28. SS-Freiw.Gren.Div."Wallonien" (wallon. Nr.1)
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Hi,
if he was killed on the 04.03.1945 at Güstrow it was maybe an accidant. The russians attacked the Oder at the 20th april 1945..thats 50 km east of Güstrow and nearly two months later that his death.
if he was killed on the 04.03.1945 at Güstrow it was maybe an accidant. The russians attacked the Oder at the 20th april 1945..thats 50 km east of Güstrow and nearly two months later that his death.
Re: 28. SS-Freiw.Gren.Div."Wallonien" (wallon. Nr.1)
I am preparing an Index for a new English-language edition of Leon Degrelle's war memoir, The Eastern Front. If you are not aware, Degrelle pays tribute to your father by name in recalling the battle that took place April 21:FILIBUSTER wrote:Anybody can help thanks
Seems like my father Lieutenant Albert Verpoorten died april 21 or 23 at Neu Rossow by a Russian tank shell. According to a testimony a sergeant called Bayard from the Legion wallonie got hold of his personal papers but was injured the same day.
I am looking for this persons family for further information about my fathers death and possible burial place
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That night the enemy crossed a huge mass of troops and discharged boatloads of supplies and equipment. They had virtually free passage of the river. Our artillery without munitions and our aircraft without fuel could no longer respond.
When dawn came up the Soviet tanks, long as alligators, were on our side of the water, still cautious, not yet advancing, but forming a frightening barrier in front of the abutments of the wrecked highway bridge.
During the night’s combats the company that had climbed to the ridges above the Oder had lost four-fifths of its forces. Every meter of sand had received a shell or a grenade.
The orders were nevertheless implacable. They must counter-attack again!
It was madness!
In order to succeed in that way, out in the open, the support of powerful artillery fire, panzers, Stukas, and a half dozen shock battalions would have been more necessary than ever.
But we weren’t going to disobey after four years of obedience.
Our companies charged once again and were horribly decimated each time. Captain Thyssen, the unforgettable Thyssen of the Cherkassy Kessel, one of our most outstanding specialists in hand-to-hand combat, was hit by three bullets. He succumbed atop a pile of Soviet corpses. Lieutenant Regibeau, already wounded seven times on the Eastern Front, was wounded numerous times by exploding shells. His whole body streamed with blood. Lieutenant Albert Verpoorten, a dynamic young writer full of humor, was stopped cold in mid-leap. His forehead was wounded but he didn’t realize the rest. He wanted to sponge it off. “I don’t have an arm any more!” he screamed, horrified. Then he collapsed.
Six times in the course of this terrible day of April 21, the Walloons received orders to remount their attack against the left bank of the Oder. Six times they charged into the inferno.
Nothing will tell their heroism better than this frightful figure: Out of the six hundred fifty men engaged since the day before in the hand-to-hand fighting in these dunes, only thirty-five remained unhurt on the evening of April 21st.
The other six hundred fifteen who were killed or wounded—in other words ninety-four percent of the battalion—were struck down for a cause that all of them knew was essentially lost.
But they believed in the immortality of their ideal. They wanted to obey right up to the end, to be faithful to the end—and the last fighters, if necessary, on ground that wasn’t even theirs.
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Re: 28. SS-Freiw.Gren.Div."Wallonien" (wallon. Nr.1)
Hello Gradmike,
My father participated in the final battles around Schillersdorf in April, 1945. Over the years I have regularly done some research via Google and (coincidentally?) I came across your relatively recent post, dated September 9 replying to the son of Albert Verpoorten. I noticed the older date of this man's posting - 2009, if I am not mistaken - I cannot locate the original message right now.
My father was, along with other Flemings, in the SS-Pz.Gren.Ausb.u.Ers.Btl. 5 in the Schillersdorf region where he was wounded on April 21, 1945; thus on the same day as Albert's father was killed?
My father survived the war but he died in a Brussels jail on April 24, 1946 after spending the first months of his return in Belgium at the Interneeringskamp at Beverloo.
I am wondering if it would be possible to communicate with Albert Verpoorten's son as we have this particular experience in common?
