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[HouweTrouwe]

Gerdan hope you are ready then for this!

Many thanks

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highly decorated hero

Here's a highly decorated hero.

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Reverse of hero's photo

Here's the reverse of the hero's photo that needs translating.

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soldier in Italy

Here's a soldier in Italy.

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soldier in Italy

Here's the back of the above photo.

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3 Kompanie

Here's a group photo from 1941.

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3 Kompanie reverse

Here's the reverse of the 3 Kompanie photo.

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BDM girl

Here's a BDM girl in 1940.

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BDM girl in 1940

Here's the reverse of the BDM photo.

[HPL2008]

# 650:
"As a memory to my unknown comrade [comrade written in the female form"Kameradin" as opposed to the male "Kamerad"] 'Hilde'.
Italy, 3 September 44."

# 651:
"Wittingau 1941.
(Protectorate)
Bohemia and Moravia
Infantry Replacement Battalion 311
3rd Company"
[Wittingau is the German name for the Czech town of Třeboň, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%99ebo%C5%88 ]

# 652:
"As a memory
to
your best friend
Marlies
Hameln on 26 July 1940"
[Hameln - Hamelin in English - is the German town of pied piper fame, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamelin ]

[Gerdan]

# 646

I will try my very best but the copy is very bad! It seems to be part of a curriculum vitae.

" ...Bayreut (name of a town) vom Mai 1933 bis Januar 1934..später ..zu werden. Seit 3. September (?) 1933 ist.. bei der Schutzstaffel, wird unser..aber schon früher..sein, wenn es nur recht so lange ich mich...um Einstellung bewerbe, verboten..mich politisch zu betätigen.

(Am) 3. Dezember 1933 meldete ich mich zu den aktiven SS-Hundertschaften...München und erhielt im Januar 1934 einen...Nachdem Unterzeichneter ein halbes Jahr bei der Landespolizei in München ausgebildet worden war, wurde ich im Juli 1934 zur dritten Kompanie der SS-Standarte "Deutschland" ..und (wurde) am 1. Dezember 1934 zu 4/SS "Deutschland" versetzt.
Am 1. November 1935 zu dem Führeranwärter Lehrgang von I/SS "Deutschland" und kam am 1. April 1936 (?) an die SS-(Junkerschule?) ...Braunschweig"..

I hope it will ghelp you a little bit. Later I will try the translation. (Now I have to remove a lot of snow in front of my home...)

Gerdan

[StuGIII]

photos

# 650:
"As a memory to my unknown comrade [comrade written in the female form"Kameradin" as opposed to the male "Kamerad"] 'Hilde'.
Italy, 3 September 44."

# 651:
"Wittingau 1941.
(Protectorate)
Bohemia and Moravia
Infantry Replacement Battalion 311
3rd Company"
[Wittingau is the German name for the Czech town of Třeboň, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%99ebo%C5%88 ]

# 652:
"As a memory
to
your best friend
Marlies
Hameln on 26 July 1940"
[Hameln - Hamelin in English - is the German town of pied piper fame, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamelin ]

# 650 So the soldier in Italy was giving the photo to a girl named Hilde?

# 652 That's interesting that she was from Hamelin. What would Marlies be short for or was that actually the girls name? She looks to be about ten to me, what do you think? I can see her HJ/BDM pin on her pocket.

[HouweTrouwe]

# 646

I will try my very best but the copy is very bad! It seems to be part of a curriculum vitae.

" ...Bayreut (name of a town) vom Mai 1933 bis Januar 1934..später ..zu werden. Seit 3. September (?) 1933 ist.. bei der Schutzstaffel, wird unser..aber schon früher..sein, wenn es nur recht so lange ich mich...um Einstellung bewerbe, verboten..mich politisch zu betätigen.

(Am) 3. Dezember 1933 meldete ich mich zu den aktiven SS-Hundertschaften...München und erhielt im Januar 1934 einen...Nachdem Unterzeichneter ein halbes Jahr bei der Landespolizei in München ausgebildet worden war, wurde ich im Juli 1934 zur dritten Kompanie der SS-Standarte "Deutschland" ..und (wurde) am 1. Dezember 1934 zu 4/SS "Deutschland" versetzt.
Am 1. November 1935 zu dem Führeranwärter Lehrgang von I/SS "Deutschland" und kam am 1. April 1936 (?) an die SS-(Junkerschule?) ...Braunschweig"..

I hope it will ghelp you a little bit. Later I will try the translation. (Now I have to remove a lot of snow in front of my home...)

Gerdan

Many thanks! Would a bigger scan maybe sharper help you more? Yes, you are right.

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[Gerdan]

Sorry, but even the bigger scan will not help me to read the text better. There are a lot of words missing because of the bad copy - in addition the personal handwriting of the guy which is very bad.

Gerdan

[HPL2008]

# 650 So the soldier in Italy was giving the photo to a girl named Hilde?

So it would seem. The wording is a bit odd there; it is actually more what one would expect to find on a photograph of said Hilde given to the soldier, not vice versa. Perhaps what he really meant to express is "Andenken für", not "Andenken an".
The word "Kameradin" is interesting, by the way. Perhaps she was an auxilliary of some kind.

# 652 That's interesting that she was from Hamelin. What would Marlies be short for or was that actually the girls name? She looks to be about ten to me, what do you think? I can see her HJ/BDM pin on her pocket.

Marlies is a proper name in its own right, but it can also be a colloquial or affectionate short form of Marie-Luise, Maria-Luise, Marie-Elisabeth etc. (It's the same with, for example, the male name "Hans", which can be the actual name or the short form of "Johann", "Johannes" etc.)
About ten years of age could be, but then I am terribly bad at estimating people's age. Certainly not younger, as 10 was the entry age.