Bernhard H.Holst Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Thank you Bernhard! This opens up an entire new world for research. I wonder if that was the norm for PoWs to be released over a year after the war ended. Flanders and Cholm I'm familiar with, but Pripjet Swamps is a new one for me. Can you tell me what he did in WWII? Thank you so very much again. Hello: Thank you for posting this interesting group. After WW I apparent different criteria ( if any ) were applied when it came to the release of German POW held by Allied Powers. I have seen some data on those held by France who were released as late as 1920. Presently international rules provide for speedy release after hostilities end but then... The Pripjet ( or Pripiet )swamps are a huge area in ( I think) present day Russia.. During WW II they were a favorite Partisan area in the then Soviet Union. D.K. Lambrecht is listed on some docs. as Studienrat and Dr. der Philosophie so had some rank in the education field and a doctorate in philosophy . In WW II was Hauptmann and in 1941 deputy commander of POW construction and labor battalion 6. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Indeed, I think many German soldiers were released in 1920, Sick and wounded are usually earlier. He was captured in the Hermannstelle, this was basically a second line of defense behind the Siegfriedline, there were a few different one, Hundigsstelle, Hermannstelle etc. hermannstell was fron Gent to Marle. There is not a lot out there about this stage of the warm, even less so because it was a french sector (I think) and so of little interest for English speaking authors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I find it interesting that he was on both fronts, but I guess after the Russians capitulated, many men were transferred to the Western Front. There are two other official typed letters he wrote during WWII and a WWI photograph that I will put on as well. Thanks for all the info, again it really has opened doors for more research for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Very interresting subject. thanks for sharing it with us Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) You're welcome, but it's the translators who have done the work and opened up the doors. Found this on the web about Stalag VI F where Dr./Capt. Lambrecht worked in WWII with RAD 6. http://stalag-vi-f.beepworld.de/stalagvi-f.htm Edited January 19, 2013 by azyeoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hunter Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 This is a fantastic grouping! Congratulations! Best wishes Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Great grouping, I especially like the medalbars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 You are lucky to have such a complete grouping, with documents and the medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 You are lucky to have such a complete grouping, with documents and the medals. Thank you, I think so too. There is even more that I'll put up when I've got a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I look forward to seeing the rest. Do you have uniform items or etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) Here's the 1916 WWI photo that came with the group. You can see stacked rifles in the center and a person sitting to the left of them. Edited January 21, 2013 by azyeoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Another document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Something Dr./Capt. Lambrecht had printed/published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 The first of two letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 1st letter continued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 the second letter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Any help in translating the above would be more greatly appreciated. I hope you find these as interesting as the first ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Hello: # 36,translation of envelope inscription : 1916 entrenchment on the Oginski Canal. Here I spent 2 years in the East. Konrad. Bernhard H. Holst Edited January 22, 2013 by Bernhard H.Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Hello: #37 translation of the letter from his daughter Jutta of which I have translated the more important portions: 30.June. 1942 Dear dad. Tonight I want to write you a specially nice letter. We have now in school learned this script. .... This letter is my first undertaking in this field (note: writing in this script). Thanks for the nice swim suit. It fits exactly. The color is also as I wished. I am enthusiastic over the gym shoes.Many thanks. In my next letter I will write of my vacation plans. Your Jutta Note: vacation plans most likely refers to the forthcoming school summer vacation. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Letters like this add a lot of personality! Thank you and keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Bernhard, You're such a help and how wonderful that he kept his daughter's letter all those years and it stayed with the group; very touching. Thank you so much for you help in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Hello: Ref. to # 38: a summary of the pictured communication indicates a circular to the members of an association with the proud number of 8. It addresses the matter of a planned but then cancelled, get-together. It was to have taken place at the occasion of the anniversary of the formation of the association. Some considerable expenses had been incurred and contributions to needed funds are solicited. It appears to have been some school related association. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Hello: ref. # 39 and 40: again a summary results in an exchange of correspondence between Hptm. Lambrecht stationed in Kopenhagen at the time ( 1942 ) and a Hptm. Vogelsang who seems to have been the commanding officer of the brother in law of K. Lambrecht who was declared missing in action on the Eastern front. His name and rank: Feldwebel Heinrich Heinemann, 44 years old, leaving a wife and three children. He had served in WW I. K. Lambrecht asks for any information which could possibly establish some hope that Fw. Heinemann became a Soviet POW. It furthermore gives information of official regulations concerning the possible promotion of military personnel to officer rank who became POW if certain criteria are met which was the case with Fw. Heinemann. Copy of that regulation was attached. K. Lambrecht's sister was in some economic difficulties and a promotion would enhance her situation. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Fantstic bit of history! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Needless to say, I'm surprised myself at how nice it is. My hat is off to Bernhard Holst for all the help in translating the documents. Thank you very much Bernhard! Edited January 22, 2013 by azyeoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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