COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg04_itm1_pc02
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1916-11-18, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Postcard from musketeer Paul Pommer, addressed to the family of Gust. (Gustav) Pommer in Frankfurt, Germany. Dated November 18, 1916 and postmarked from Darmstadt, Übungsplatz, presumably on November 19. Contains details about his day and the amount of men stationed at Darmstadt as well as their ages. The way Pommer writes about the positive influence of the older men may indicate he is one of the younger soldiers.
Description:
Feldpostkarte; Darmstadt; postmark -9.11.16; 5.25x3.75" (13x10 cm)
Date:
1916-11-18
Location:
Darmstadt (Germany)
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Places Identified:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject:
Germany. Heer
Subject:
Personal correspondence
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:
2018