Hers a small grouping that might be of interest. She was stationed in Breslau from best I can tell. Of course Breslau was a declared a fortress and witnessed heavy fighting towards the end of the war..WR jim
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Very interesting!!!
I love these documents when they have entries......particulary when they have awards!
You are correct she was at Reserve Lazarett Breslau III and she was actually born in Breslau! However on page 7 there is an entry dated 1.2.1945 transferring her to Resreve Lazarett Stamberg(?).....unfortunately for you no longer in Breslau but perhaps lucky for her! putting her at a different location.
Any chance of a larger scan of page 7 and 15?
Cheers,
IanLast edited by Ian Jewison; 12-15-2006, 10:08 PM.Photos/images copyright © Ian Jewison collection
Collecting interests: Cavalry units, 1 Kavallerie/24 Panzer Division, Stukageschwader 1
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Ian,Originally posted by Ian Jewison View Post
Thank you very much for the info. Her transfer coincides with the general evacuation order for all civilians in Breslau.
On January 27th of 1945, after battle for Olesnica (Oels in Schlesien) units of 73rd Infantry Corps began their advance towards Festung (Fortress) Breslau (Wroclaw). Units of the Gluzdovsky's 6th Army and 5th Guards Army supported by 7th Guards Motorized Corps and 4th Guards Tank Corps were to encircle the city attacking from bridgeheads on the river Oder towards the town of Katy Wroclawskie (Canth).
Soviet attack began on February 8th of 1945 and since the beginning encountered heavy resistance from LVII Panzer Korps as well as counterattacks from 19th Panzer Division from the direction of Raciborz (Ratibor) and 20th Panzer Division from Jawor (Jauer) and Strzegom (Striegau). At the same time, Germans on Hanke's order from January 19th, evacuated civilian population in an ill-fated rescue operation, which resulted in death of some 90000 civilians due to the lack of transport and very cold weather. Large number of people evacuated from Breslau were killed during the bombing of Dresden.
Here are the additional scans you asked for.Hope this helps.WR JimComment
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