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From: "Hermann, da Fonseca-Wollheim" <>
Subject: AW: [POSEN] WWI Jewish Soldiers - POLLACK (Wreschen), STEINBERG (Brussow)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:10:10 +0200
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20030513075024.01d16a70@incoming.verizon.net>


Dear Jonathan,

My first cousin once-removed, Hermann Pollack, born 24.8.91 in
Wreschen died 30.9.14 10/I.R. 46 (Infanterie Regiment) Verlustmeldung
#73,
and my grand-uncle Martin Steinberg, born 29.12.78 in Brussow
died 24.1.17 5/Felda.R97Vz Wachtm Verlustmeldung 1236.

What does 5/Felda.R97Vz Wachtm Verlustmeldung 1236 mean, and
where can I find out where each of them fell, and is buried?


I suppose that "Felda.R97" means Feldartillerie Regiment der Reserve
#97. This fits with the fact that your grand-uncle was already 38 years
old when he was killed.

"Wachtm(eister)= non-commissioned officer in the Kavallerie and
Artillerie. "Verlustmeldung" = casulty report. He was his units 1236th
casulty since the beginning of WWI.

You should write to the German private organization which takes care of
German wargraves:

Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgraeberfuersorge e.v.
Bundesgeschaeftsstelle
Werner-Hilpert-Strasse 2
34112 Kassel
Germany
Fax:49-561-7009-270
E-mail:

Hermann da Fonseca-Wollheim

Tervuren, Belgium

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