COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg22_itm3_pc05
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-07-12, World War I
Creator:
Tuten?
Description:
Letter from Pommer's friend Tuten to musketeer Paul Pommer in Glogau, Poland. Postmarked Schleswig, July 12, 1918. The letter possibly written by Pommer's friend Tuten. At the top of the letter, upside-down, Tuten writes that the way the letter is written is not his fault, since he just got Pommer's address, and wrote in a rush. In the letter, he sends greetings and his address. He adds that he is just as far away from Lydia as Pommer is. He is hospitalized after being injured during grenade fire. He was operated on twice, since shrapnel was lodged into him. There is still a lot of healing to be done. Lydia writes to him so beautifully, his letter is the opposite. He wonders if the man upstairs reads these letters. He contemplates the afterlife. He asks Pommer how he feels about having this experience. He ends the letter by asking Pommer to write back about this, and sends his greetings as a friend and comrade.
Description:
Feldpostbrief; Schleswig; 5.5x7" (14x18cm); envelope: postmarked 12.7.18; 5.5x3.5" (14x9cm)
Date:
1918-07-12
Location:
Schleswig (Germany and Denmark)
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
People Identified:
Pommer, Paul
Places Identified:
Schleswig (Germany and Denmark)
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
People Identified:
Pommer, Lydia
Places Identified:
Glogów (Województwo Dolnośląskie, Poland)
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject:
Personal correspondence
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
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Known Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
File Format:
image/jp2
Digitization Date:
2020