Kriegsmarine My small U-95 related collection

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Here is a small part of my collection which has to do with the German u-boot U-95, which was sunk on the 28th of November 1941 after being torpedoed by the dutch submarine O-21. There were only twelve survivors. U-95 was under the command of KapitänLeutnant Gerd Schreiber, while the O-21 was commanded by Luitenant 1st klasse Johannes van Dulm. Most of the stuff has to do with obersteuermann Martin Bitterberg, who was also third watch officer on U-95. Hope you guys enjoy.

First some photographs of Martin Bitterberg.

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Some more Bitterberg pics.

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On the next photographs Martin Bitterberg when he was promoted to NCO and the second pic in his NCO uniform.

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On the first picture Martin Bitterberg in the conning tower of U-9 (pic taken in 1939). On the second pic Martin Bitterberg next to Gerd Schreiber in the tower of U-95.

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Next is the leather deck jacket of Martin Bitterberg.

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After the sinking of U-95, twelve survivors were rescued by their attacker. They were handed over to the British in Gibraltar. Gerd Schreiber ended up in Bowmanville Camp, while Martin Bitterberg was send to Camp 23, Monteith, Canada. Here are some letters he wrote to his wife while in captivity.

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And his POW-camp armband.

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And some photographs from basic training.

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More.

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And more.

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More.

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A postcard written by Martin Bitterberg while he was stationed onboard U-9. The card is adressed to his father.

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Two small photographs of the U-9.

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A "frachtbrief" with Bitterbergs name on it.

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And another.

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Now some stuff from the O-21 side. First a photograph of the O-21.

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An article about the O-21.

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Two books. The first are the memoires of Johannes van Dulm (Onder de bloedvlag van de O21). In this he describes the attack on U-95. The second is the book of one of the crewmembers of the O-21, Wijnand Claes (De kat met 9 levens) and he also describes the attack on U-95.

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Wartime photograph of the crew of the O-21.

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And on the left (the man with the beard) is Johannes van Dulm, commander of the 0-21.

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That's it for now. Hope you guys enjoyed.

[TacHel]

Wow! A great subject! I think you should have it displayed in a naval museum!

Thanks for sharing!

[nesredep]

Next is the leather deck jacket of Martin Bitterberg.

Hello!

First very nice thread.Is there any Marker Labels inside this leather Jacket.

All the best

Morten.

[Tim B]

Very nice Adrian! Happy to see many of those shots!

Tim

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Hello!

First very nice thread.Is there any Marker Labels inside this leather Jacket.

All the best

Morten.

Sadly there are no maker marks left in the jacket. It only contains his name and rank. When i got the jacket, i went through the pockets and couldn't find any markers in and around those either. I did find however an old German newspaper article and a spare button.

Regarding displaying it, i am currently working on a new way of displaying this lot. Only problem is if i have enough space in my war room. It will be a long term project, but that is also one of the nice things about this hobby / addiction. It keeps you busy for ages (only one having problems with that is the gf).