Soldbuch of German POW in Italy

[JUNGCO]

Post 10 is a Soldbuch security check. It has nothing to do with the hospital. Notice the heading is crossed out.
Jeff

[Ian Jewison]

Post 10 is a Soldbuch security check. It has nothing to do with the hospital. Notice the heading is crossed out.
Jeff

As Jeff has mentioned....it actually rare to see these pages used for the purpose intended!!!

Normally security checks on the Soldbuch and an extension for kit issues, awards, admission to/from hospital etc.

/Ian

[grndevil44]

thank you all for the imput, it really brings the book to life, I would like another one, I am going to keep my eye out for something interesting

thanks

john

[grndevil44]

I got a couple more pictures of the Soldbuch, I couldnt remember exactly what the British Soldier had written in the back but he states it was from POW Camp 369 Syracuse on the Isalnd of Sicily 15th Aug 1943

[landsknechte]

I wondered what a Klapphacke was, I done a literal translation and it gave me folding chops? Would this be a folding shovel?

I think the folding shovels were Klappspaten. I think that reference is to a folding pick, although I'm having a bear of a time finding a picture of one.

[landsknechte]

Post #2 under Beruf it looks like "M(i?)h Arbeiter" - some sort of worker but I can't decipher the first word. There are some fellows here who are real good at Sütterlin, so hopefully they'll be able to figure it out for you.

--Larry

I'm seeing Verh. [Verheiratet] Arbeiter (Married Worker?), but I'm not that great at Suttlerlin either...

[Ian Jewison]

Stand, Beruf means profession, trade.....however sometimes clerks take it as Familienstand - marital status.

So this guy is married and he was a labourer/manual worker.

/Ian

[Ian Jewison]

Hello

I picked up this soldbuch which was bought back by an English soldier who befriended the owner in Syracuse POW camp in Italy as the German soldier spoke english and translated for the camp

The onwer of the Soldbuch was called Gerhard Feuerstein, however the insription says it is from a German friend called Henry....not the Soldbuch holder!

/Ian

[grndevil44]

hi ian

Yes I noticed that once I saw the writing in the back again, (had been in storage and a while since I had looked at it), the origional owner and the name in the back do not correspond ! I am going to try writing to one of the organizations mentioned in the pinned threads to see what other information I might be able to find out. Perhaps the origional owner was killed or it was stolen, maybe was exchanged for cigarettes or something

Thanks for help with the name aswell