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WWII German Original Wehrmacht Bericht 278 Infanterie Division – Italy 1944 – Rare (Offer Accepted)
Nice Original item related to the 278 Inf Div time in Morrovall, Filotteran, Osimo, Casrelfidardo in Italy.
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WWII US Army Grouping – Nuremberg Trials – US Army Judicial Patch – Holocaust – Documents – Photo – Einsatzgruppen – Rare
Here we have an incredible chance to have an historical grouping. Included are the following items: Original Period Print – Military Tribunal – Number One – Nürnberg Germany 1946 – 1947 Original Period Print. Military Tribunal – Case 9 – nürnberg Germany 1947 – Justice US Patch Original Rare US Army Europe Patch Original Photo of the Tribunal in Session -Note patch in wear – Göring and other Nazi War Criminals Interestingly Case 9 On September 10, 1947, the US Military Government for Germany created Military Tribunal II-A (later renamed Tribunal II). This tribunal was tasked with trying Case #9 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings: United States v. Otto Ohlendorf, et al.. Case #9 is usually referred to as the Einsatzgruppen View This Term in the Glossary Case. The 24 defendants in Case #9 were all leading members of Einsatzgruppen that operated on the Eastern Front during World War II. The Einsatzgruppen View This Term in the Glossary were special task forces of the SS and Police. The Einsatzgruppen led by the defendants organized and conducted mass shootings of Jews, Communists, and others in territory that Germany seized from the Soviet Union. The Indictment and Charges On July 29, 1947, the 24 defendants in the Einsatzgruppen View This Term in the Glossary Case were indicted for their role in murdering between 723,661 and one million people “as part of a systematic program of genocide.” The indictment listed three charges: crimes against humanity war crimesmembership in organizations declared criminal by the International Military Tribunal Twenty-four Einsatzgruppen View This Term in the Glossary members were charged. Each one was charged with committing all three counts between June 1941 and July 1943 https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/subsequent-nuremberg-proceedings-case-9-the-einsatzgruppen-case#:~:text=Case%20%239%20is%20usually%20referred,of%20the%20SS%20and%20Police. More the Tribunal
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WWII Original German Luftwaffe Soldbuch – FJ Albert Berndt – Fallschrim Flakregiment 12 (mot) – 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division – Fallschrim Flak Abt 3 – Normandy & Battle of the Bulge – Rare – Reserved
Berliner Albert Berndt was from Berlin Pankow, born in 1922. Soldbuch was issued 16. Feb 1941. serving with various flak units until his transfer to : Fallschrim Flakregiment 12 (mot) The regiment was formed in January 1944 with three departments (15th batteries) for the II Parachute Corps and deployed in the west. In June 1944 it was renamed Parachute Flak Regiment 12. He was wounded by a bullet in 1942 on the Eastern Front. Western Front Entry – Moved to FJ in 15th of July 1944 as well as a FJ security stamp in June 1944. Fallschrim Flak Abt 3 – 11.44 Heeresgruppe B Kranenburg, Arnhem, Düren, Hürtgenwald 12.44 – 1.45 LVII.AK / AOK.15 Battle of the Bulge (Stadtkull, Manderfeld, Bütgenbach, St. Vith) 2.45 – 3.45 LXXIV.AK / Pz.AOK.5 Manderfeld, Euskirchen, Remagen, Mehlem, Eifel 4.45 XII.SS AK / Pz.AOK.5 Remagen, Ruhr-pocket The 3rd Parachute Division was an airborne division which fought during World War II. It was formed during 1943–44 around a cadre consisting of the veteran 3rd Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment. The Division was well equipped with 930 MG42s. Each company had 20 MG 42s and 43 sub machine guns while a squad had 2 MG42s and 5 sub machine guns. It arrived in Normandy on 10 June, by truck after a night drive from Brittany. It was at full strength and consisted of young German volunteers, and numbered 15,976 soldiers and officers. Its level of training and excellent weapon systems prompted the commander of the US 29th Infantry Division to remark, “Those Germans are the best damned soldiers I ever saw. They’re smart and they don’t know what ‘fear’ means. They come in and they keep coming until they get their job done or you kill ’em.”[4] The division went into combat in June 1944 in Normandy and inflicted heavy losses on the Allied forces opposing them. Nominally, the unit was to be motorised, but by June it still had no more than 40% of its authorised motor transport, even after seizing vehicles from French civilians. This was to have an impact when trying to move the division towards the invasion front. In August it was near virtually destroyed by mass aerial bombing in the area of Falaise. Formed again in Belgium from replacements from 22nd, 51st, 53rd Luftwaffe Field Regiments. During September 1944 it fought as a part of Kampfgruppe “Becker” in Arnhem area before participating in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. It surrendered in April 1945 to American troops in Ruhr. Medals Eastern Front Medal Iron Cross Second Class Wounds Badge ( Page likely gone) Flak Specialist Badge Comments The Soldbuch is not in the best condition, but it was there. A highly desirable unit, and he was an experienced Flak Soldier. He was captured by US Troops, woulded by a grenade fragment in the right hand. His Photo was stapled again but its the original photo from the Soldbuch.
