Some help needed with my new set of items to a Kriegsmarine Lieutenant!

The document right under the scan of the handwritten letter from the Major appears to be the same, but just typed up. They are both from the Major and say the same.

I hope I'm not imagining things!

 

Ok I see and I confirm it is the same document that was typed for administrative purposes and certified identical by the townhall officials. Ths wa simposed by the allies as many handwritten letters were written in Süterling handwriting which was hard to decypher for the Red Cross and /or censorship. Therefore the latin handwriting was imposed and typing for reseach purposes. Imagine the tremendous amount of letter the red Cross received, they simply had no time to decypher handwriting, so it certainly gave a better chance to send somrthing easy to understand. Besides , I suppose frau Brott needed this evidence letter to get a death certificate. Besides, other administrations would have requested the same document: hence the copies.

 

too bad we do not have his EK2 document to show what unit he was part of.

most likely he was with the Heer Infantrie Kompanie in 1944 in Hungary

 

Well we have "Grenadier Regiment 284" in one letter

 

plus Kompanie listed as a comment in the letter

 

So we basically have everything. Apparently he withdrew from Greece and fought his way through Hungary as a Grenadier and met his fate a few weeks before the end of the war.

 

Dengwill

Oops yes you are right, my mistake

I know nothing more of the grenadier regiment, only what google could provide am afraid

Very interesting grouping though !

Regards

Herr

 

Again, thanks guys for all your help. I thought I'd add his Birth and Marriage Certificates. I actually have a translation of the marriage certificate which was done in the 1950's and understand the birth certifcate!







Erich, my Grandad got the writing in Mein Kampf as:

"To Herr Theodor Bott and Frau Hermine Bott. Schneider gave this in recognition of your dedication.

Athens, 14 August 1943

Signature illegible

Representative (Envoy)"

And the stamp as "High Representative of the Reich in Greece. Athens"


I was also surprised when he translated the Greek on the back of the photo!

"N. Georgaponlonlos, Esutiou 41, Athens"

One last question

What is an Eisenbahnoberinspektor? (Theodor's Dad?)

 

"Chief railway inspector" dengwill

great stuff, thanks for posting again

 

Actually I believe it could be street car (tram) inspector, not necesseraly the Reichsbahn

 

Skip I took the meaning literally and I could be wrong of course.......

 

No problem, I didn't say you were wrong Erich , it is however possible that it was not the national network , but the city one. In fact I now beliive it is the national network , as the job for the city streetcars would have been called StrassenbahnInspektor