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    Cause of death?

    Hi Guys.

    A friend of mine has this soldbuch, where the soldier is clearly dead.

    But we cannot make out the cause of death/Todesursache.

    So we need a little

    BR.
    Stengaard
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    Originally posted by stengaard View Post
    Hi Guys.

    A friend of mine has this soldbuch, where the soldier is clearly dead.

    But we cannot make out the cause of death/Todesursache.

    So we need a little

    BR.
    Stengaard
    I can't get it all, but multiple open fractures to left knee/leg, resulting in sepsis and "Herzschwäche". (Weakness/weakening of the heart)

    Best
    H
    Last edited by Hank C.; 02-17-2020, 10:50 AM. Reason: More info
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      #3
      It says:

      "gestorben am
      28.3.45 um 0 h 5'

      Todesursache: Unterarmfranktur li. [= links] Platzwunde
      li. [= linkes] Kniegelenk mit Eröffnung d. [= des] Gelenkes, Abriß
      d. [= der] Kniescheibe, Sepsis, Herzschwäche      "

      ["died on
      28 March 45 at 0005 hrs.

      Cause of death: fracture of left forearm, laceration
      left knee joint with exposure of the joint, patellar
      dislocation, sepsis, caridac insufficiency"]

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        #4
        Hi Guys.

        Thanks for decryption and translation - a great help - thanks again

        BR.
        Stengaard

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          #5
          You're welcome, glad I could help!

          By the way, I just noticed a typo in my post: It should be "cardiac insufficiency".

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            #6
            Mine or shell explosion perhaps with minimal medical attention possible until too late. War

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              #7
              must been an ugly death

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                #8
                Reading this thread reminded me of a YouTube video I watched a while back, some of the soldiers in this video would have died from similar wounds. Interesting the diggers find evidence of treatment on the skeletons of some of the men.

                Here is a description of the video and the link,

                Will.

                Exhumation of 25 German soldiers from a forgotten field cemetery in the Balkans. Most of the soldiers still had their identification tags. Several bodies displayed signs of medical treatment, such as the presence of splints or of tourniquets on fractured limbs. 14 of the 25 bodies had been buried in coffins. One amputated leg was also found with the bodies. Also found were one half body, one severely mangled body, a wedding ring, a campaign ring, a death head ring, shrapnel fragments, condoms, coins and buttons. The exact location of the cemetery was found thanks to an elderly period witness.
                The point of the excavation was to recover these bodies buried in unmarked graves, to identify them, to rebury them in an official German war cemetery, and to inform the relatives of the soldiers of the location of the bodies.

                https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eHAi91FEs3U

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