Memorial sheets of German regiments

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Cover and title page of Volume 1 of the Bavarian Series, 1922

Reminder sheets of German regiments is a series of books that was published after the end of World War I and into the 1940s. Each volume described the operational history of a regiment or independent battalion in World War II. A total of 1,250 volumes were published. The memorial sheets appeared in four regional parts with separate consecutive numbering for the Prussian , Bavarian , Saxon and Württemberg units. The latter regional series was titled The Württemberg regiments in the war .

Origin and content

Regimental history of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 208

The decisive role in the conception and direction of the series played George Soldan from the Reichsarchiv , who headed the Folk Writings Department there from 1919 . The volumes have the title affix According to official war diaries edited , which refers to the central support with archive materials by the Reichsarchiv - in particular the war diaries of the unit itself. The support by the Reichsarchiv was organized regionally, the main office ( German Reichsarchiv Potsdam ) looked after the Prussian series, the Bavarian War Archives in Munich supported the Bavarian series, and branches of the Reich Archives in Dresden and Stuttgart supported the Saxon and Württemberg series, respectively. Outside of the book series of memorial sheets of German regiments , but with a similar focus and with the support of the Reichsarchiv, the troop history series From Germany's Great Times appeared in Zeulenroda from 1929 .

The typical structure of a volume includes the formation or mobilization , the participation in battles 1914-18, the home march and whereabouts after the armistice , a list of commanders and the filling of positions with officers as well as lists of casualties. Sometimes the volumes also contain a history of the regiment from its founding to 1914, maps and photos, and more rarely complete lists of the crews. The volume of the volumes is often several hundred pages. There are almost never any footnotes or a bibliography.

The authors of the individual volumes were often on the front lines as officers or even commanders of the units described and were supported by the alumni associations of their regiments. In this respect, the volumes count as memory literature . These troop and regimental stories formed part of the culture of war veterans and were explicitly aimed at alumni and their families in the sense of honoring all regimental members and commemorating their fallen and wounded comrades. In these writings, military history is “equated with the history of war and operations”, the dark side of war was faded out and the events of the war were heroized. Regardless of this evaluation, the publications in the series are important as a secondary source for historical research, as the files from the Reichsarchiv processed in them were largely burned during the British air raid on Potsdam in 1945.

The volumes are also used by family researchers . On the one hand, the loss lists contained therein are mostly complete and often contain details about the place of death. On the other hand, the volumes of those who participated in the World War, of whom neither letters nor diaries have survived, offer the most detailed description of the specific missions, even if the handling of death and atrocities does not correspond to today's perspective.

Regional parts of the book series

The following tables give examples from the various branches of arms for each of the four armies ( Prussia , Bavaria , Saxony , Württemberg ) . The tables do not claim to be complete. Digitized volumes were preferred .

Prussian units

The series on the regiments and independent battalions of the Prussian Army was published from 1920 (Volume 1) to 1942 (Volume 372) by Stalling-Verlag in Oldenburg (O) .

Vol. Described unit Short genus author year Digitized / code Remarks
31 Samland Pioneer Battalion No. 18 PiB-18 Pioneers Calsow 1922 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201304288484 Before 1914, Calsow was with PiR 18, forerunner of PiB-18
34 Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 JgB-3 Hunter Müller, Friedrich 1922 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201402236359 Müller was in command of the JB-3 during the war.
63 Lauenburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 45 FAR-45 artillery Bene, Otto 1923 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201308254627 Lieutenant Bene served in the FAR-45 from 1914 to 1919, most recently as an orderly officer on the regimental staff.
82 2nd squadron, Dragoon Regiment "King Albert of Saxony" (East Prussian) No. 10 II./DR-10 cavalry Brix, Kurt 1923 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2016091815118 Brix was for many years the head of the Second Squadron
111 2nd Upper Rhine Infantry Regiment No. 99 IR-99 infantry Petri, Hans 1925 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2013090112822 Petri was the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the IR-99

Bavarian units

The series on the regiments and independent battalions of the Bavarian Army was published from 1921 (volume 1) to 1940 (volume 92) by the publishing house of the Bavarian War Archives in Munich, printing house Schick.

