Kommentarer til: Danes in the german army 1914-1918

Af: Statue of Peace: Italian Craftsmanship Meets Danish History – Sound It Out

Statue of Peace: Italian Craftsmanship Meets Danish History – Sound It Out — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:22:39 +0000

[…] cooperation and the timeless pursuit of peace. Its presence in Copenhagen is a reminder that the legacies of sacrifice and remembrance can transcend borders and unite […]

Af: Rene Rasmussen

Rene Rasmussen — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:39:29 +0000

Som svar til Johan Verbiest.

Dear Johan
Thank you for your comment. Yes, this is indeed possible. Please send scannings of the postcards (both sides, please) to rera@msj.dk . We will then have a look at them.
Kind regards
René Rasmussen

Af: Johan Verbiest

Johan Verbiest — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:31:31 +0000

Dear,
During a recent attic discovery, I found several postcards from a German soldier who served during the First World War. The cards are addressed to H. Carstensen, Rummstraße 6, Apenrade (then Germany, now Denmark). This underscores that the soldier was likely a North Schleswig native serving in the German army. Is it possible to translate the cards into English and provide more context about the unit and the soldier’s place of residence?
Can I send images of the cards to a different email address?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Kind regards,
Johan Verbiest

Af: Jonathan Prusse

Jonathan Prusse — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:13:33 +0000

I have an original letter written from one of my predecessors, which I helped my dad translate; as he wasn’t familiar with a lot of military terminology. He’s a little vague, as we assume he was trying to avoid sensory of his letter. He was writing his family after being taken as POW after being wounded by a grenade and taken prisoner by French troops. He and his brother served in the Western front, where is brother was wounded and later returned to service; and then both he and his brother were captured after his wounding. He made the observation that the French troops treated them better than the German POWs after identifying them as Danish. He laments how many young men have died from his hometown. He spent the remainder of the war working at a French depot and railyard. Is there a database where I can enter his name and find out specifically what unit he and his brother served in?

Af: Diary of the War: December 1917 | Wreck of the Week

Diary of the War: December 1917 | Wreck of the Week — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:31:28 +0000

[…] was a Danish-minority German from Pellworm in Schleswig-Holstein. A very interesting website, mostly in Danish, commemorates the Danish minority reluctantly mobilised into the German forces, […]

Af: Randal Gilbert

Randal Gilbert — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:00:12 +0000

Sehr geehrter Herr Hansen,
Ich bin aus Texas, aber der Großvater meiner Frau diente in der 10. Batterie der 17. Reserve-Feldartillerie, die zur 17. Reserve-Division gehörte. Er wurde in Dassaw geboren, lebte aber 1914 in Schwerin. Ich habe die Geschichte der RFAR 17 ins Englische übersetzt. In dem Buch gibt es viele Verweise auf Holsteiner.
Wir planen eine Reise im Mai, um einige der Orte zu sehen, an denen er gedient hat. Wir haben ein gutes Foto der 10. Batterie, die nach März 1917 gemacht wurde, und auch einige kleinere Fotos.
Wenn Sie eine Kopie haben möchten, sende ich sie gerne zu. Ich verstehe die Probleme mit Übersetzen. Einige der Wörter übersetzen nicht und manchmal muss man aus eine Deutsche Satz drei englische Sätze machen.

Randal Gilbert
Tyler, Texas