Holland 1940-1945

[senders221]

I really love this thread.. I am living near to 's-Hertogenbosch so i was very suprised to see a soldbuch from a German soldier that fought in 's-Hertogenbosch (page 5 or 6 from this thread i believe) I have also a very nice item but it is an allied piece. My grand father has made a belt with all insignia and emblems from all liberators from Rosmalen (village near 's-Hertogenbosch) If there is any interest i will take some pictures and add it to this thread.

Keep up the good work guys!

[Admiraal]

I really love this thread.. I am living near to 's-Hertogenbosch so i was very suprised to see a soldbuch from a German soldier that fought in 's-Hertogenbosch (page 5 or 6 from this thread i believe) I have also a very nice item but it is an allied piece. My grand father has made a belt with all insignia and emblems from all liberators from Rosmalen (village near 's-Hertogenbosch) If there is any interest i will take some pictures and add it to this thread.

Keep up the good work guys!

Please post a photo of it, sounds like a nice belt!

Here also a Luftschutz soldbuch from Boxtel.
The guy started of great, even got promoted.. but he got crazy after a bombing raid and eventually was released from luftschutz service.
He wrote allot of strange things in his Luftschutz-Soldbuch.









Some things he wrote in it himself (which was forbidden!):

"Inhause wurde herum gesoffen in privathauser"
Meaning: inside private homes there is constant excessively drinking.

"Aber haupsache, ich habe Holland gesehen!"
Meaning: but main thing is, i have seen Holland!

Below that he wrote the following: Children-shoe-manners were executed on a 56 years old man which can not be described more mockingly.
With each unit I breathed through artificial inhalation various virtues from home.

And below that he wrote: He who digs a hole for someone else, falls in it himself! but that is where you belong anyway. quicker as me!
The text ends with him signing: The scapegoat, Haslauer M.
Below that he wrote "Kiekerken hat recht!" ; Kiekerken was right!

[senders221]

Very nice Soldbuch!! You can really say that he became crazy. But i will post some pictures from the belt when i get home this evening!

And Boxtel is a village next to my village, your solbuch is great!

[senders221]

Here are the pictures I promised to add to this thread:

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The pictures aren't to great but it will show how the belt is made by my grandfather. I know it's not a soldbuch or any paper stuff but it is also something that got to do with the liberation of Holland in 1944. Hope you like it

Cheers

[patrick h]

Love this thread!Here's a soldbuch from a dutch voluntair which regiment fought in September 44 (III./SS-Pz.Gr.Regt1 Landstorm Nederland)

[Erwin L]

Good to see that this tread came alive again and others are joining.
Floris, that's amazing you found another deathcard from Michael Wieland.

Very nice contributions Rick, Senders and Patrick

Rick do you know if Willi Fries fought in Holland in 1944? Did he wrote something in his letters?
Senders i love the belt. I see some known units on it.
Patrick, very nice. Did he fought in Holland as well or did he joined later?

Here a small contribution from a lw soldiers soldbuch who fought in my living place on 17 september 1944. The day that operation Market Garden started. The soldbuch belongs to Alfons Langendorf who was in Lw Jag Bat. ZbV6. This unit was part of kampfgruppe Walther.

He has a very nice nahkampftag entry. Well for me for sure

Regards

Erwin

[patrick h]

Hi Erwin,

At the time Market Garden happened he was already member of Landstorm Nederland.Allmost he whole regiment was there,so big change he fought there too!He joined at the same day as Willem Seidel at Landstorm.Seidel his soldbuch can be seen at the site of Defending Arnhem.
gr.Patrick

btw Nice soldbuch Erwin!

[Eric JB]

Hi Erwin,

Nice to see the Langendorf Soldbuch again, now in this thread.

We talked about that Soldbuch a long time ago.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

[Erwin L]

Thanks Patrick, Floris and Eric Jan

It is one of my favourite beside the other 2 passes from this unit. All 3 fought in Valkenswaard on 17 september 1944. One has also a nahkampftag entry from this day. The other one has 3 nahkamptage entries from his time in Italy just before MG started.

In one of the other there is 2 times the signature from Alfons Langendorf. He was the units weapon specialist.

A special thanks to Floris to give me the oppertunity to take over one off the other passes and Jim (PzV) for the other group

regards

Erwin

[dennisb]

Senders, great belt!
Erwin, your Soldbuch is very interesting with the Nahkampf entry for Valkenswaard, they are pretty rare, especially for MG.
Patrick, well what could be said more about that great SS Soldbuch? Great Soldbuch and love to see the relation with 1945: SS Grenadier-Regiment 83.

[Erwin L]

Thanks for the comment Dennis.

Regards Erwin

[patrick h]

This is a nice illegal newspaper from the underground organisation from 27 sept.1944 with news of the invasion in Arnhem:



details:

[patrick h]

A sad deathcard from a family and their maid who died in Venray during war moves...

[Revellations]

Floris,

I think you cpatured it just right....at peace.....

Thanks for sharing

Scott

[patrick h]

Impressive indeed!

gr.Patrick