Documents

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated Monday, 20 October 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper features major wartime headlines on the Eastern Front, Taganrog on the Sea of Azov, Waffen-SS operations, British wartime anxiety, Soviet losses, Ritterkreuz-related content, military photographs, naval references and period advertisements. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated Wednesday, 3 December 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper includes wartime headlines connected with British prestige warfare, the Africa campaign, Crimea, Tobruk, Roosevelt, Finland, military photographs, Ritterkreuz references, cultural notes and period advertisements. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research, documentation and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated 6 November 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper includes front-page wartime headlines, Eastern Front and Crimea-related coverage, photographs, political articles, advertisements and period printed material. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research, documentation and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original named document estate of Rudolf Paret, Reichsbahn official, former SA Rottenführer and later Wehrmacht Obergefreiter connected to 2. Reserve Grenadier Battalion 465, Tarnopol, Galicia. Includes Reichsbahn promotion certificates, Dorpmüller signatures, Hitler facsimile, KVK2 document, photos, letters and missing-in-action paperwork.

Original Richard Anton Christ document and medal estate, including Soldbuch, WWI and WWII paperwork, KVK2 award document, family records, postal service IDs and medals connected with his military and civil career.

Original German document group for Jakob Meitinger of Augsburg, including Wehrpass with photograph, Arbeitsbuch, RAD discharge/travel paper, group photo and correspondence from the final months of WWII.

Original Wehrmacht Soldbuch belonging to Albert Wilhelm Rattey, later promoted to Gefreiter, with photograph, unit entries, equipment records and post-war German refugee/displaced person ID issued in Offenburg in 1956.

Original German Kennkarte issued to Mathilde Bilitz, born in 1919 in Mutterstadt. Civil identity document with portrait photograph, fingerprints, signature, official Kaiserslautern stamps and visible period wear.

Original Deutsches Reich Kennkarte issued to Lina Hermann, née Reitz, in Germersheim. Civil identity card with photograph, fingerprints, signature, official stamps and visible age-related wear.

Original Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch belonging to Heinrich Jung, issued by Arbeitsamt Kaiserslautern, Nebenstelle Landstuhl, in 1936. Civil labour document with local employment entries, stamps and period handling.

Original Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch belonging to Karl Schirmer, born in 1912. Civil work record book with personal data, vocational notes, official stamps, handwritten entries and age consistent with period use.