Interesting Work book for a young lady from Belarus, Gomel area. She was put to work in the Hammerwerk (Hammer Work Area) of the Bayonet Manufacturing plant of Gebrüder Hartkopf in Solingen, Germany. Interestingly, the the company is still in operation!

Jäger was for a short while in the infamous Berlin Eichkamp Larger in 1943. He was issued a Astra Pistol in 1944. Served with the OT in Serbia  The OT-Einsatzgruppe Südost had its HQ in Belgrade and was responsible for all OT activities in Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece. Bulgaria and Romania. OT-Südost employed on average 60,000 men, of which only around 3.000 were Germans. Following the conquest of the Balkans by the Wehrmacht, during which many bridges had been destroyed in Yugoslavia and Greece as a result of military operations, the OT was called in to begin repairs. Around 10,000 men were employed on general construction work along these routes, most of whom were recruited locally. Eventually the OT’s projects comprised a wide variety of different tasks throughout the Balkans. In Serbia, the R-R section Belgrade-Niš-Skoplje-Salonika was widened, reinforced and a number of tunnels and bridges were added. A road was rapidly completed between Skopje and Scutari. The R-R section Belgrade-Niš was doubled to accelerate traffic in the direction of Bulgaria. Besides the numerous bridges, railway stations, watering points and repair workshops constructed by the OT, three military supply terminals were built at Zemun, Belgrade-Topčider and New Belgrade. On the section Belgrade-Sofia, the old railway turn-around point was abolished. The OT constructed a new open-pit copper mine at Bor in 1941, which was outfitted with 25 large dredge units, making Bor the second largest copper mine in Europe. To facilitate the handling of the ore, the OT built 75 kilometers of new track to the mine and a new port on the Danube. An additional 150 kilometers of railway track leading in and out of Bor was renovated. On 19 October 1942, the OT received an order from the Generalbevollmächtigter für die Wirtschaft in Serbien to begin planning for a new open-pit mine at Tilva Mika, near Bor. At Vranjska Banja, the OT opened a molybdenum mine, which also used the open-pit method of extraction. In the Skopje area to the south, the OT constructed a narrow-gauge railway and a crushing mill to speed up the extraction of chromium ore from this area.  

Issued to Voss in September 1939. Served with: 1939 – Festungs-Flak-Abteilung 33 1942 – Leichte Flak Abteilung 951 – based in Nürnberg 1943 – Z.b.V Batterie 2014 – based in Nürnberg 1943/1944 – Flak Regiment 12 – 17th Flak Division – Fighting in Russia  June 1944 – Gem Flak Abteilung (mot) 12  From July 1, 1944, the unit was deployed to protect the Arno crossings and combat enemy attacks on the Arno bridgehead. In mid-September, the unit withdrew to the Futa Pass, part of the “Green Line,” where it engaged in heavy defensive fighting. The 1st Battalion of the 12th Flak Regiment followed the gradual withdrawal of army units to central and northern Italy. At the end of October/beginning of November, it was deployed in the Bologna area and at Sasso Marconi, where it remained for the winter months. On March 5, 1945, the unit changed positions and was tasked with protecting the Reno bridges in Bologna. On April 12, 1945, following the start of the Allied spring offensive, the unit left Boulogna, crossed the Po River south of Mantua, and then continued its advance to Lake Garda. There, it relied on cooperation with the 8th Mountain Division. On April 14, the unit reached Neumarkt via Trento. After heavy defensive fighting, the Apennine defenses collapsed at the end of April 1945. The subsequent retreat saw Flak Battalion I./12 advance along the Brenner Pass road to Innsbruck, which was reached at the end of April 1945. On May 1 and 2, the unit fought against American tanks at the Zirler Pass. The unit then moved to Hall. Beyond Hall, the 5th Battery was overtaken and destroyed by the American armored vanguard. The remainder of the unit took up a final firing position near the village of Söll in Tyrol on May 4, 1945. On May 8, 1945, the remnants of the unit surrendered to American forces. May 1945 – II Batl Unterabschnitt D2 – POW Unit  Awards Westwall Medal – 1940 Final Notes Note: Pages 9 & 10 Weapons and eye test missing and 15/16 missing – nothing important.

Issued to Wolf in April 1943 He served in various replacement/training units until he was assigned to the: Pionner Batallion 342 – 342 Infanterie Division When the Russians broke out of the bridgehead in January 1945, the division was almost completely destroyed during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, but it fought on as a kampfgruppe until it was encircled in the Halbe pocket during the Battle for Berlin. Some members of the division managed to escape westwards to surrender to the United States Army at Travemünde near Lübeck on the Baltic Sea. Wounded with a grenade fragment (31b) in December of 1944, was found fit for duty again in March 1945 and sent to a replacement unit in Vienna for transfer to a fighting unit. It is highly likely given the front had not collapsed that he made it back to his unit and was thus encircled in the Halbe Pocket south of Berlin in April/May 1945. Equipment  Iron Rations K98 Rifle with the Gewehrgranatgerät (Grenade Launcher!) Not seen this entry before! 12.1944 – Issued Winter Clothing such as the Filzstiefel, Fur Hat. Awards Wounds Badge in Black – January 1945