I recently picked up a nice grouping of docs to a KM NCO which are both interesting and frustrating, here's why.
The group includes werhpass, soldbuch, kennkarte, wehrstammbuch, demob chit from '45, a course certificate and a letter from the guy's father giving him dispensation to join the KM. Not to mention a very nice brass cut out framed relief of the destroyer Z-38 and a coloured certificate for crossing the arctic circle.
Here's the thing. His soldbuch is only for his few months service with the army in 39 not for his later KM career, his werhpass stops on the 21.11.42 and is left 'open' on the aktiver wehrdienst pages. The same goes for his wehrstammbuch, it is left 'open' with the same date. Now he obviously served throughout the war as his course certificate is dated to Aug. 44, interestingly the course was onboard the werkstattschiff Neumark which was in North Norway engaged in amongst other things repairing the Tirpitz after the attack by the X-craft mini-subs, it had earlier also been the auxilliary cruiser Widder. I also know he served onboard Z-38 from around 1943 onwards and that he survived the war to be discharged in July '45. But in his wehrpass and wehrstammbuch it all stops in Nov. 42.
So, what circumstances would lead these two documents to be left 'open' like that?
regards
Simon
The group includes werhpass, soldbuch, kennkarte, wehrstammbuch, demob chit from '45, a course certificate and a letter from the guy's father giving him dispensation to join the KM. Not to mention a very nice brass cut out framed relief of the destroyer Z-38 and a coloured certificate for crossing the arctic circle.
Here's the thing. His soldbuch is only for his few months service with the army in 39 not for his later KM career, his werhpass stops on the 21.11.42 and is left 'open' on the aktiver wehrdienst pages. The same goes for his wehrstammbuch, it is left 'open' with the same date. Now he obviously served throughout the war as his course certificate is dated to Aug. 44, interestingly the course was onboard the werkstattschiff Neumark which was in North Norway engaged in amongst other things repairing the Tirpitz after the attack by the X-craft mini-subs, it had earlier also been the auxilliary cruiser Widder. I also know he served onboard Z-38 from around 1943 onwards and that he survived the war to be discharged in July '45. But in his wehrpass and wehrstammbuch it all stops in Nov. 42.
So, what circumstances would lead these two documents to be left 'open' like that?
regards
Simon
, From Oct.38 to June '39 the F 8 was commanded by Korvettenkapitan Werner Dobberstein (RK 4.9.41) who was then posted to command the 8 Schiffsstammabteilung, June '39 to June '40
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