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Stab Aufklärungs-Abteilung 129 der 129. Infanterie-Division

This album is from a man named Werner Rothe, Soldier in a Fernsprech Trupp which formed part of Stab Aufklärungs-Abteilung 129 der 129. Infanterie-Division. Formed 25 October 1940 near Hanau with three Squadrons. Disbanded 1943 and used to formed I./ Kavallerie-Regiment Mitte. Locations include Torun in Poland, Meiningen, Neukirchen & Schwarzenborn. There are also pictures from 1941 of the market square at Bromberg/Bydgoszcz (which was the scene of Polish violence against ethnic Germans on Bloody Sunday 3 September 1939). Vehicle licence plates include IT=Provinz Hessen-Nassau & IIU = Reg.Bez. Mainfranken. Vehicles include Mercedes-Benz 170V, gl. Einheits-Pkw', Opel Olympia, Opel Blitz, 1-ton vehicle, probably a 1936 or 1937 model & a BMW, probably a 320 model. The writings on the backs of pictures date them to a period between November 1940 and March 1941.

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