Handwritten 500+ Page NSKK Tagebuch (diary)
I thought I would share my most recent purchase in the documents category of my collection. This is the first of its kind for me, so I’d love to hear everyone’s feedback, especially if you’re able to translate any of the pages in the photos, or provide other insight into the content or the German soldier (Sturmführer August JORDAN) who this 500+ page handwritten book belonged to.
In the following photos you’ll see the inside cover page and first couple of pages thereafter. The page on the right in the second image appears to have a quote from Hitler. I notice that throughout the book August underlined portions of the pages in red, and even wrote portions of the content in red, as if (I assume) to add emphasis…
The next 3 photos show what appears to be the entries in his book regarding the fall of France to the Germans ("Paris ist gefallen!"). Note the red Swastika that he applied to these sections to provide emphasis or perhaps, and the red text in the 3rd image below…
I’m interested to hear thoughts related to this page, which is at the end of the book. It is a numbered list of some kind. Perhaps notations that related back to pages within the book? Unfortunately my ability to translate handwritten German is very limited since it is very hard to read…
The next two photos show a group of three photographs that were tucked into a pouch in the back cover of the tagebuch. I’m only assuming this is August JORDAN, but he is not wearing an NSKK uniform. He’s wearing a Heer uniform. Any thoughts on this? I included shots of the back sides of the photos as well in case someone is able to translate the handwritten notes and provide some clarity…
These last two photos are of a sheet of thin paper that was folded and tucked into the tagebuch’s back cover pocket. It looks like a list of personnel and their post numbers, with the closing being from August JORDAN (signed with his rank of Sturmführer)…
Again, I’m open to any and all feedback and thoughts related to the book. To me this is an exciting piece, and the first of its kind that I’ve seen.
Thanks!
Dzyner
