COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg20_itm1_pc1
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-05-25, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Letter from musketeer Paul Pommer addressed to the family of Gust. (Gustav) Pommer in Frankfurt, Germany. Postmarked Glogau, May 25, 1918. Pommer expresses his disappointment that he went a little further from Frankfurt than expected. In the middle of the week he left Brussels and traveled by train into midday Saturday. The lengthy train was stressful and uncomfortable, so he is happy to be off. Now he is in Schlesien, in the old town of Glogau, at a military hospital. Pommer states that the his wound has no more pain but his under arm is very swollen. He was under the belief he would be in a hospital near Frankfurt, as his peers explained, and is very confused as to why he ended up so far away from Frankfurt. Pommer requests that perhaps his father can go to Herrn Schalk and get some information on how one transfers closer to home. He mentions a potential application to fill out; Adler Bogen is the one to talk to about this matter. Pommer hopes this situation can change.
Description:
Feldpost; Glogau; envelope postmark: 25.5.18; 4.75x3.75"(12x9.5cm)
Date:
1918-05-26
Location:
Glogów (Województwo Dolnośląskie, Poland)
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
People Identified:
Pommer family
Places Identified:
Glogów (Województwo Dolnośląskie, Poland)
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
People Identified:
Schalk, Herrn
Places Identified:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
People Identified:
Bogen, Adler
Subject:
Personal correspondence
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care
Subject:
War wounds
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Source:
Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier's scrapbook. World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections: http://luna.library…
Provenance:
Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston, who obtained them from the family of Paul Pommer, Germany.
Language:
ger
Collection:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Access Rights:
No Known Copyright. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
File Format:
image/jp2
Digitization Date:
2020