COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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Identifier:
exwsPommerBk04
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exwsPommerBk04
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Title:
Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier’s scrapbook
title
Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier’s scrapbook
Title
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Alternative Title:
Meine Stationer als Soldat im Weltkrieg 1914-1918
alternative_title
Meine Stationer als Soldat im Weltkrieg 1914-1918
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Creator:
Pommer, Paul
creator
Pommer, Paul
Creator
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Description:
Accordion spine scrapbook with dark green cardboard cover. 13 x 9 ½ x 1 ½ in. Affixed to the cover is large label which reads: “Meine Stationer als Soldat im Weltkrieg 1914-1918” = My Station as a Soldier in the World War 1914-1918. Twenty-four leaves are divided into eight sections, identified by a table of contents pasted inside the front cover. Scrapbook belonged to Paul Pommer, a resident of Hesse, Germany, and documents his time as a German soldier in the first World War. Pommer received troop training in Darmstadt with the Reserve Infantry Regiment 118, 2nd Company, 7th platoon, advanced training at Camp Wegscheide in Bad Orb, mobilized to Friedberg, spent time in France or Belgium, then joined the spring offensive where he was wounded on March 28, 1918. First in “kriegslazarett” or battlefield hospital in Brussels, then moved to a hospital in Glogau in Schlesien (now Poland), then Reserve-Lazarett III, Frankfurt-am-Main. Pommer’s address sticker is placed on the first page, as well as the back of envelopes, and reads “Paul Pommer, 6370 Oberursel/Taunus, Altkönigstraße 32a.” Contents include photographs, postcards, clippings, letters and telegrams. Occasional missing item. Blank leaves were not photographed.
description
Accordion spine scrapbook with dark green cardboard cover. 13 x 9 ½ x 1 ½ in. Affixed to the cover is large label which reads: “Meine Stationer als Soldat im Weltkrieg 1914-1918” = My Station as a Soldier in the World War 1914-1918. Twenty-four leaves are divided into eight sections, identified by a table of contents pasted inside the front cover. Scrapbook belonged to Paul Pommer, a resident of Hesse, Germany, and documents his time as a German soldier in the first World War. Pommer received troop training in Darmstadt with the Reserve Infantry Regiment 118, 2nd Company, 7th platoon, advanced training at Camp Wegscheide in Bad Orb, mobilized to Friedberg, spent time in France or Belgium, then joined the spring offensive where he was wounded on March 28, 1918. First in “kriegslazarett” or battlefield hospital in Brussels, then moved to a hospital in Glogau in Schlesien (now Poland), then Reserve-Lazarett III, Frankfurt-am-Main. Pommer’s address sticker is placed on the first page, as well as the back of envelopes, and reads “Paul Pommer, 6370 Oberursel/Taunus, Altkönigstraße 32a.” Contents include photographs, postcards, clippings, letters and telegrams. Occasional missing item. Blank leaves were not photographed.
Description
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Date:
1914-1918
date
1914-1918
Date
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Location:
Germany
location
Germany
Location
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Time Period:
Nineteen tens
time_period
Nineteen tens
Time Period
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Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject
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Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works
Subject
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Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front
subject
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front
Subject
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Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
subject
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Subject
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Subject:
Scrapbooks--Germany
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Scrapbooks--Germany
Subject
false
Subject:
Albums
subject
Albums
Subject
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Places Identified:
Darmstadt (Germany)
places_identified
Darmstadt (Germany)
Places Identified
false
Places Identified:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
places_identified
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Places Identified
false
Places Identified:
Glogau (Germany)
places_identified
Glogau (Germany)
Places Identified
false
Places Identified:
Brussels (Belgium)
places_identified
Brussels (Belgium)
Places Identified
false
Places Identified:
Friedberg (Hesse, Germany)
places_identified
Friedberg (Hesse, Germany)
Places Identified
false
Places Identified:
Wetteren (Belgium)
places_identified
Wetteren (Belgium)
Places Identified
false
Places Identified:
Bad Orb (Germany)
places_identified
Bad Orb (Germany)
Places Identified
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
publisher
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Source:
World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections
source
World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections
Source
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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.
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.
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Language:
ger
language
ger
Language
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Collection:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
collection
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Collection
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Rights:
Copyright 2017 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
rights
Copyright 2017 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
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File Format:
image/tiff
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image/tiff
File Format
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Digitization Date:
2017
digitization_date
2017
Digitization Date
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