Musikkorps der Kommandantur Paris

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Musikkorps der Kommandantur Paris

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Post by Auceps » 20 Aug 2015, 03:16

A few photos of this band marching along Le Madeleine church, made by SS-Kriegsberichter Zschäckel.

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Re: Musikkorps der Kommandantur Paris

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 20 Aug 2015, 13:01

Thanks for posting!

And here's a photo of their (main) bandleader, Stabsmusikmeister Ludwig Klamberg (the previously pictured bandleader is some NCO).

From http://pallas.cegesoma.be/
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Re: Musikkorps der Kommandantur Paris

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Post by Auceps » 20 Aug 2015, 13:32

Thank you for the addition, Ivan!

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Post by Auceps » 08 Nov 2015, 04:28

[Split from Unidentified Heer bands]

This is a screenshot from a short British Pathé reportage about the parade of the Leibstandarte in Paris in July 1942:
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The interesting thing here is the Schellenbaum. The inscription is not on traditional SS black background, but on white, more typical for the Heer. The collar tabs of the conductor are also looking like two similar Gardelitzen. Maybe it's some Heer and not LSSAH band?

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 19 Nov 2015, 17:46

Auceps wrote:Maybe it's some Heer and not LSSAH band?
Correct: it is indeed a Heer band, of Kommandantur Paris.

A photograph from the parade showing the same band, from https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/ via https://commons.wikimedia.org/
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Archivtitel: Frankreich, Paris - Parade der Wehrmacht auf dem Champs-Élysées - u.a. leichte Schützenpanzer (Sd.Kfz. 250) vor Musikkapelle der Wehrmacht und Zuschauern; PK 696. Datierung: 1941/1942. Fotograf: Micheljack.
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Re: Musikkorps der Kommandantur Paris

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Post by Fallersleben » 01 Jul 2016, 18:12

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Re: Musikkorps der Kommandantur Paris

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Post by Mirafone » 01 Jul 2016, 23:50

Nice

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 20 Aug 2020, 17:27

A concert at the Tuileries Palace.

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Im Garten der Tuilerien vor dem grossen Bassin veranstaltet die deutsche Kommandantur von Paris Platz-Konzerte der deutschen Wehrmacht.

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 20 Aug 2020, 17:31

Stabsmusikmeister Klamberg (centre) and his band holding a concert at the Place de l'Opera.

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France: World War II. German military band giving a concert on the Place de l'Opera. Paris, January 1943.
The same spot today: https://www.google.com/maps/@48.8710764 ... 384!8i8192

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 13 Sep 2020, 14:35

A series of photos (by André Zucca) from another concert at the Place de l'Opera. Stabsmusikmeister Klamberg conducting.

From https://bibliotheques-specialisees.pari ... 0001673330 (check the link for 8 more photos)
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Paris pendant l'occupation. Concert militaire allemand du jeudi devant l'Opéra. Creator(s): Zucca, André. Publishing: Novembre 1941.

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 11 Oct 2020, 22:53

The following four photos (by the same photographer) were taken at the same spot and the musicians seem to be arranged in the same order; however, Klamberg is wearing a different tunic. So either he changed his tunic for some reason at some point, or it's a different concert.

From https://bibliotheques-specialisees.pari ... 0001673330
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Paris pendant l'occupation. Concert militaire allemand du jeudi devant l'Opéra. Creator(s): Zucca, André. Publishing: Novembre 1941.
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Place de l'Opéra: pancartes allemandes, journal Les Nouveaux temps, le quotidien de Suarès Aujourd'hui, la Kommandantur, concert militaire allemand dans le péristyle, publications 1943 dans un kiosque. Creator(s): Zucca, André. Publishing: [1943].

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 11 Oct 2020, 23:01

Several excellent shots taken during a guard changing ceremony. Both the bandleader and the drum major are NCOs.

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Relève quotidienne de la garde allemande: 12 h 30 départ avenue de Wagram, passage devant l'Arc de Triomphe puis descente des Champs-Elysées jusqu'à la Concorde. Creator(s): Zucca, André. Publishing: [1941].

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 11 Oct 2020, 23:09

From the same source, another guard changing ceremony (notice that the weather and the time of year are different than in the previous photos; take a look at the sky, the shadows and the trees, which have much less leaves).

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 11 Oct 2020, 23:12

..another one...

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 11 Oct 2020, 23:14

...and another (these actually might have been taken on two different occasions, judging by the sky with/without visible clouds and the dry/semi-wet streets; not sure).

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