My late mother mentioned once that my father fought alongside the Walloons so I suppose that the latter and the Flemings combined forces at that time? it would not surprise me if Albert's father knew my father...
Regards,
Joseph
My father participated in the final battles around Schillersdorf in April, 1945. Over the years I have regularly done some research via Google and (coincidentally?) I came across your relatively recent post, dated September 9 replying to the son of Albert Verpoorten. I noticed the older date of this man's posting - 2009, if I am not mistaken - I cannot locate the original message right now.
My father was, along with other Flemings, in the SS-Pz.Gren.Ausb.u.Ers.Btl. 5 in the Schillersdorf region where he was wounded on April 21, 1945; thus on the same day as Albert's father was killed?
My father survived the war but he died in a Brussels jail on April 24, 1946 after spending the first months of his return in Belgium at the Interneeringskamp at Beverloo.
I am wondering if it would be possible to communicate with Albert Verpoorten's son as we have this particular experience in common?
My late mother mentioned once that my father fought alongside the Walloons so I suppose that the latter and the Flemings combined forces at that time? it would not surprise me if Albert's father knew my father...
Regards,
Joseph
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Hi Joseph,
thanks for your information. I have good contact to the son of Albert Verpoorten and I already sent him your words. He wants to know the name of your father, so he can take a look in his archives. We researched the fighting at Schillersdorf area since a long time and we have quite interesting informations. I will send you a personal message and I hope you will aswer.
regards
Robert
thanks for your information. I have good contact to the son of Albert Verpoorten and I already sent him your words. He wants to know the name of your father, so he can take a look in his archives. We researched the fighting at Schillersdorf area since a long time and we have quite interesting informations. I will send you a personal message and I hope you will aswer.
regards
Robert
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On may 3rd, my aunt was in Warin, near Schwerin, and spoke to doctor Robert Stahl and soldier Andre Baijot. These men had surrendered to the Americans after their effort to draw back from Gerswalde to Pasewalk had been abandoned and they had decided to escape the Russians in the direction of Neustrelitz.
Among them had been my Aunt's fiance, Marc Bechaumont. He was last seen alive on april 29th in Herrenstein, Gerswalde.
He probably died under Russian fire or has been captured by the Russians. In either case: my aunt never heared from him again.
Is their anybody still alive who remembers SS-UNTERSCHARFÜHRER MARC BECHAUMONT or knows his family?
Kind regards
Flroy
Among them had been my Aunt's fiance, Marc Bechaumont. He was last seen alive on april 29th in Herrenstein, Gerswalde.
He probably died under Russian fire or has been captured by the Russians. In either case: my aunt never heared from him again.
Is their anybody still alive who remembers SS-UNTERSCHARFÜHRER MARC BECHAUMONT or knows his family?
Kind regards
Flroy
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Beste Breydel,Breydel wrote: ↑17 Oct 2014, 00:17Hello Gradmike,
My father participated in the final battles around Schillersdorf in April, 1945. Over the years I have regularly done some research via Google and (coincidentally?) I came across your relatively recent post, dated September 9 replying to the son of Albert Verpoorten. I noticed the older date of this man's posting - 2009, if I am not mistaken - I cannot locate the original message right now.
My father was, along with other Flemings, in the SS-Pz.Gren.Ausb.u.Ers.Btl. 5 in the Schillersdorf region where he was wounded on April 21, 1945; thus on the same day as Albert's father was killed?
My father survived the war but he died in a Brussels jail on April 24, 1946 after spending the first months of his return in Belgium at the Interneeringskamp at Beverloo.
I am wondering if it would be possible to communicate with Albert Verpoorten's son as we have this particular experience in common?
My late mother mentioned once that my father fought alongside the Walloons so I suppose that the latter and the Flemings combined forces at that time? it would not surprise me if Albert's father knew my father...
Regards,
Joseph
I am researching the Flemish who fought with the Germans and have perhaps some documents about your father that you don't have.
U can sent me an email at infograveninhetoosten(at)gmail.com if your interessted.
Greetings
Wim Winkeler
Any information about Flemisch in German service (Waffen SS, OT, NSKK, Kriegsmarine, DRK, ...) during WWII is welcome.
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Why put only small parts of personalakten??
Please put all documents...
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