An interesting Soldbuch model, this one is in Latin letters and printed and issued in Vienna.  Issued to Franz Pois, an older man born in 1898. He was enlisted in late 1944, and sent to various Flak units. He seems to have been a flak search light operator. Ending with S. zbv Batterie 10609  An interesting Soldbuch, could be researched further. 

Soldbuch issued to Kurt Weissenberg, born into a protestant family in 1921 in Lünen Germany. He was a miner by trade and was never married.  Interestingly Weissenberg was to serve exclusively in MG (likely MG42)  companies. He served with 4. (MG) Reserve Grenadier Batl 167 for a short period in 1943 in Denmark.  Before being sent in 1944 to:  Grenadier Regiment 209 – Machine Gun Company (58 ID)  For more information on the Division: https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/58ID.htm For more information on the Grenadier Regiment 209: https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Grenadieregimenter/GR209.htm Heavy defensive and retreat fighting lasted until mid-January and ended in the Ssweblo Lake area. The regiment was able to catch its breath here before moving to Pleskau at the end of January in a rush to secure the Luga-Pleskau retreat road. Heavy forest fighting broke out north of Plyassa and Strugi-Krasye. The 58th Infantry Division was encircled and divided into battle groups and had to fight its way free. In the area of Wesenberg, the regiment was assembled and refreshed. The regiment’s cycling company was disbanded in February 1944. The regiment was deployed again in February 1944. The regiment came to Reval, where it served as a reserve unit for various divisions. On July 17, the regiment was transferred by rail to Dünaburg and from there marched towards Rokiskis. After a short, hard fight, the place can be conquered. From July 25, the regiment dug in here for defense. But on August 7th the town had to be evacuated again and retreat west towards Friedrichstadt. It then turned north into the wooded area north of Pukini. On August 10, the regiment was then pushed into the front at Memelbogen near Pecekalene. On September 3, the regiment was then taken out of the front and used as a reserve of the XXXXIII. Army corps transferred to Stirna. On September 15 the division, threatened with encirclement, had to retreat north. On September 18th the Düna position was reached. On October 5, the regiment was transferred to Riga as an army group reserve. The foot parts were transported to Memel with the freighter “Füsilier”, the covered and motorized parts had to be marched to Memel by land. However, when the advance route was cut off, these parts were also embarked in Libau and transported to Memel. In Memel the regiment was assigned to the city’s defensive positions. On January 13, 1945, the Russian major offensive began here. After heavy fighting, the town of Memel was evacuated on January 26th. Defensive battles in the Samland followed. The remains of the regiment reached the Vistula lowlands via the Vistula Spit, where a reception camp was set up near Stutthof. From there they crossed over to Hela. Only small parts managed to escape by ship to the west. Soldbuch Comments  It seems he was hit in the head in February of 1945, and escaped to the west via boat. He was very lucky. Moreover, to add to the evidence he was a gunner see the equipment pages, issued only a pistol as per regulations for the MG Gunner. He was awarded the wounds badge in Black for his wounding. He was captured in the west and his capture papers are in the back of the Soldbuch pouch.     

Soldbuch issued to Gustav Seehaus in Berlin Spandau with a replacement unit in 1941.  Seehaus was promoted from Lt through to Captain by 1942.  The unit he served with is an interesting and not well known unit:  Sowjetische Kriegsgefangenen-Bau- und Arbeits-Bataillon 103 The Soviet prisoner of war construction and labor battalion 103 was set up on October 28, 1941 in Fürstenberg an der Oder by the Landesschützen Battalion 343 and placed under military district III (BERLIN). The battalion was deployed in the Berlin-Spandau and Berlin-Staaken area. The battalion consisted of Soviet prisoners of war and had a maximum strength of 1,900 men. According to the book:  Kriegsgefangen in Brandenburg: Stalag III A in Luckenwalde 1939 -1945 His unit was stationed in : Kloster Zinna The tasks performed by the units were mainly construction tasks and manual labour. Batl 103 mainly operated in the Berlin Staaken and Spandau areas as well as near Kloster Zinna. It is highly likely Seehaus got caught up during the Battle for Berlin.   

A nice Wehrpass for a WW1 Veteran who was called up to the Berliner Volkssturm.  Gerhard Müller, born in Berlin on the 15th of December 1893, worked in his civilan career as a Light Operator on Film Industry in Berlin. He lived with his wife in Schöneberg. He served in the First World War and earned the Iron Cross First Class for bravery. He was enlisted in the Berlin Volkssturm in November 1944. The Volkssturm – the German Homeguard – was established in October 1944 as a militia utilizing males between the ages of 16 and 60 who were not otherwise serving in the Wehrmacht or other military units. They were under the control of the Nazi party and its officials (Gauleiters) with Heinrich Himmler as commander. This a pretty rare find today ,especially for Berlin. This will also be featured in the Berlin 1945 Artefacts book.