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WWII German Luftwaffe Pilots ID – 1945 Issue – Oberfeldwebel Kurt Stranz – Shot Down September 1939 Survived – Do 17 – Rare Story
9 Sep 1939 3(F)./122 Do 17 F6+BK Lemberg – Missing, crew MIA Oblt Hans-Laurent Amm (B); Uffz Friedrich Schackert (Bf) and Fw Kurt Stranz (F) all captured. It Seems that Stranz was wounded as you can see he has been warded the Iron Cross Second Class and the Black Wounds Badge, alongside his Pilots Badge. A nice ID which is desirbale for anyone interested in hsi unit also at the time of his crash. Aufkl. Gr. 122 Sep 1939 He is also mentioned in the link below: https://luftwaffedata.co.uk/index.php/Aufkl._Gr._122_Sep_1939
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WWII Original German Waffen SS Wehrpass – SS Oberscharführer Hans Gipmann – “Tank Destruction Badge” – SS Nachrichten Abteilung 17 “Götz vn Berlichingen” – West Front – Carentan Normandy 1944 – Surrendered to the US 101st Airborne – Rare
Hans Günter Gipmann from Essen/Düsseldorf Germany (born in 1924). Reached the Rank of SS Oberschärführer He was a member of the Hitler Youth, awarded the HJ Leistungs Badge in Silver. As well as DLRG Life saving permit, as well as a Land War Training HJ Certificate. He was assigned in 1942 to the Waffen SS after volunteering to the SS Signals School in Nürnberg, Germany. Taking his SS Oath on the 12th of May 1942. He was deployed with the first company of the SS Signals Detachment 17 – SS Nachrichten Abteilung 17 “Götz vn Berlichingen” He was trained on the K98 Rifle, Handgrenade Model 24, MG 34, Luger P08. He was to be used on the frontline in the best case as a, Radio Man and Troop Leader. In the Second case as a MG42 Gunner or Panzerfaust Gunner. Awarded the War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords in 1942, in combat awarded the Iron Cross Second Class on the 20th of July 1944 and the Tank Destruction Badge on the 28th of March 1945. Unit History: The division was raised near Poitiers, France, as the Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Götz von Berlichingen” in October 1943. It was formed from scratch, with the majority of its original cadre coming from replacement units and conscripts, many of whom were Romanian Germans and French volunteers. After September 8, 1943, around five hundred Italian volunteers, coming from units deployed in France were enlisted in “Götz von Berlichingen”. The division was granted the honour-title Götz von Berlichingen.[nb 2] Obersturmbannführer Otto Binge oversaw the formation of the division, with the newly promoted Brigadeführer Werner Ostendorff taking command in January 1944. The Götz von Berlichingen was placed under the LXXX Army Corps, a part of Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt’s Heeresgruppe D. As part of a plan to number all named SS divisions in early 1944, the division was re-titled the 17th SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Götz von Berlichingen”. In February 1944, the division still lacked vehicles. During the same year, on the orders of LXXX Army Corps, the division began to round up French vehicles in an attempt to complete its mobilization. By March, most of the major combat formations were fully motorised, although two of the six infantry battalions were still on bicycles. On 1 June, the Götz von Berlichingen found itself at Thouars in France, with no tanks (although the crews were fully equipped with 42 Sturmgeschütz IV assault guns), only a few months’ training, and below strength in officers and Non-commissioned officers. After the Allied invasion of June 6, 1944, the Götz von Berlichingen was ordered to Normandy to take part in the efforts to reduce the Allied beachhead. On June 10 the division made contact with 182 paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, and B Company, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division, at the village of Graignes. This small group of paratroopers had been dropped mistakenly by the U.S. 9th Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command and had decided to try to hold their positions. The ensuing battle, and the criminal execution of wounded paratroopers and French civilians by the “Götz von Berlichingen”, has since been known as the Battle of Graignes. On June 11 the reconnaissance battalion engaged in combat near the town of Carentan with the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division. The Americans secured the town and were advancing south by the morning of June 13. SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 37, supported by the assault guns of the division’s Panzer battalion and Oberst (colonel) Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte’s 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment, attacked the advancing American