I am offering a soldbuch to Franz Turner born 12.10.1895 in Graz executed on27.5.45. Book is well filled out and complete no loose pages. No awards but served with various units some were Heavy MG and Festungs Inf units. asking $120 inlcudes postage and insurance.
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Do you have any further information about his execution? Why? By whom?
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Max...because of the date of his execution and the fact that it was entered into his soldbuch, I'd guess that it was done by the roving bands of SS at the very end of the war. Only a guess though.Originally posted by max history View PostComment
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I should have added that these roving SS "death squads" were killing any solders they suspected of desertion or "defeatist leanings".Comment
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This soldier simply died, perhaps in a POW camp - case closed. Gestorben translates to "Died," nothing more. Trust me, there were no roving squads of SS soldiers at the end of May 1945.Last edited by Stormfighter; 05-16-2007, 07:36 PM.Comment
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If he was killed by any roving bands it would have been allied soldiers as the war was over. My guess would be in an allied POW camp, or maybe one of the concentration camps the Germans were hearded into.Comment
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looks like the buyer bought it, thinking it was an execution soldbuch.Comment
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Thanks for the replies, even if the seller didn't have the courtesy to answer.
The word "gestorben" means "died," I agree, but the red pencil entry with the same date below it looks like "Schuss" which is "shot". My question was to try and find out if the seller stated he was executed based solely on this entry. Even if he was shot, it doesn't mean to say he was executed. It could have been an accident, shot whilst escaping from a POW camp or whilst evading arrest. Or it could of course been added to make the item more interesting. However, the seller chose not to respond so I doubt we'll ever know.
Thanks again for those who took time to answer.
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I'm not too sure the word is "Schuss" (particularly the "u" doesn't seem right) and besides that, I would have expected something like "erschossen" if he would have been executed.
Please note he was already 50. In that time, many men died at that age without any bullets involved. Perhaps there are even medical entries in the Soldbuch which prove he was already in bad shape before the end of the war.Comment
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