Soldbuch

Here is my latest Soldbuch from a Todt Organisation Obergefreiter. The man come from Sulzbach in Saarland and has entries in his Logbook from 1940 up to 1945 and even beyond as , being a carpenter he was hired by the allies and paid.
He wa sgiven his last rigle in March 1945 which menas he fought the war almost from A to Z and he was awarded the Merit Medal in 1941 by his Hauptmann Schesier and given a special leav eon this occasion.

 

Note the Safe Conduct in English language for the 1945 period.

 

Excellent! The shape of the book is in amazing condition!

 

isn't it? Check out the page in English , it clearly states this Gemran soldier served in an allied unit in 1945 with his original Soldbuch. ( 103rd Army troops Company -German) . I did not post he wage page for 1945 but he gets paid in Reich Marks by the allies until December 1945. I supposed he got an allied Logbook in 1946 . This man was a carpenter and served as a bunker builder for years (going from Norway to France ) .His skills were certainly noticed and apreciated by the allies who hired him .

 

Reichs Marks? I can understand that but I actually thought the Allied brought their own money with them. I wonder if there were local differencies in paying systems or whether you were German or French or...?

 

It says RM on the pay page, even for the dates after May 1945. I believe allies had their own money but that Reicmmarks were also use dfor an other few of months, at least seven according to the book.

 

interesting paperwork skipper, nice to see.

would he have continued to were his german uniform while working for the allies, or some sort of POW clothing?

 

That would be interesting to find out, I'd think something inspired from his original uniform, I doubt there was money for a brand new uniform for this type of non combating units

 

ya i'd say lack of money would be an issue alright

I was just thinking that if he continued to were his uniform, that it might look as if the allies were 'working' alongside the germans

 

well I suppose that if he were Werner Von Braun he would have received a new suit

 

I suppose he just stripped the German army markings off his uniform and continued work with the Allied. Perhaps had some kinda armband showing his new position on the Allied side.

 

I tried to find information about this unit but couldn't find anything at this point.

 

I have just today uploaded my Grandpa's soldbuch. Wermacht.
http://www.ww2f.com/photographs-documents/41986-wermacht-kanonier-soldbuch.html#post490040

 

What I show is a Soldbuch of my dead Grandfather. He died in age of 85. When he was recruited, he was old just as me- 18.
I own a right to distribute this, and I for one thing don't want that this document gets abused. Or either forgotten. So I allow that if you want, you can use a front scan of Soldbuch.
This is originally meant to be only for analysis.

 

And the next pages...

 

...and next...

 

And the last ones. I also Aded my Grandpa's Photo from beginning of his service. I present you Silvester Benedičič or in soldbuch Sylvester Beneditchitch. Germanization...

 

I see quite a few months laying in the hospital in 1944 so this was from enemy action ? this kept him out of the war I am guessing as there seems to be no more entries in his buch

 

ok, it's clear as mineral water.

Your grandfather Sylvester enlisted in Bavaria at Landsberg in 1943. He joined an artillery Regiment (Artillerie replacement. Abteilung 63) and received the number 793 there.
He was from Krainburg (Kranj, Slovenia) and was born in 1924, blond , blue eyes , shoe size 44. 1.81 tall.
he got two medicals leaves in 1944 and went to the Lazarett Klagenfurt Austria, the first time from March 16th 1944 for three weeks and applied for a second leave on June 5th 1944. This was granted and almost immediately revoked on June 6th 1944 (was this becasue leaves were cancelled after D-Day? ) , but he apparently persuaded his doctor to grant him a the same leav ethat wa sinitially refused for another three weeks from June 7th until June 22nd. He received a special safe conduct that would take hime to Freising Bavaria on June 22nd 1944 where he was further assigned to the 25th Artillerie replacement Regiment 7.

Hope this helps

 

the ending statement is why I questioned no more service advised to take on Art. replacement Abteilung but then what ............ as I said the entries end.

will wait to here from the "new" owner of the Soldbuch if he can fill us in from Familie