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    44th Infantry Div. SB

    I recently acquired the personal Documents from the Kriegspfarrer of the

    Division Karl Geist. He was captured at Stalingrad and returned from captivity in

    1950. All comments welcome. Cheers Steve
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    Last edited by SJP; 05-13-2020, 11:28 PM.
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    #2
    really greatbsoldbuch, of a chaplain, of one division very interesting, prisoner to Stalingrad and, also this very rare, survived to bis imprisonment ....

    Congrats!
    Oriano

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      #3
      Lucky to have survived, a strong man for sure. I don't think it was easy for a german priest to be prisoner of the russian comunists!

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        #4
        Great Soldbuch. I've always liked the clergy papers. Thanks for showing this.
        Jeff

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          #5
          Lovely piece! Never saw one that returned from captivity,
          Thanks for sharing,

          Mats

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            #6
            Not rare at all to see ex-POW's documents. I have a bunch from soldiers returned from american, british o french captivity. Much more rare to see a Soldbuch belonged to a prisoner from Stalingrad. Most of them starved or died from diseases. You had to be a strong man with god by your side to survive

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              #7
              Interesting a CZ27 pistol datet 21th november 1942.....

              the 44 HUD Division, Austrian and with many Catholics, is a division that has had several publications of veterans, surely there should be somewhere more news of this chaplain ...

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                #8
                Hello,
                very nice SB!
                Perhaps the Pistol issued due the situation in the "Kessel"?
                As Mufasa stated, you will probably find more information in the 44. HuD publication. I will have a look in the newspaper "Alte Kameraden" I have for this Kriegspfarrer.

                Greetings from Italy
                Pietro

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                  #9
                  I have "Die 44. Infanterie Division" by Anton Schimak, Karl Lamprecht, Friedrich Dettmer and het is named on page 371 in the list of Divisionspfarrer.

                  Kath.Kr.Pf. Geist 1.11.1941 - 30.1.1943 Kriegsgefangenschaft Stalingrad

                  Nothing you don't know yet but there might be more mentioned in the book. It pops-up every now and then on ebay.de

                  Mats

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                    #10
                    I also try to search in the reducist book " Stalingrad - Ein Rückblick nach 60 Jahren: 44. Infanterie Division "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" but no news...
                    Oriano

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                      #11
                      Thanks to all the comments. I'll post the rest of the group in the next few days.
                      I have more information about him also
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                      Cheers Steve

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