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Identifier:
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exwsPmr4_pg12_itm1_pc06
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Title:
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Paul Pommer correspondence, 1918-01-03, 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 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!"
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Description:
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Feldpostbrief; Kais Deutsche; postmark: 5.2.18; 4.75x3.5" (12x9 cm)
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Date:
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1918-01-03
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Location:
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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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World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare
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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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Pommer, Martin
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People Identified:
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Pommer, Ernst
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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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