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War Diary from the Eastern Front, Sept. – Nov. 1941
War diary from the Eastern Front, Jan. - Mar. 1943
War diary from the Eastern Front, Apr. - Jul. 1943
War diary from the Eastern Front, Oct. - Dec. 1943
Lothar Gruber: War Letters from the Eastern Front – Foreword
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Nov. 1942
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Dec. 1942
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Jan. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Feb. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Mar. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Apr. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – May 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Jul. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Aug. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Sep. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Oct. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Nov. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Dec. 1943
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Jan. 1944
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Feb. 1944
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Mar. 1944
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Apr. 1944
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Jun. 1944
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Jul. 1944
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Aug. 1944
War Letters from the Eastern Front – Sep. 1944
Youth Leads Us to Victory – The Year 1940
Exercises and Deadly Earnestness 1941 – The Road to the Front
Life and Death in the Mud, 1942 – The Possible Victory
A Hopeless Struggle, 1943 – The Beginning of the End
Fighting for the Sake of Fighting, 1944 – The Defeat
Background Information – Army Group North 1941 to 1944
Soldier Lothar Gruber – Timeline 1941–1944
Links to search services and WWII websites (mostly German)
Photos
Group photo Hitler Youth Zuffenhausen
Hitler Youth from Zuffenhausen in the Allgäu, inscribed “Chiemsee Excursion” 1940
Hitler Youth group in the Allgäu region in 1940, probably with the Alpsee lake in the background.
Decorated Munich Central Station in 1940
Military unit flags at the Munich railway station, 1940
Königsplatz in Munich, 1940, with swastika flag
The “Haus der Deutschen Kunst” (lit. House of German Art) in Munich, 1940
Munich on the day of the opening of the GDK (Great German Art Exhibition) 1940
The Hofbräuhaus in Munich, 1940
Übersetzen mit Sturmbooten auf dem Rhein März 1941
In enemy bunker territory - March 1941
Observation post on the French border
Rehearsal of an entertaining parade group – Wehrmacht Day, March 1941
Our platoon leaders, Lieutenant Rückhauer and Sergeant Haser, 1941.
Recruit on guard duty in May 1941
Wooden house in the Alps in May 1941
Narva 1941; on the left, the German castle; on the right, the Russian castle.
Ivangorod Fortress in 1941, opposite Narva
Gostilitsy near Petersburg in September 1941
War grave of Captain von Schultz, Voronino, September 1941
Tea pavilion of the Gostilitsy estate in Oct. 41
Gostilizy hunting lodge south of Peterhof, Oct. 1941
Battalion Command Post, Lkrekino, November 1941
Message unit Lkrekino, November 1941
Telecommunications post, Lkrekino, November 1941
NCO evening Christmas 42 (41) Gostilizy
Lkrekino Observation Post, Winter 1941–42
Battalion command post Lkrekino
Battalion command post, Lkrekino, winter 1941–1942; Generals Thiemann and Wodrich and Major Müller.
Gostilizy, buried in deep snow, in the winter of 1941
Gostilizy, Lieutenant Kraue, and a Captain
Gostilizy in the winter of 1941–42
Staff Physician Cordua and Captain Sorge in Gostilizy, winter 1941–42
Supply Handling Point Gostilizy (Winter 1941–42)
Krasnoye Selo railway station, 1941
Tsar‘s Palace in Krasnoye Selo, 1941
We are going on a reconnaissance patrol, Perelesje, March 1942.
Walter Weber Krasnoye-Selo April 42
Loading for the Volkhov front at Krasnoye Selo, April 1942
Corduroy road on the march to the Volkhov, April 1942
On the march to the Volkhov, mud season in April 1942
A road near the Volkhov, April 1942
March to the Volkhov – our vehicles
March to the Volkhov, stalled supply lines, April 1942
March to the Volkhov, field kitchen in the mud
March to the Volkhov, April 1942 – Supply Route
“Door over the Tigoda” Railway Bridge, April 1942
This is how we live! Food transshipment on the Volkhov River.
