Third Reich Acronyms

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JohnOz
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Third Reich Acronyms

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Post by JohnOz » 30 Sep 2012, 21:37

I collect Feldpost letter covers. I have several from a Dr Herbert Dittmar with the Feldpostnummer 43475. I have found that this was allocated to the Sanitäts-Kompanie 92, that is the 92nd. Medical Company.
The 92nd Medical Company was part of the 20th Panzer Division. The covers are dated from just after the start of Barbarossa in July 1941through to March 1944. All have the same FPN but some have German town date cancellations rather than the usual circular Feldpost date stamp cancellation. On some Dr Dittmar has hand written his FPN and included an acronym K.Z.A. Can anyone tell me what this acronym means?
Many thanks

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Post by eaglestar78 » 15 Nov 2012, 00:38

KZ is German for concentration camp
or possibly KZA is the German district like the USA ZIP code


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Post by history1 » 15 Nov 2012, 12:15

JohnOz wrote:[...] I have found that this was allocated to the Sanitäts-Kompanie 92, that is the 92nd. Medical Company. The 92nd Medical Company was part of the 20th Panzer Division. [...]
Wrong, IMHO. It´s the 1st Company within the 92nd Medical Services which was was part of the 20th Panzer Division as you correct mention.

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Post by JohnOz » 05 Dec 2012, 14:15

Thanks for the input guys, I'm still in the same position though. What does KZA stand for? I'm OK with KZ standing for Concentration camp, which is what prompted me to ask for clarification in the first place, Could it be that Dr Dittmar and possibly other medical doctors from military units, were from time to time, allocated to concentration camp work, either on the camp personel or even the prisoners? Were Heer medical units from time to time billeted in concentration camps to treat troops wounded in battle? Finally, is it possible to trace Dr. Dittmar?

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Post by hucks216 » 05 Dec 2012, 19:06

I don't know about the A but K.Z could also stand for 'kommandiert zu' which means detached/ordered to with regards to joining a unit - which kind of makes more sense.

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Post by Jeremiah29 » 14 Sep 2014, 15:48

hello all !

I'm having trouble with acronyms BAW and BOWA in Tagesmeldungen.
It concerns air attacks, so I think something like "Bomben Waffen Angriff" or "Bord Waffen Angriff"...

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Lo

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Post by hucks216 » 14 Sep 2014, 20:33

Jeremiah29 wrote:hello all !

I'm having trouble with acronyms BAW and BOWA in Tagesmeldungen.
It concerns air attacks, so I think something like "Bomben Waffen Angriff" or "Bord Waffen Angriff"...

Regards,
Lo
Where were the air attacks? The only BAW I have listed in a US Army Abbreviation Manual dated from 1943 is for Bekleidungsamt Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelmshaven clothing depot).

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Post by Jeremiah29 » 14 Sep 2014, 22:00

Hi !

I also looked at the US Army Abbreviation Manual, but Bekleidungsamt Wilhelmshaven is unrelated...

Tagesmeldung talk about BAW on towns, railway stations, transports ... and BOWA on transports.

example :
BOWA AUF EINEN GESCHUETZTRANSPORT BEI HUELGOAT (1 GESCHUETZ BESCHAEDIGT, 2 SOLDATEN VERWUNDET).
DURCH BAW TRANSPORTZUG PZ.LEHR-DIV. ZWISCHEN CHARTRES UND CHATEAUDUN EIN GEFALLENER, 2 VERWUNDETE.

I think BAW means "dropping bombs", and BOWA means perhaps "attack with board weapons", but maybe I'm wrong and totally false... :?

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Lo

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Post by spottedcow » 01 Oct 2014, 22:17

Link to German Military Abbreviations:

http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/w ... mber12.pdf

I hope it proves useful.

Patrick

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