FJ photos help and comments

[Shaun Winkler]

Not sure how I missed these photos of Johann Bruchardt but man I am jealous congrats !!J

[Totenhead]

Great pictures !

[skarts]

excellent

[windhund]

Thank you Shaun, Totenhead and Skarts for your comments. I´m happy you like the Johann Bruchardt group.

Best regards

[skarts]

I think that 5 and 6 /FJR2 companies, had a lot of casualties.
I have a copy of a letter from Hans Teusen, sent to an other veteran....he mentions that he was not going to visit Crete after 1941 because of bad memories from his fallen comrades. He is talking about an incident that took place on 21/22 of May, in Maleme area. He was forced to retreat and decided to leave about 20 heavy wounded back. The next day he captured the positions again, but he found all the wounded dead, with a shot on the head(and if im not wrong some with bayonets), obviously by the NZealanders. He says that he has seen much and he cannot visit the island again...
I cant post the letter because it is not mine, but maybe post a translation.

[windhund]

A new portrait to my collection of a Gefreiter with the text (thank you to Gerdan): "Die beste Tugend eines Kameraden ist die Treue. zur freundlichen Erinnerung. Dein Freund Karo".




Best regards

[windhund]

Hi

I have some photographs of 4./FJR3 in Kreta. Maybe they could be interesting for someome and maybe someone could add more info about them. Something new about these images and all the comments would be welcomed.


a) I think that this photo was taken in Clariso Creek area but I´m not sure.

[windhund]

b) This is the grave of Gefreiter Josef Wilhelmer (Einer von unsere besten). The kias of 4./FJR3 were 9:

Oberleutnant Joachim Haedrich
Oberjäger Heinz Horst
Obergefreiter Lothar Weber
Gefreiter Willi Conflant
Gefreiter Hermann Conrad
Gefreiter Gerhard Kokowski
Gefreiter Gerhard Tannhäuser
Gefreiter Josef Folzwinkler
Gefreiter Josef Wilhelmer

[windhund]

c) The cemetery of II./FJR3

[windhund]

d) I think that this place is where Oberst Heidrich decorated the fallschirmjägers of FJR3 with the Iron Cross on 12.06.1941.

[skarts]

Hi Windhund. Nice pics. I post here probably the last 2 members from 4/FJR3 who visited Crete repeatedly. They are Ervin Krukowski and Gottfried Emrich, I can say that they were very friendly and nice people. Here are in Maleme and my in hause in 2009. They passed out recently. Reminding a few things about the history of this unit. It was based at Topolia and they jumped over prison valley on 20/5. Max Schmelling was among them
The HQ of this unit as you have noticed in the other pics that were sold, was in Eleftheriou Venizelou Street in Chalepa (Chania).

[skarts]

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Here is G. Emrich with other members of 4/FJR3 at the HQ after the EK2

[panzermeyer]

Hi

I have some photographs of 4./FJR3 in Kreta. Maybe they could be interesting for someome and maybe someone could add more info about them. Something new about these images and all the comments would be welcomed.


a) I think that this photo was taken in Clariso Creek area but I´m not sure.

interestingly some of them is wearing their helmet covers as hats! remember this being practised by some ss nord members in karelia in a series of Photos! maybe a more wide spread practice than one would think!