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Georgische oder Russische oder Deutsche?

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Post by Orlov » 28 Sep 2017, 21:00

Hello,
Who knows more about Georgian (by father)/ Russian (by mother)/ German (by citizenship) Feldwebel der Falllschirmjäger GIVI KORKIA (EK I. EK II, Verw. Abz.). He fallen on Crete.
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Post by Beso Zaridze » 12 Jun 2018, 13:54

Hello ! What newspaper is this? i am Georgian and interested in


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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 12 Jun 2018, 19:15

Born 11. 6. 1918, killed 20. 5. 41 according to this site. http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/misc_laen ... lock_3.htm

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Post by Beso Zaridze » 13 Jun 2018, 13:56

Некролог, опубликованный в одной из русских эмигрантских газет (грузинских газет в это время в Третьем Рейхе не выходило), относительно гибели во время воздушно-десантной операции Вермахта на Крите в мае 1941 г. ("операция Меркурий") сына известного эмигранта Михаила Коркиа - Гиви Коркиа. По данным некролога, Гиви служил фельдфебелем в парашютно-десантном полку Вермахта. Был обладателем железных крестов первого и второго класса, а также знака за ранение, - очень высоких наград в германской армии для начального этапа войны, полученных им, скорее всего, во время воздушно-десантной операции в Норвегии. Отец Гиви, известный эмигрант Михаил Коркиа в 1940-1944 гг. занимал должность начальника грузинского отдела Управления кавказских эмигрантов в Париже. Сделал все, чтобы грузины-эмигранты, включая грузинских евреев, получили от германских властей документы, гарантирующие их безопасное пребывание на французской территории занятой Вермахтом. Документ еще раз доказывает, что для службы в Вермахте, в том числе и в его элитных воздушно-десантных частях, не обязательно было быть чистым немцем. Германского гражданства было более чем достаточно. На фотографии второй справа во втором ряду - Михаил Коркиа.
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Post by George Lepre » 13 Jun 2018, 17:30

Hello Beso Zaridze -

Who are the persons in this photograph? When was it taken? Can you please provide a translation of the text? Thank you.

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 13 Jun 2018, 20:13

Apparently mentioning something about Givi and his father Michael Korkia, head of a Georgian section in some sort of office in Paris 1941-44. I think it's an orbituary - not sure. Lousy translator. :(

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Post by Beso Zaridze » 13 Jun 2018, 21:27

George Lepre wrote:Hello Beso Zaridze -

Who are the persons in this photograph? When was it taken? Can you please provide a translation of the text? Thank you.

George
Hello George !
Man in red circle is Givi Korkia. He was Feldwebel in Fallschirmjäger, participated invasion of Norway. Givi was first Georgian who earned second class iron cross. Died on Crete, 20.5.940
Man in blue circle is Mate Kereselidze. He was fighting in Georgian Legion (Tamara I battalion). In September 1942 he parachuted in Georgia.
Man in yellow circle is Shota Gedevanishvili. He was in Bergmann and died in Crimea 1943.
Givi's father Mikheil Korkia (i don't know which is Mikheil in this photo) was head of Caucasian migrants organization, which delpoyed in Paris (1940-44)
There is also Givi's aunt who helped Mikheil to grew up his son.

Sorry i am not good at foreign languages and hope this will help you :welcome:
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Post by maigrets_shadow » 26 Apr 2022, 15:45

I found another source on Givi Korkia, the memoirs of Nina Kaukhchishvili (born to Georgian emigrants in Berlin 1919): http://www.europaorientalis.it/uploads/ ... %202.3.pdf, p. 36. The text is in Russian, but I'll give a translation of the relevant paragraph: "My father's friend from Kutaisi Sasha Korkia was a nice man. He had one son, Givi, who was my age and we were close friends, we would often meet up at each other’s houses. His mother was Russian, I believe, she was interesting and pretty, the boy was good-looking and charming. I remember it was said that his mother convinced him to join the German army, in any case, he came to say good-bye in an elegant officer's uniform. The Germans accepted everyone into the army, even those, who by law shouldn't have served. In 1939 [sic!], they sent him to Crete, as I remember, dropped him off as a parachutist and he died in the process."

@Beso Zaridze: Do you have a source for the picture? Do you know any other persons depicted in it?

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Post by Orlov » 26 Apr 2022, 18:03

Dear Maigrets_Shadow
Thanks for your add. Unfortunately, I do not have a photo of Givi Korkia - I just found an obituary in a copied Russian newspaper, published in wartime Berlin. Thanks for interesting article!
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Post by Semenov » 27 Apr 2022, 20:45

Givi Korkia has german sitezenship

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Post by Orlov » 28 Apr 2022, 00:31

Thanks Semenov!

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