Tanks destroyed by Stuka bombs on the Volkhov, May 1942 (Image 1)
Tanks destroyed by Stuka bombs on the Volkhov, May 1942 (Image 2)
A Russian prisoner of war on the Volkhov
Luftwaffe supply bombs on the Volkhov, April–May 1942
The 5th Company Troop Bunker on the Volkhov
Lunch by the Volkhov – on top of our bunker
On the Volkhov, our “villa”. Combat post of the 7th Company in May 1942.
Regimental Cemetery on the Volkhov
Russian KV-1 tank on the Volkhov
Russian tank (KV-1) on the Volkhov in May 1942
Trees shredded by shells in a fiercely contested section of forest along the Volkhov.
Connecting route on the Volkhov River, May 1942
In an assault boat on the Volkhov, June 1942
Knocked-out heavy tank serving as the command post for the 1st Platoon, 7th Company, June 1942.
Destroyed Russian tank on the Volkhov, July 1942
Volkhov, July 1942. Signpost to the battalion command post.
Volkhov: Feldwebel Traber of the 7th Company firing propaganda ammunition, July 1942.
Corduroy road at a pioneer bridge over the Tigoda. Retreat from the Volkhov, August 1942
Column on the march back from the Volkhov, August 1942
March from Volkhov to Lyuban July-August. 1942
Rest at Lawolosstje, march from Volkhov to Lyuban Aug. 1942
Loading the supply truck at Ljuban station
During loading in Ljuban for Sablino
Ljuban railway station, August 1942
Russian church near Leningrad, August 1942
Open-air concert (regimental band) and singing contest in Zavolozhye, August 1942.
Village about 800m behind the main battle line near Kolpino, August 1942.
Russian tanks attacking in front of the Kolpino trench, August 1942.
Position in front of Kolpino, August 1942
Trench to the position in front of Kolpino, August 1942
Anti-tank gun position, Kolpino, August 1942
Anti-tank ditch in front of Kolpino, August 1942
Command post, 5th Company, “Neva Bow”, August 1942
Position at the Neva railway embankment, command post of the 5th Company, 272nd Regiment.
Position of the 5th Company, Neva, September 1942
Position of the 5th Company, Neva, September 1942
Position of the 7th Company, Neva railway embankment, September 1942.
Staff Sergeant Traber (August 1942)
Part of the message unit Krasnij Bor, August 1942
Former Russian anti-tank ditch near Kolpino, August 1942
Catwalk over the Tosna River to the 7th Company, Sept. 1942
Neva Front, the 2nd Battalion‘s ammunition depot, September 1942
View from the 7th Company towards Tosno and the Battalion Command Post, September 1942.
Betonbrücke über die Tosna Sept. 1942
Concrete bridge over the Tosna, September 1942
Neva Front, Battalion Command Post, Sept. 1942, Hermann Neubert
Messenger squad, Battalion Command Staff CP Neva, Sept. 1942
Neva Front western part, Ivanowskoye, September 1942
Destroyed Russian train of tank cars in front of the Neva Front position, September 1942.
View of the battalion command post from the observation point, September 1942
Observation post of our artillery forward observer, September 1942
Fire attack on enemy position, Sept. 1942
Neva Battalion Cemetery, September 1942
Visit of Red Cross nurses to Sablino, Sept. 1942
At the award ceremony of the Iron Cross, Sablino, Sept. 1942
The battalion assembled for roll call, September 1942.
The colonel addresses the battalion, Sablino, September 1942.
Awarding of the Iron Cross in September 1942 in Sablino by Colonel Löwrick.
Colonel Löwrick awards the Iron Cross to Lance Corporal Gruber, Sablino, September 1942.
