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This a grouping to a young girl called Hedwig Gerken

she was born in Duisberg and joined the BDM at the age of 10years and 1 month,

please feel free to chime in and help out as my german is rubbish ,

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Landjahr card , from what i can make out she was in for 8 months doing mornings only as she was working ,

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employment record

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which service was she in both?

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passes/identity cards

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A letter to hedwig informing herthat her house had been destroyed by allied bombing,

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The war comes to an end and she is issued with more documents

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Last but not least hedwig is given her discharge paper

which shows she was attached to the Luftwaffe

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Thanks steve,

Last one to post and the most poignant i think, what millions of people thought they would never see "free to retun home "

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In relation to hedwigs home being destroyed,

on the 14/15 october 1944 " operation hurricane" 957 bobers dropped on duisberg

3574 tonnes of high explosives and

820 tonnes of incendiaries,

and in a subsiquent night raid

4040 tonnes of high explosives and

500 tonnes of incendiaries

(figues courtsey of wikipedia)
 
Likes me very well!! Do you have BDM-leistungabzeichen also in addition?
greeting
atze
 
In relation to hedwigs home being destroyed,

on the 14/15 october 1944 " operation hurricane" 957 bobers dropped on duisberg

3574 tonnes of high explosives and

820 tonnes of incendiaries,

and in a subsiquent night raid

4040 tonnes of high explosives and

500 tonnes of incendiaries

(figues courtsey of wikipedia)


The bombardment of civil towns was one of the ugliest sides of the war, all the same, whether Coventry, London, Duisburg or Dresden.
 
Thanks for adding her to the list garry,:thumbup1:

Hi atze , no unfortunatly her BDM award was not with the group , it would have been very nice if included,

Yes regarding the bombing savage on both sides and amazing anybody survived such an onslaught,

steve
 
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