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Sütterlin Assistance?

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Post by bytwerk » 20 Apr 2014, 02:46

I never have picked up an ability to read Sütterlin script.

The following is an inscribed page from a Tornister edition of Mein Kampf. I can make out the opening: My Comrade! You are a soldier of Adolf Hitler." It is signed by Adolf Wagner (Gauleiter).

The inscription is handwritten, but copied. I imagine Wagner sent copies to the soldiers of his Gau.

Anyone able to provide a transcription of the rest? I'd much appreciate it.

The image is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24601574/mk.jpg

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Re: Sütterlin Assistance?

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Post by Heimatschuss » 28 May 2014, 12:48

Hello Randal,

just noticed your request is still open. Here's my transcription:
Mein Kamerad!

Du bist Soldat Adolf Hitlers.
Du hast im Krieg um Deutschlands
Zukunft Dein Blut gegeben.
Dafür dankt Dir die Nation.
Kamerad! Nach Deiner Verwundung
hast du in meinem Gau
Pflege und Gesundung gefunden.
Nimm als Andenken an
diese Zeit von mir das Buch
des Führers. Möge es Dich in
eine glückliche Zukunft begleiten.

Heil Hitler
dein Adolf Wagner
Gauleiter

München, Weihnacht 1941
which would be something like:
Dear Comrade!

you're a soldier of Adolf Hitler.
You've shed your blood in the war
for Germany's future. For this
the nation thanks you.
Comrade! After being wounded you've
found care and recuperation in my Gau.
Take from me the book of the Führer
as a souvenir of this time. May it
accompany you on the way to a happy
future.

Heil Hitler
Your Adolf Wagner
Gauleiter

Munich, Christmas 1941

Best regards
Torsten


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