Vol. Described unit Short genus author year Digitized / code Remarks
1 Royal Bavarian Infantry Body Regiment IR-L infantry Bomhard, Adolf von 1921 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201208053985 Bomhard was platoon, company and battalion commander in the regiment during the war.
23 Royal Bavarian 23rd Field Artillery Regiment FAR-23 artillery Mezger, Grafwallner, Grünzweig 1923 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201304287719 The authors were several members of the FAR-23 regiment.
29 Royal Bavarian 7th Chevaulegers Regiment "Prince Alfons" ChR-7 cavalry Dihm, Hermann 1924 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2013090114438 Dihm was an officer in the 4th Squadron of ChR-7 from 1914 to 1917
35 Kgl. Bayer. 1st Jägerbataillon / Kgl. Bayer. 2nd Jägerbataillon / Kgl. Bayer. Jäger Regiment No. 1 JgB-1 Hunter Paulus, Karl and Oeffner, Robert 1925 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201304289079 Paulus was in command of JgR-1, Oeffner battalion adjudant in JgB-2. The latter wrote the book section on his battalion.

Saxon units

The series on the regiments and independent battalions of the Saxon Army was published from 1921 (Volume 1) to 1939 (Volume 80) by the publishing house of the Buchdruckerei der Wilhelm und Bertha von Baensch Foundation (in short: Baensch Foundation) in Dresden .

Vol. Described unit Short genus author year Digitized / code Remarks
4th 5th Royal Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 64 FAR-64 artillery Wagner, Erich 1922 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201303244950 Major General a. D. Wagner was regimental commander of the FAR-64 from 1914 to 1915.
9 Uhlan regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm II., King of Prussia" (3rd Royal Saxon) No. 21 UR-21 cavalry Simon-Eberhard, Hans 1923 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201303312819 During the war, Simon-Eberhard was Rittmeister at the Hanover Cavalry School , so not in the UR-21
11 Reserve Jäger Battalion (Royal Saxon) No. 26 JgB-26 Hunter Lehmann, Heinz 1923 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201308254195 Lehmann was a company commander in the RJB-26 throughout the war
29 Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig III. of Bavaria "(3rd Royal Saxon) No. 102 IR-102 infantry Zipfel, Georg 1925 urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201303312092 During the war, Oberleutnant Zipfel was the leader of the 2nd MG Company of the IR-102

Württemberg units

The series on the regiments and independent battalions of the Württemberg Army appeared from 1920 (Volume 1) to 1936 (Volume 52) by Belser-Verlag in Stuttgart . The Württemberg Major General Hugo Flaischlen acted as the publisher . A branch of the Reichsarchiv in Stuttgart, founded in 1920 and under the direction of Maximilian von Haldenwang from 1921, provided support with archive materials .

Vol. Described unit Short genus author year Digitized / code Remarks
1 9th Württemberg Infantry Regiment No. 127 IR-127 infantry Schwab, Adolf and Schreyer, A. 1920 urn : nbn: de: bsz: 24-digibib-bsz4079495859 Lieutenant Colonel Schwab was the commander of the IR-127 from 1916 to 1918
2 Württemberg mountain artillery artillery Seeger, Alfred 1920 urn : nbn: de: bsz: 24-digibib-bsz4079491350 Summarized history of Mountain Gun Batteries 6, 8, 11, 13 and Mountain Artillery Division 4
11 Dragoon Regiment "König" (2nd Württemberg) No. 26 DrR-26 cavalry Wehl, Achim 1921 urn : nbn: de: bsz: 24-digibib-bsz4079441091 Lieutenant Colonel Wehl was commander of the 26th Dragoon Regiment in 1914
41 Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 13 PiB-13 Pioneers Knies, Ludwig 1927 urn : nbn: de: bsz: 24-digibib-bsz4080081138 Lieutenant Colonel Knies had not served in the PiB-13.

Volumes

  • Memorial sheets of German regiments . Formerly Prussian troops, Stalling, Oldenburg 1920 (Volume 1) to 1942 (Volume 372), ZDB -ID 918874-5 .
  • Memorial sheets of German regiments . Kgl. Bayr. Army. Schick, Munich 1921 (Volume 1) to 1940 (Volume 92), ZDB -ID 918873-3 .
  • Memorial sheets of German regiments . Saxon Army. Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1921 (Volume 1) to 1939 (Volume 80), ZDB -ID 918875-7 .
  • The Württemberg regiments in World War 1914-18 , edited by Hugo Flaischlen. Belser, Stuttgart 1920 (Volume 1) to 1936 (Volume 52), urn : nbn: de: bsz: 24-digibib-bsz4079397415 .
  • From Germany's great times - heroic deeds of German regiments. The participation of the troops of the former German army in the world wars . Sporn, Zeulenroda 1929 (Volume 1) to 1941 (Volume 119), ZDB -ID 1018730-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Ulrich, Benjamin Ziemann (Hrsg.): War in peace: the embattled memory of the First World War . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 978-3-596-13277-5 , p. 77.
  2. ↑ Gabriele Bosch: Holdings on the First World War in the library of the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (formerly: MGFA) (status: 03/2012)
  3. ^ Maximilian von Haldenwang (1870–1939) in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives