Captured German military records online: "germandocsinrussia.org"

[Mori]

As far as I can tell,they are preparing a huge folder about Operation Sealion.

Which has been on their website for something like 3 years, except they didn't create the links...

[S_haule]

Hi Mori,

How did you find the folders about Seelöwe?

Cheers

Sébastien Haule

[Adler Heinz]

I keep staying away from such documentary junk because of the watermark that ruins the document and it's validity. Obviously I'm not talking about the data in them, but the quality that is lost due to a useless and absurd watermark, I wonder why they don't put them on sale and stop providing documents "crippled" by a "label". They should take example from Ba-Ma.

[Mori]

I keep staying away from such documentary junk because of the watermark that ruins the document and it's validity. Obviously I'm not talking about the data in them, but the quality that is lost due to a useless and absurd watermark, I wonder why they don't put them on sale and stop providing documents "crippled" by a "label". They should take example from Ba-Ma.

It's too bad you ignore 1 million + pages of documents while so many scholars use it. But that's your choice.

Like everyone, I first disliked the watermark, and I would still prefer it removed. However, they number each single image with the file and the folio number : that's convenient when it comes to quoting a document properly in a publication.

[Urmel]

As the documents are perfectly readable, I don't really see what the issue is.

[Mori]

How did you find the folders about Seelöwe?

It's the 12488 series. Starts with image 632713, if you know how to access the URL directly.

[Dokis79]

How did you find the folders about Seelöwe?

It's the 12488 series. Starts with image 632713, if you know how to access the URL directly.

I don't, could you give the URL please?

[Mori]

How did you find the folders about Seelöwe?

It's the 12488 series. Starts with image 632713, if you know how to access the URL directly.

I don't, could you give the URL please?

I've double checked: it seems they removed the files, there's just a blank page. They had ca. 2,000 pages in 19 folders. I made a local copy, as I always do.

[Tom Peters]

Is there a schedule on what is to be added ? I go there occasionally, but its never clear to me what is new.

thanks,

Mad Dog

[Adler Heinz]

I keep staying away from such documentary junk because of the watermark that ruins the document and it's validity. Obviously I'm not talking about the data in them, but the quality that is lost due to a useless and absurd watermark, I wonder why they don't put them on sale and stop providing documents "crippled" by a "label". They should take example from Ba-Ma.

It's too bad you ignore 1 million + pages of documents while so many scholars use it. But that's your choice.

Like everyone, I first disliked the watermark, and I would still prefer it removed. However, they number each single image with the file and the folio number : that's convenient when it comes to quoting a document properly in a publication.

I would like to understand why this decision to use a watermark invalidates the "quality" of the document. Before they decided to start "marking" all documents, I had a chance to download some. I had a chance to read some documents, there is a lot of new data, but I prefer to wait for BaMa to make more available. Anyway, it's a pity.

[Mori]

All in all, I got used to their watermark. I don't see it anymore when I read the documents.

I would still prefer documents shared without it. Putting a watermark on free for download documents is a lot like "we give it for free but we don't really want to". Don't see the point.

[cw78]

@Adler Heinz It is already clear that the documents are in Russian possession?

[Adler Heinz]

@Adler Heinz It is already clear that the documents are in Russian possession?

Yes, but what does that have to do with anything? This is a Russian-Germanic initiative.

[cw78]

but the files are in Russia and will remain so for the time being

[Max104740]

Hi to everybody,
findbuch 12488 with operation Seelowe documents is now online. At the moment it includes 2184 Akte
All the best
Max