leon21 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Just finished translating a stack of letters and documents for Georg Grasser the professor, turns out half of them relate to hisson also called Georg Grasser. Georg the son was born in Feb 1911, went to elementary school then onto high school, moved to Japan in 1926 with hisparents. he returned in 1931 and enrolled in the Consular Akademie studying foreign languages, ( French. English. and Japanese and completed his courses in 1935. Having a extensive knowledge of european and east asian politics went to studyat the Japaninstitute in Berlin on the German-Japanese student exchange programme.till 1938 when he entered the Luftwaffe as a volunteer, he was passed fit and assigned to 4th battery light flakabtellung 75. Munich training as a gunner.Iv''e now found a bank withdrawal stub dated 30.12.44 stamped in Beslau, as far as I know Hitler declared Breslau a Fortress Cityin August of 44. He is a officer now in a Anti-Aircraft Replacement Battalion 25. Fortress Breslau 17th Army consisted of the following units in Feb 45408th Division.609th Division.2. Parachute Battalions.Breslau. Artiliery Regiment.componants2. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalions.1.Anti-Tank Battalion.5 Engineer Battalions.38 Volksstrum Battalions3, Signal Battalions.He was captured and released in 1947 then settled in Munchen and got a job as export manager in the motor industry. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Some of the letters and documents. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 I've just come across Georg Grassers Wehrpass which I'm in the process of obtaining, I've got a few pages copied from the Wehrpass book which has given me a wealth of information about his war time service from 1938 till the end of the war in 45, which has filled a huge gap in my records about him. He entered service in the Luftwaffe as a volunteer on 25.8.38. he was passed fit and assigned to conscription category ErsatzReserve 1 = ie ( untrained, not called up and under age 35 ), on the 25.10.38 was assigned to 4th Battery Light Flak Abteilung 75 Munich. On 27.8.39 was in 4th Battery Reserve FlakAbteilung 151 Augsburg. He trained as a gunner on 2cm Flak 30 gun, 3.7 Flak Anti-Aircraft gun, and the 60cm Sheinwerfer Battery ( Search Light ) and late in the war in the use of the Panzerfaust. He saw action in the first phase of the France Campaign in 5th/Flak Abteilung 25 (mot) part of 104 Flak Rgt part of 1st Flakkorps supporting Pz Group Kleist, and took part in the Battle of Dunkirk operating against low flying British and Allied Aircraft. He then was in Stabs Battery Flak Reserve Abteilung 25, and premoted to rank of Gefreiten on1.8.40. again to rank of O/Gefreiten on 1.9.41.and again to rank of Unterofficer on1.12.41. On 27.10.42. was in 15 Funkempfangs=Kp / Luftnachrichten D. Oberbefehlshabers Der.Luftwaffe communications group, then in 1/Luftnachrichten. Abteilung 350 till 6.4.45. On 7.4.45. was in 6/ luftnachrichten Rgt 7, he was premoted again on1.1.45 to rank of Feldwebel Des Res.( Technical Sgt ).until 13.4.45 when he was captured defending his homeland against the advancing Russians. He was released in 1947 and settled back in Munich, got a job in the motor factory there as a export salesman until 1958 when he left his senior position, and entered MAN as a deputy head of the export department in the tractor division. Dealing mainly with market studies and advertising tasks. He left after only 6 months because of difficulties in tractor sales,and from the limitations on staff. Since 1960 he worked in domestic sales at the Kunster Mann Iron Foundry Factory producing structural steel. That's as far as I've got at the moment.................Heres some photo's of the type of equipment he would have used. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Here's a few more photo's of AA guns and there crews. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Here's some scans of the Wehrpass. Can anybody make out what the 6th line down on page 12 says. The 3rd line down on page 20. And what it says on page 26. Page 21 translates to a Luftwaffe training college ( W4. OB.D.L. ) in Furstenfeldbruck. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It is sutterlin which is very old german and a royal pain to translate page 12 Something like Wachtball. D. Lr. Habst. Zlu or klu Page 26 Translated...the proof of his Aryan lineage is fulfilled 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 Thanks Greg. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Just saw your post - so far decyphered: P.12 / L.6 = Wachbatt. d. Ln. (Luftnachrichten), ??? ??? last two abbreviations unclear P.20 / L.3 = Flak-Meßzug, Schreiber (clerk) P.26 = Der Nachweis der arischen Abstammung ist erbracht. Den 24.8.1943 (Schulz) Hauptmann u. Kompanie-Chef P.21 = K.-Anw. Lehrg. b.d.W.4 Ob. d. L. = Kriegs-Anwärter-Lehrgang bei der Wachbatterie 4 (?) Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe Hope this is clear enough. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Yes thanks Paul that's a big help. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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