Blind soldiers in the Wehrmacht..
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Blind soldiers in the Wehrmacht..
Hello!
I can´t remember how long I am looking now for infos on german "Sonderlazarette" and never came to usefull results.
Now I finally found the info and found also a for my oppinion extremely interesting photo. It shows a nearly completely unknown part of the Wehrmacht soldiers "life". Surely interesting to me which lies in the nature of my profession and surely interesting to militaria collectors.... would you buy such a armband?
These are patients of the Heeres-Sonderlazarett for blind soldiers. Soldiers which lost their eyesight in combat are teached in stenography and other signal duties. Note Infanteriesturmabzeichen of the soldiers in front.
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I can´t remember how long I am looking now for infos on german "Sonderlazarette" and never came to usefull results.
Now I finally found the info and found also a for my oppinion extremely interesting photo. It shows a nearly completely unknown part of the Wehrmacht soldiers "life". Surely interesting to me which lies in the nature of my profession and surely interesting to militaria collectors.... would you buy such a armband?
These are patients of the Heeres-Sonderlazarett for blind soldiers. Soldiers which lost their eyesight in combat are teached in stenography and other signal duties. Note Infanteriesturmabzeichen of the soldiers in front.
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About armbands
The german signalisation for blind persons at the end of the war was a yellow armband with three black dots. I suppose the cross was added for military personnal
Presently, I do not know if this use is still in force. There were numerous blind war veterans in Germny in 1948, french occupation zone with such armbands.
The crossover signals were also sonorized, a shell telling when blind pedestrians could cross safely.
The german signalisation for blind persons at the end of the war was a yellow armband with three black dots. I suppose the cross was added for military personnal
Presently, I do not know if this use is still in force. There were numerous blind war veterans in Germny in 1948, french occupation zone with such armbands.
The crossover signals were also sonorized, a shell telling when blind pedestrians could cross safely.
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da karl ist right!
Karl da Kraut wrote:holderwinfried wrote:
Nope, "Kriegsversehrter" generally means any man severly wounded and thus handicaped while in military service. It does NOT hint at the poor fellow's current profession."Kriegsversehrter" - that means handicaped man in military service during the war.
Hi at all,
what have I do say: Karl da Kraut is right. I just meant the same, but I´ve to admit my knowledge of englisch is sometimes poor. Sorry.
Greetz
holderwinfried
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Und nun auf deutsch:
Hi Leute,
ganz klar: Karl das Krautige Wesen hat natürlich recht. Meinte zwar das gleiche. Aber wenn English nicht die Muttersprache ist, dann schleichen sich doch so üble Fehler ein. Aber ich gelobe Besserung.
Viele Grüße
der holdewinfried