WWII German Soldier Diary & Art – Uffz Lippold – Battle Maps Pestamo Murmansk – Norway / Finnland – Rare

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Here we have an incredible bit of history, hardly ever seen such great artwork done by German Soldiers. It was in fact forbidden to keep such a diary with maps as such information in the wrong hands could jeopardise operational security such as supply lines.

75 Pages of text and 18 Watercolours 

The soldier was called Rolf Lippold and he was assigned to:

schwere Flak-Abteilung 433

He kept the diary from June 1941 till April 1942.

The pictures,

  1. Kirkens, Norway – 1941 – Lady walking a dog
  2. J-16 Russian Fighter Plane
  3. SB-2 – Martin Bomber
  4. Battle Map – Titoka – Between Murmansk and Pestamo – Nice battle map showing the action on the day.
  5. Mountain Scene – Am Herzberg
  6. German Soldiers & Truck – Titowa
  7. Large Battle Map – Zapadnaya Litsa – 18/19 VII 1941
  8. German Soldier looking for aircraft – Titowa
  9. Self Portrait – Titowa Bridge 1941
  10.  Full path of 1941/1942 – Kirkens, Pestamo, Murmansk, France
  11. German Soldiers being de loused, wearing only Raincoats
  12. Paining of the Liza Bucht
  13. Unknown Place
  14. Sketch of EKM (Erkennungsmarken) being made on a machine! October 1941
  15. Sketch of Zeltbahn Set Up with oven
  16. Unknown Place Watercolour
  17. Letter two parents with 7 Sketches  – Rerik – Flak Shooting, Bunker etc

Interestingly there is two letters that he sent to his friends, both of which were sent back to him as both were killed in action. I found both their names on the Graves Commision Website.

There is so much research left to do, and really a nice project for the advanced German WWII Paper Collector.

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