Sablino 1942 (Awarding of Decorations)
Sablino, September 1942, First Lieutenant Krause and Second Lieutenant Friedrich
Iron Cross recipient in Sablino, September 1942
Evening atmosphere in Sablino, September 1942
Sergeant Traber from Bad Cannstatt, Sablino, September 1942
At the battalion command post near Kolpino
Battalion command post Krasnij Bor, October 1942
Awarding of the Knight‘s Cross to Major Müller, October 1942
Civilian woman with luggage in Krasny Bor, Oct. 1942
Journey towards Kholm (Холм). Blowing up of our train, Oct. 1942.
Advance on Kholm (Холм), November 1942
Crossing a body of water during the advance on Kholm, Oct.–Nov. 1942
Advance towards Kholm, stuck Opel Blitz truck. November 1942
Scout patrol on the Eastern Front in the winter of 1943
Messenger squad Trakhovshchina-Sovat, February 1943
First Lieutenant Middelschulte, Remscheid Strongpoint near Kholm, March 1943
At the Remscheid strongpoint near Kholm, March 1943
Remscheid Strongpoint near Kholm, live-fire exercise at the MG 34 position, March 1943.
Remscheid Strongpoint near Kholm, live-fire exercise at the MG 34 position, March 1943.
Remscheid Base, Decorated Soldiers, March 1943
Non-commissioned Officer Menge, 5th Company, March 1943
Btl. roll call on April 20, 1943 in Kholm picture 1
Btl. roll call on April 20, 1943 in Kholm picture 2
Btl. roll call on April 20, 1943 in Kholm picture 3
Btl. roll call on April 20, 1943 in Kholm picture 4
Promotions within the Staff, 20 April 1943
Battalion Roll Call (Trakhovtschina) April 20, 1943 Kholm
Sergeant Käching, Remscheid Strongpoint, April 1943
Non-commissioned officers Thomas von Coellen, Zech, and Barki, April 1943
Peter, a comrade of Gruber‘s, in April 1943
Gruber with his comrade Peter, April 1943
Lieutenant Gleffe, Strongpoint Remscheid, May 1943
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Dünaburg (Daugavpils), 1943
Playing chess in front of the quarters in Jeva (Deba?), July 1943.
Eastern Front in December 1943
Commanders of the Medium Mortar Units, December 1943
In a medium mortar position on the Eastern Front, January–December 1943.
Setting up a medium mortar, Eastern Front, Jan.–Dec. 1943
Sawing wood in Russia, medium mortar position, 1943.
Our bunker at the front, Eastern Front, Dec. 1943
Winter landscape on the Eastern Front, December 1943
Lothar Gruber in Russia, Dec. 1943 - Jan. 1944
Winter landscape in the Baltic region, near the regimental command post, February 1944.
A sentry and officers with the regiment, Baltic region, February 1944.
Regimental Command Post, February 1944
Non-commissioned officer Rintisch, with the regiment, February 1944.
Regimental Command Post, Sankova, Feb.–Mar. 1944
Artillery fire on a Russian position. View from an observation post, approximately 2 km away.
Battalion staff on the advance. Crossing a tributary of the Luga.
Crossing the Luga in a storm boat
Fire strike on Russian transformer plant
Our Assault Gun (StuG III Version E)
Interrogation of two female partisans so-called “Flintenweibern” (lit. “gun broads”)
Our company commander, First Lieutenant Schmidt
Sd.Kfz. 10/4 with firing Flak in combat action
Russian rocket launcher, the so-called “Stalinorgel” (lit. Stalin‘s Organ)
Soldiers with civilians on the Eastern Front
Two soldiers on the Eastern Front decorated with the Iron Cross, Second Class.
Photograph of Templiner See near Potsdam, taken in July 1943.
The Potsdam Airship Port on Lake Templin in 1943
A group from the “Reichsarbeitsdienst” (lit. Reich Labour Service)
Boot inspection of Wehrmacht recruits
A blown-up gun in France, 1941