Post your "translation needed" here

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Thanks again, Gerdan

Last ones for now.

He returned to his own lines 27.08. Very few entries after that. No mention of his NKiG 7.12.1944.

[Gerdan]

# 3864

I will start with the first days:

13.8. Nacht marschiert, Brot, Milch, Eier, Tabak, Binden - marching during the night, bread, milk,
eggs, tobacco, bandages

14.8. Tag und Nacht marschiert (marching day and night) , Brot, Milch, Eier, Tabak, Mehlsuppe
(flour gruel), Rührein (scrambled eggs)

15.8. Nacht marschiert, Brot, Milch, Speck (bacon), Tabak

16.8. Nacht marschiert...



Gerdan

[Gerdan]

# 3863

17.8. Suchen an Memel (river) Kahn (boat), but could not find one, gehen zurück in Wald, walking
back into the woods, Brot, Milch, Tabak, Käse gestohlen (chees stolen)

18.8. Finden endlich Kahn und setzen gut über Memel (23.30), grpße Sorge (?) hinter uns..
finally we find a boat and we are crossing the (river) Memel at 23.30 o' clock. We are very
worried

19.8. Nacht marschiert, Brot, Milch, Speck, Fleisch (meat), Äpfel (apples)..M.?, Knie (knee) swollen



Gerdan

[Gerdan]

# 3866

The last word could also be "geschwommen" - swam , but than I cannot find the connex with the word knee. "Swollen knee" would be more clear...

Gerdan

[Eabe]

stuka

Hello,
I have a photo of a Stuka with writting on the back. I tried but could not read it. Is here someone who could help me?



Thank you.

[Gerdan]

# 3868

"Auf dem Flugplatz Rschew - ?? - (der Flugplatz ist jetzt in russischer Hand)"

on the airfield Rschew - ?? - (the airfield is now in Russian hands)

Gerdan

[Eabe]

Thank you very much.

[LRRPS]

Thanks for the excellent help, Gerdan. Using your input to decipher what I can recognize, but a bit stuck on several words below:

[Gerdan]

# 3871

30.7. durchs Wasser, Honig, Fisch, Kartoffel, 1 Huhn (1 chicken), Mehlsuppe, Kahn (boat)
über den Fluss (across the river)

31.7. Strasse, am Tage nicht marschiert, viele Tote

1.8. 1 Gans (goose), Brot, Käse, Tabak, ?? langer Weg in den Wald (long road through the
forrest), Schwein (pig)

2.8. Butter, Milch, Käse, langer Weg teils(partlty) im Wald, am Tag geruht (rest during the
day)

3.8. Strasse durch Wasser (road through water), Nachts marschiert, Milch gestohlen
(milk stolen), Russe vor uns (Russians in front of us), Posten angeschossen (guard shot)

4.8. Nachts marschiert, Güterzug (freight train), rest, recreation

5.8. Nacht marschiert, Brot, Milch, dicker Wald (dense forrest), Forsthaus (forrest ranger's
house)



Gerdan

[LRRPS]

Almost done now, thanks to Gerdan Bigger image of 25.6 - 27.6. Hope it helps!


25.6: ..? Bokuschewskoje, angeschossen, panzer?
26.6: Angeschossen .... Last word is Oberarzt, no idea on the rest
27.6: Wild guess - Nacht marschiert ..?

Probably got it all wrong!

[Gerdan]

# 3873

25.6. Einsatz Bogaguskoye (?) eingeschlossen, Panzer

26.6. eingeschlossen, Durchbruch mißlungen, abgedreht nach Westen. Art. Stellung Wald
durchkämmt - Oberarzt.

27.6. Nähmaschine (as far as I know a russian airplane (Po-2)was called "Nähmaschine") ?


Gerdan

[LRRPS]

Thanks, again

Here is part of a letter to his wife, mentioning Boguschewskoje as the place where he went MIA.

[LRRPS]

Same place ? mentioned at the start of the diary.

19.6:
20.6: abtransport, ?. arbeit meine ?
23.6: ?
24.6: kompani .?, sumpf . ?

[Gerdan]

# 3876

19.6. Bokojeweskoje 4.00 Uhr Gefangenahme - sehr viele Panzer
20.6. Abtransport, Baracken, Arbeit - Minen(?) legen(?)
24.6. 12. 00 Uhr Wald - Flucht große Bäume - Sette(?) tot
Kompanie, Russe(?), Sumpf, Angst

The place name could be the same, even when he wrote it in different ways.

Gerdan

[LRRPS]

2 more. First one is the last entry where he reaches his own lines.