COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg12_itm1_pc06
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-01-03, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Letter from musketeer Paul Pommer, addressed to his brother Martin Pommer in Frankfurt, Germany. Letter dated January 3, 1918, written in the field. The letter greets his brothers Martin and Ernst; the joint letter due to being low on paper. He discusses problems with the mail since it’s been difficult to correspond, though he has received letters from Lydia and Paul (Poemmerle?), and wrote a small letter to Else W. He was happy Ernst received his second package. Pommer describes being on the front, concerned with his mortality. That Saturday he had witnessed the deaths of several comrades, by hand grenades and gunfire. He experience a long period of bombardments and had to keep low. After this, they were not allowed to sing as usual to keep their spirits up, for the noise could lead to more death. 100 meters from where they stayed laid the fallen soldiers. He sends his best to his family and ends the letter with his usual "until again!"
Description:
Feldpostbrief; Kais Deutsche; postmark: 5.2.18; 4.75x3.5" (12x9 cm)
Date:
1918-01-03
Location:
Belgium?
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare
Subject:
Personal correspondence
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
People Identified:
Pommer, Martin
People Identified:
Pommer, Ernst
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