Displaced Persons Camp Coburg 1945

Photos are made between July and august 1945 in Coburg, Germany

Volunteers in German Service

Foreign volunteers in German service,unclear wich nation exactly,but could be Don Cossacks

Leaflet Koenigsberg 1945

Leaflet dropped by “Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland” during the final days of the battle in Koenigsberg

Battle of Kowel 1944

A real piece of history,dropped by the Red Army during the battle/encirclement of German troops in Kowel.Red army propaganda saying there is no way out,to end it as fast as possible to stop fighting and the loss of soldiers….
Its a brought back home item a former German soldier found during the battle of Kowel.

Ruhrkessel

A leaflet,dropped by American troops during the time of the Ruhr encirclement1945

Festung Breslau

2 ID´s,both from Festung Breslau,issued to Oberleutnant Horst Benecke,who belongs to Battallion Seybold (issued 19.03.1945),the other says he belongs to Regiments Gruppe Seybold,Regiment Mohr and he was the leader of Battalion Seybold (issued 22.04.1945).
Both documents are signed my Major Seybold.
someone glued them on a piece of paper to save them to stay complete…

World War 1 diary

According to the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1,here we have a diary of a German Leutnant,written from 1916 till 1918

Stalingrad Christmas 1942

A christmas poem,written december 6,1942 in Stalingrad.

The write seems to be Gefreiter Georg Beck,13.Kompanie,545 Infanterieregiment (Fieldpost 42299 wich was completly destroyed in january 1943 in Stalingrad!He is still missing since 01/43 and listed in the Red Cross books as Unteroffizier.He wrote to his beloved ones at home,to his wife and children.

Here is what he wrote:

Christmas time, O feast of joy

My heart is lifted with such happy memories,

When the pealing of the bells in celebration

Heralds its coming everywhere.

How glorious it always was

In our dear home with you, our loved ones,

How different it is this year,

The enemy intrudes on our peace.

And yet the noble splendour of the flickering candles

Shall light up this celebration for you

While our comrades and I

Keep watch over our loyal homeland.

And so we shall do our duty

Steered by the Führer’s mighty hand

And we promise solemnly and will not rest

Until we have fought for the Fatherland’s victory.

Then Christmas will seem to us to rise up like new

More beautiful than in former times

When we meet again in victory

In the glory of lasting peace.

Surrender of Heeresgruppe G

Documents of surrender of the Heeresgruppe G.This lot has many infos about the end of the Heeresgruppe and how it all should go after the surrender.It has a list of Germans soldiers and officers,a signed document of the Oberbefehlshaber of Heeresgruppe G,General Westphal and some permission documents!

Millitary Documents of Hauptmann (Captain) Gustav Stoffers,last known unit “General der Artillerie Z.B.V 1,wich belongs to Heeresgruppe G./7.Army (if my informations are right),during his time as a prisoner of war.

This lot has his circulation pass,personal data sheet,personnel questionnaire,medic report,certificate of discharge and some permission id”s