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Identifier:
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exwsPmr4_pg12_itm1_pc03
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Title:
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Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-01-27, World War I
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Creator:
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Pommer, Paul
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Description:
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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.
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Description:
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Feldpostbrief; Kais Deutsche; postmark: 28.1.18; 5.25x3.75"(13x9.5 cm) postmark: 28.1.18; envelope: 5.5x3.5" (14x9 cm)
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Date:
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1918-01-27
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Location:
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Wetteren (Belgium)
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Time Period:
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Nineteen tens
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Subject:
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Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
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Subject:
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Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
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Subject:
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World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
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Subject:
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Personal correspondence
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Subject-AAT:
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Correspondence artifacts
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People Identified:
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William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
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Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Source:
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Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier's scrapbook. World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections: http://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/s/i92l44
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Provenance:
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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:
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ger
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Collection:
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World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
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Rights Statement:
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https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
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Rights Status:
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No Known Copyright
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Access Rights:
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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.
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File Format:
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image/jp2
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Digitization Date:
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2019
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