COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg12_itm1_pc03
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-01-27, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Letter from musketeer Paul Pommer, addressed to the family of Gust. (Gustav) Pommer in Frankfurt, Germany. Letter dated January 27, postmarked Kais Deutsche Feldpost, January 28, 1918. Pommer writes about the day's festivities celebrating Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday. There was a march, parade, and other formal events for soldiers such as singing. Pommer claims it had not been like this since Christmas. There was an excellent meal of goulash and potatoes, with sausage and butter later in the evening with coffee.
Description:
Feldpostbrief; Kais Deutsche; postmark: 28.1.18; 5.25x3.75"(13x9.5 cm) postmark: 28.1.18; envelope: 5.5x3.5" (14x9 cm)
Date:
1918-01-27
Location:
Wetteren (Belgium)
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject:
Personal correspondence
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
People Identified:
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
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:
2019