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translation help please
hi
I have two unrelated pieces of text I cannot make out.
Any ideas?
thanks
andyComment
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# 2979
1) "Mit dem Pfeil bezeichnetes Fenster, Mein Quartier, Dubrowno, Nov. 42
The window with the arrow is my billet, Dubrowo, Nov. 42
2) " Ausl.(?) Ausländische (?) Kriegsgräber an der Küste" - foreign war graves near the
coast
GerdanComment
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me again
sorry me again
I think these are place names. Can anyone make them out/
thanks
andyComment
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# 2982
1) Dünaburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daugavpils
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daugavpils
2) Pernau / Estland
http://www.estlandia.de/tourismus/staedte/paernu.html
3) Ostrov / Russland
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrov
4) Korno / Litauen
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas
5) La Ferté sous Jouarre Telegrafenbau- Lehrgang - course of instruction telegraph
constructing
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fert%C3%A9-sous-Jouarre
GerdanComment
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Just picked up a WW1 German Sterbebild (death card) of a man with a medic's armband.
It indicates he is a sanitätsfahrer in the Bavarian Field Hospital 127.
Is it correct to translate the literal "sanitary driver" as ambulance driver?Comment
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Unless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
~ Dan Hampton, Viper PilotComment
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Hey fellas,
I know this letter is pretty long and boring, but it was my great grandfathers when he was in Russia. Could anyone take the time to translate this one? If its too long even a summary would be great...
unfortunately i cannot get better scans of the back side (my grandmothers scanner was annoying enough...)
thanks in advance
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Letter to mom; Page 1: he starts out by thanking her for 3 cards/letters, and some cookies. Also for birthday wishes. He's sending her a couple of päckenkarten (maybe smokes?) but he says they only get 2 a month. It's a Sunday afternoon, and they've already done their work. And they're going to spend couple hours later singing, if the mood hits them.Originally posted by Kiezer View PostHey fellas,
I know this letter is pretty long and boring, but it was my great grandfathers when he was in Russia. Could anyone take the time to translate this one? If its too long even a summary would be great...
unfortunately i cannot get better scans of the back side (my grandmothers scanner was annoying enough...)
thanks in advance
Page 2: begins with him saying they had to eat some low-grade bread with the good tea they had. (this scan is a bit harder to read, as it's smaller)
HankLast edited by Hank Cummings; 07-09-2011, 08:58 PM.Unless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
~ Dan Hampton, Viper PilotComment
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thanks hank,
Do you know what it says on the top of the first page? to me its division gefreiter somethingComment
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Div. Gef. Std. "Division Gefecht Stand" - More or less the positions occupied by the unit on or near the front. They weren't allowed to write exactly where they were.Originally posted by Kiezer View Post
HankUnless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
~ Dan Hampton, Viper PilotComment
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# 2987
I think I can help Hank a bit with the translated of the word "Päckchenmarke"
(not "Päckchenkarte" !).
A Päckchenmarke was like a stamp which allowed the soldier to sent/receive parcels.
http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=h...w=1264&bih=814
http://www.philasearch.com/bilder/E9078/2163.jpg
http://www.felzmann.de/customer/imag.../full/4345.jpg
GerdanComment
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Hello Gerdan, if they are printed pages I begin to do it myself, but with the handwritten pages without you are always in some doubtful... there are two Feldpost of a young grenadier of the 16 SS Reichsfurer fell the 12th june 1944 near Pisa 12, 1944 near Pisa ... thanks!!!!!
the first:
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Post 2991:
the first letter:
Liebe Eltern und Gunther
Will euch heute schnell ein kleines Briefchen schreiben. Bin gesund und geht mir gut. Was ich auch von euch allen hoffe. Sind jetzt schon wieder 8 Tage auf Fahrt konnte euch nie schreibne. Sind jetzt aber noch nicht wo wir hin mussen. Wir haben hier eine Hitzl(?) das ganz arg ist. Nun für heute schluss und alles gute euer Sohn Basti.
Recht viele Grüsse an alle Nachbarn recht viele Grüsse an Kibs(?) (2 other names?) Auf Wiedersehen!
Dear Parents and Gunther, just wanted to write a quick letter. I'm healthy and doing well. Hope the same for you. We've been traveling 8 days and still not at destination, couldn't write during that time. We're having (or experiencing) a (not sure what the word "hitzl" is...maybe it's "hitze", or heatwave) that's really something. I'll close now for today. Your son, Basti. Heartfelt greetings on all the neighbors and (some named friends).
2nd letter: Really about the same thing...he confirms receiving 4 letters from them. Still a heatwave...10 days underway...he saw alot underway...almost the same as first letter.
best
HankUnless it was nighttime, or the weather was bad, and you were running out of gas - then it was a sweaty nightmare, like a monkey f*ing a skunk.
~ Dan Hampton, Viper PilotComment
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