Seldom Fieldpost Letter - 1st Mountain Trooper Division - Greece Corfu Island
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Rare and ORIGINAL fieldpost letter, written by a German officer who was with the Mountain Hunters Regiment 99 of the 1st mountain trooper Division"
When he wrote this letter, the Regiment was in Corfu Island under the Command of Lieutenant General Walter Stettner Ritter von Grabenhofen who was killed by Partisans.
The Division is known because of its war crimes and the soldier who wrote this letter made some hints about it. On 25 July 1943, soldiers from the division at...tacked the village of Mousiotitsa in Greece after a cache of weapons was found nearby, killing 153 civilians. On 16 August 1943, the village of Kommeno was attacked on the orders of Oberstleutnant Josef Salminger, the commander of GebirgsJäger Regiment 98. A total of 317 civilians were killed.
After the killing of Oberstleutnant Josef Salminger by Greek partisans, the commander of XXII Gebirgs-Armeekorps General der Gebirgstruppe Hubert Lanz ordered, on 1 October 1943, a “ruthless retaliatory action” in a 20 km area around the place where Salminger had been attacked. In the village of Lyngiades, 92 of its 96 residents were executed.
On the envelope is the unit stamp print and a field postmark. The letter was written on 24. october 1943, so exactly the time when the war crimes took place
The Officer wrote the following lines:
Fieldpost to Miss Martl Heidel in Karlsruhe/Baden, Luisen street 15 II
Sender: staff Sergeant E. Herr, fieldpost number 08553
Sunday, October 24, 1943
My dear Pagan Peterle!
Today we have a wonderful Sunday morning again and you almost could believe that winter is already at your doorstep. Winter has come in the mountains, but there is no real winter here. Winter is replaced by an unpleasant rainy season. Well, for the time being, here is one day more beautiful than the other, especially since it has become a bit cooler, but pleasant. There is no news to report. I still live like a little pasha, so very different than you at home. However, this will not be a permanent condition because we are already expected! New tasks are waiting for us. But first we have to .... Well, you know. I look forward to it. Soon a new holiday regulation will come into force! A better than the current one. I hope that you are alright. I am often with my thoughts with you and so I beautify my days. Everything about you is so close and familiar to me it seems as if I had just left you yesterday. It seems to me that only a few days have passed since we spent happy days like children. Do you feel the same? And now my dear Peterle take my warmest greetings and a lovely Sunday kiss from your sweetheart. Goodbye! Many, many thanks for the whistle leaflets. Please do not be angry with me because in the last letter I forgot to thank you
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When he wrote this letter, the Regiment was in Corfu Island under the Command of Lieutenant General Walter Stettner Ritter von Grabenhofen who was killed by Partisans.
The Division is known because of its war crimes and the soldier who wrote this letter made some hints about it. On 25 July 1943, soldiers from the division at...tacked the village of Mousiotitsa in Greece after a cache of weapons was found nearby, killing 153 civilians. On 16 August 1943, the village of Kommeno was attacked on the orders of Oberstleutnant Josef Salminger, the commander of GebirgsJäger Regiment 98. A total of 317 civilians were killed.
After the killing of Oberstleutnant Josef Salminger by Greek partisans, the commander of XXII Gebirgs-Armeekorps General der Gebirgstruppe Hubert Lanz ordered, on 1 October 1943, a “ruthless retaliatory action” in a 20 km area around the place where Salminger had been attacked. In the village of Lyngiades, 92 of its 96 residents were executed.
On the envelope is the unit stamp print and a field postmark. The letter was written on 24. october 1943, so exactly the time when the war crimes took place
The Officer wrote the following lines:
Fieldpost to Miss Martl Heidel in Karlsruhe/Baden, Luisen street 15 II
Sender: staff Sergeant E. Herr, fieldpost number 08553
Sunday, October 24, 1943
My dear Pagan Peterle!
Today we have a wonderful Sunday morning again and you almost could believe that winter is already at your doorstep. Winter has come in the mountains, but there is no real winter here. Winter is replaced by an unpleasant rainy season. Well, for the time being, here is one day more beautiful than the other, especially since it has become a bit cooler, but pleasant. There is no news to report. I still live like a little pasha, so very different than you at home. However, this will not be a permanent condition because we are already expected! New tasks are waiting for us. But first we have to .... Well, you know. I look forward to it. Soon a new holiday regulation will come into force! A better than the current one. I hope that you are alright. I am often with my thoughts with you and so I beautify my days. Everything about you is so close and familiar to me it seems as if I had just left you yesterday. It seems to me that only a few days have passed since we spent happy days like children. Do you feel the same? And now my dear Peterle take my warmest greetings and a lovely Sunday kiss from your sweetheart. Goodbye! Many, many thanks for the whistle leaflets. Please do not be angry with me because in the last letter I forgot to thank you
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