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ANNOUNCEMENT
On January 30, 1943, a member of the German Wehrmacht was shot in the back in the municipality of Haarlem.

As a reprisal for this attack, the curfew in the municipalities of Haarlem, Bloemendaal, and Heemstede is immediately moved…

The remnants of stickers at the corners of the photo indicate that this was taken from a larger photo album. Without the larger album for context, the soldiers names, unit, and location are difficult to determine. The grass seems more China or…

Watch and Duty
Small Watch Groups
Watch Officer: Lieutenant Fraszezak
Engineer Officer: Lieutenant Thielmann
Chief Engineer: Senior Engineer Hegmann
Helmsman: Petty Officer Meissner
Division Commander: Captain z. See Gumprich
The Training…

45th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (45th LAA Rgt), was a British Territorial Army (TA) unit formed in July 1940. After serving in Anti-Aircraft Command during the Battle of Britain and The Blitz, it went to North Africa as part of…

To all personnel of units and formations of the Red Army of the Courland Front

ANNOUNCEMENT

I have the honor to inform you that I, Captain of the Russian Liberation Army, former captain of the Red Army — Vasilyev Mikhail Fyodorovich, have…

(Translation of the back side of the sheet)

Principles of the Law of War Captives
(According to the Hague Convention 1907, Geneva Convention 1929)

From the moment of surrender, German soldiers are regarded as prisoners of war and fall under…