paratroopers. In what the Americans dubbed the Battle of Bloody Gulch, the Germans routed two paratroop companies before their attack was stopped by the arrival of Combat Command A of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division. For the rest of the month, the division was engaged in heavy fighting for the bocage country near Saint Lô and Coutances. During this period, the Götz von Berlichingen suffered heavy losses and by the beginning of July, its strength was reduced to 8,500 men. The division was in the line of advance for Operation Cobra, and suffered heavy losses attempting to halt the Allied offensive. It was encircled by the U.S. 2nd Armored Division around Roncey where it lost most of its armored equipment.[3] It was then ordered to take part in the Mortain Offensive, codenamed Operation Lüttich. After the failure of this offensive, the division was split into four Kampfgruppen, ‘Braune’, ‘Gunter’, ‘Fick’ and ‘Wahl’. These small units managed to escape encirclement in the Falaise Pocket, but suffered heavy losses and remained in almost constant combat against the advancing Americans until the end of the month, when the division was transferred to Metz for a much-needed rest and refit. In July the reserve battalion of the division was involved in counterinsurgency action against Operation Bulbasket in the Vienne Department. In early September, the division absorbed what was left of the SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 and SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51, raising its infantry strength. However, replacements for missing panzerjaeger and assault guns arrived slowly. On September 8, the division was put back into the line and was tasked with destroying the newly formed bridgehead over the Moselle River held by the US 5th and 80th Infantry Divisions. After heavy fighting for the American bridgeheads at Dornot and Arnaville, the division fell back and began to prepare to defend Metz itself. Over the next two months, the division saw heavy fighting to the south and east of Metz, suffering very heavy casualties. On November 8, a USAAF air raid hit the divisional command post. With the Götz von Berlichingen’s combat units in tatters (the 38th SS Regiment had been reduced to a strength of about 800 men by November 15, 1944[4]) and with no command structure, Hitler authorized the division to withdraw from Metz. The 38th SS Regiment was largely destroyed at Metz and reformed in November with troops…
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WWII German Waffen SS Wehrpass – SS Oberscharführer Karl Hilgarth – SS Verfügungstruppe – “Deutschland” – Holland Schelde 1939 – Stabskompanie Hauptamt RFSS Kommandostelle Hegewald – Rare
Very interesting Wehrpass Issued to Karl Hilgarth , born 27,2,1919 in Germany. He was unmarried when he enlisted as a student directly into the Waffen SS in Munich. His Wehrpass is issued by SS Regiment Deutschland in October of 1939. According to page 11, he joined 8th Kompanie, SS Deutschland in Munich. Interestingly, he did not swear an oath until 23.8.1944. He was trained on the K98 Rifle, Luger P08, Handgrenade model 24, MG 34. Promotions: 1.11.1940 – SS – Sturmmann 20.4.1941 – SS – Rottenführer 1.8.1941 – SS Unterscharführer 1.6.1943 – SS Oberscharführer Awards: Wounds Badge in Silver Iron Cross Second Class – Feld Kommandostelle RF SS – Himmler’s “Feld Kommandostelle” (“Field Command Unit”) which, at that time, was the SS Field Headquarters at the Hegewald bei Zhitomir Ukraine. Interestingly, the Wehrpass has a large battle calendar, starting in 1939 – Poland (Modlin), Western Front (Holland Schelde, Island Boveland und Walscheren, Hasebrouck), France (Avre, Siene, Dijon, Langres), Southwest France – Spanish Border, Security in Holland December 1940 – 1941 – Russia (Dnjeprstellung, Jelnja) On the 4.8.1941 – he was wounded with a grenade splinter – Grenade Splinter left arm amputated at Jelnja. After a short stint in a replacement company, (Genesungskompanie SS “D”), he was assigned to the Stabskompanie der Waffen SS bei der Rasse und Siedlungs Hauptamt SS. Unit Background: Elements of the SS-VT served with the Wehrmacht during the occupation of the Sudetenland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. For those operations, the SS-VT was under the command of the army. The SS-VT also formed an Artillery Regiment during this time-frame which was used to fill the gaps in a number of army units for those events. The SS-VT regiments Deutschland and Germania along with the Leibstandarte participated in the invasion of Poland, with Der Führer (recruited in Austria after the Anschluss) in reserve at Prague. In September 1939, a combined unit of SS-VT and Heer (army) troops conducted operations jointly as Panzer Division Kempf during the invasion of Poland.