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    Advice on dealing with the Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv

    The following is a copy of a letter that I received from the Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv concerning a query that I made recently about a Bavarian aviator Friedrich Freiherr von Berchem (see this thread for the genesis of the whole thing).

    wir haben hier zahlreiche Informationen über Friedrich Frhr. von Berchem. Denn unser Arcbiv verwahrt die schriftliche Hinterlassenschaft der Armee des ehemaligen Konigreichs Bayem. Daher besitzen wir z. B. einen Personalakt über v. Berchem (OP 4789). Da aber die bayerische Armee nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg aufgelost wurde, endet auch der Akt um diese Zeit.

    Außerdem aber wird hier der Nachlass v. Berchems verwahrt. Er besteht vor allem aus mehreren Fotoalben, die auch die Jahre des Ersten Weltkriegs betreffen. Daneben gibt es eine Art Tagebuch für August-Oktober 1914 und sein Bordbuch über seine Flüge Mai-September 1915.

    Wir können Ihnen allerdings nur in ganz begrenztem Umfang Auskünfte aus diesen Unterlagen erteilen, da unsere Zeit größere Recherchen nicht erlaubt. Ich empfehle Ihnen jedoch, sich einmal mit Fliegerhistorikem in Verbindung zu setzen. Solche finden Sie z. B. unter www.overtheftont.com.

    My German is admittedly just a hair above the "where is the bus stop" level of skill, but the gist of the letter comes across as a listing of all the interesting related material that they have, without the slightest indication that they have even the vaguest interest in allowing me access to anything. Perhaps I'm reading this wrong, or perhaps there are some bureaucratic hoops that the author is taking for granted that I'm aware of.

    This might be a little more appropriate for the Order of Battle and Individual Research forum, but I thought that the collective wisdom of the Imperialoids here might bear more fruit.

    ...anybody have any thoughts of how I ought to proceed with this?

    Thanks,
    --Chris

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    Hi Chris,

    roughly translated it says:

    "We have countless Information about Friedrich Frhr. von Berchem...We have a file about v. Berchem, which ends after the first WW. Additionally we have the inheritance of v.Berchem, which contains several photo-albums which includes pictures of WW1, then a diary for August-October 1914 and his flightbook for his flights from May-September 1915. Because we don´t have the time for bigger researches, we can only give you few informations. But i recommend to you to contact some Flight-Historians. You can find some under www.overthefront.com (I think, there is a typo in the original)

    Hope, this is of some help.

    best regards,

    Gerd

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      #3
      Originally posted by Gerd Becker
      Hi Chris,

      roughly translated it says:

      "We have countless Information about Friedrich Frhr. von Berchem...We have a file about v. Berchem, which ends after the first WW. Additionally we have the inheritance of v.Berchem, which contains several photo-albums which includes pictures of WW1, then a diary for August-October 1914 and his flightbook for his flights from May-September 1915. Because we don´t have the time for bigger researches, we can only give you few informations. But i recommend to you to contact some Flight-Historians. You can find some under www.overthefront.com (I think, there is a typo in the original)

      Hope, this is of some help.

      best regards,

      Gerd

      That's more or less what I had taken from the document as well, largely courtey of Babelfish. Do you know if there is a way that I can actually get a look / copy of any of that information short of travelling to Bavaria (rather tough to do on my lunch hour), and knocking on the archive's door?

      Thanks,
      Chris

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