region that was dearest to him. His spirit continues to shine over the people he served with the beautiful, strong gifts of his fatherly leadership.
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by Ryan heath
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