[18] It fought alongside army units at Rozan, Modlin, Łomża and Kmiczyn. The division was disbanded near the Polish city of Nidzica on 7 October 1939. In spite of the swift military victory over Poland in September 1939, events during the invasion of Poland raised doubts over the combat effectiveness of the SS-VT. The OKW or Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces) reported that the SS-VT units took unnecessary risks and had a higher casualty rate than the army. They also stated that the SS-VT was poorly trained and its officers unsuitable for combat command. As an example, OKW noted that the Leibstandarte had to be rescued by an army regiment after becoming surrounded at Pabianice by the Poles. In its defence, the SS insisted that it had been hampered by having to fight piecemeal instead of as one formation, and was improperly equipped by the army to carry out its objectives. Himmler insisted that the SS-VT should be allowed to fight in its own formations under its own commanders, while the OKW tried to have the SS-VT disbanded altogether. Hitler was unwilling to upset either the army or Himmler, and chose a third path. He ordered that the SS-VT form its own divisions but that the divisions would be under army command. In addition, Eicke’s SS-TV field forces were not military, and during the invasion of Poland, “[t]heir…capabilities were employed instead in terrorizing the civilian population through acts that included hunting down straggling Polish soldiers, confiscating agricultural produce and livestock, and torturing and murdering large numbers of Polish political leaders, aristocrats, businessmen, priests, intellectuals, and Jews.” Further, members of the Leibstandarte also committed atrocities in numerous towns, including the murder of 50 Polish Jews in Błonie and the massacre in Złoczew, where 200 civilians were machine gunned. Złoczew’s children also suffered; SS men beat and murdered them, sometimes with rifle butts. Crushing the skulls of toddlers. Shootings also took place in Bolesławiec, Torzeniec, Goworowo, Mława, and Włocławek. The Race and Settlement Main Office (RuSHA) was one of the three oldest SS main offices, along with the SS Main Office and the SD Main Office. The SS Race Office was founded at the end of December 1931 and was responsible for racial examinations and marriage permits for members of the SS. It was later called the Race and Settlement Office and from January 1935 it was run as the SS Main Office. In connection with the formation of the Reich Commissariat for the Consolidation of German Nationality and the development of the General Plan East, it took on the tasks of racial selection of the populations of the occupied territories as well as the selection of candidates for the planned settlement of dismissed SS members in the East. Comments Very interesting Wehrpass, with the SSVT on the cover, perfect for the early SS Collector, interestingly Deutschland where to guard many of the SS guarded places in Munich including the Feldhernnhalle. After his wounding he was still of good use to the SS, it is unknown what his fate was.
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Original Captured DAK Obergefreiter Theo Schrauder Lot – German Red Cross DRK Message “I Am Alive” – German Arbeitsstab Tunis Missing in Action in Battle in Tunisia 1943 – Rare
An incredible story, of Obergefreiter Schrauder. His parents received a letter from the German – Arbeitsstab Tunis – 9.8.1943 – Parents in Alzey – describes that their son has went missing during the battle in Tunisia. He was serving with: L14080 – 9. Batterie Flak-Regiment 25 His first message is quite rare, I have not seen such a correspondence before, basically the letter says I am in a US POW Camp and I am alive. There is a lot of censored mail, both by US Censor and the German High Command Censor. Very rare find and a worthy project.
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Original German DAK Officer Oberleutnant Egbert von Reinöhl – Flakabteilung 85 – German High Command Censor Rare Lot
An interesting lot of POW Mail from Oblt Egbert von Reinöhl. He was captured in North Africa in mid 1943, and was moved to various camps in the USA. His letters are all highly censored by the German High Command, every envelope was opened first by US Censor and then in Germany. Including a water ink test to look for invisible ink. All letters are nicely detailed, this would make a great research project.
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Original Wartime Book Nazi Propaganda – Hitler Baut Grossdeutschland – Zeitgeschichte Verlag – Berlin 1938 – Images from Heinrich Hoffmann (Sold)
An interesting booklet, glorifying Hitlers rise and fuelling a myth of success to the German people. This is sold for historical purposes only and according to our Terms and Conditions.
