I recently purchased a rather large LW/Pzr/SS document collection. I posted one group on estand and it was questioned that it might have been from the large horde of docs stolen from German archives in the 1980's. I've since found out that group was already checked out proven not to be from that theft however I have two other SS document groups that are of similar content. My question is simply, how can we know what groups are stolen? I'm sure no one would say we should simply quite buying German documents? Here is the Tychsen group...
I posted the postcard earlier for a translation, here's that link
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=273250
FYI From the web “Christian Tychsen was one of the finest Waffen SS tank commanders of World War II. Tychsen joined the SS in December 1931 with 50.SS-Standarte. His command became 3/AA in April 1940 and he retained command. In February 1941 his command was absorbed by Krads Btl as 3rd Kompanie, although Tychsen still kept command. January 1942 he took command of the Krads. Btl. He was wounded February 12th, 1942 and taught at Braunschweig during recovery until May 1942. Given command of II./Langemarck and retained this position when it became II./Pz Rgt in October 1942. Tychsen became 2. SS Pz Rgt commander on November 30th, 1943 replacing von Reitzenstein and held command until he replaced the wounded Heinz Lammerding as temporary CO of Das Reich. After being wounded more than nine times in total, he was killed in Normandy while riding in a Kubelwagen with his driver and an NCO when they encountered an advancing American tank and a battle ensued. He died in American captivity of his wounds and souvenir hunters took his tunic with all decorations, plus all other identification."<O
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This forum thread shows his grave and has a bit more info on him
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=tychsen
I posted the postcard earlier for a translation, here's that link
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=273250
FYI From the web “Christian Tychsen was one of the finest Waffen SS tank commanders of World War II. Tychsen joined the SS in December 1931 with 50.SS-Standarte. His command became 3/AA in April 1940 and he retained command. In February 1941 his command was absorbed by Krads Btl as 3rd Kompanie, although Tychsen still kept command. January 1942 he took command of the Krads. Btl. He was wounded February 12th, 1942 and taught at Braunschweig during recovery until May 1942. Given command of II./Langemarck and retained this position when it became II./Pz Rgt in October 1942. Tychsen became 2. SS Pz Rgt commander on November 30th, 1943 replacing von Reitzenstein and held command until he replaced the wounded Heinz Lammerding as temporary CO of Das Reich. After being wounded more than nine times in total, he was killed in Normandy while riding in a Kubelwagen with his driver and an NCO when they encountered an advancing American tank and a battle ensued. He died in American captivity of his wounds and souvenir hunters took his tunic with all decorations, plus all other identification."<O
></O>This forum thread shows his grave and has a bit more info on him
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=tychsen
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