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    Outguard 27848: The WW II diary of German Private First Class Paul Velte
    Outguard 27848: The WW II diary of German Private First Class Paul Velte
    Outguard 27848: The WW II diary of German Private First Class Paul Velte
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    Outguard 27848: The WW II diary of German Private First Class Paul Velte

    By Peter Jäger

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    The origin of this diary was a gift of my 75 year old aunt Elsa in the mid 90s.
    It was written by her brother in WWII with a now fading pencil in a kind of old German sutterlin style. So, I decided to type it to be able to read it fluently.


    The story was so fascinating that I decided to publish and share it in its original language after my aunts death in 2015. The diary covers the last few months my uncle was alive before he was killed at age 24 as a soldier in Russia.

    The diary covers a small part of WW II from a different point of view what most articles report about the war and Hitlers strategies. It`is the point of view of a young PFC with all the worries and thoughts most soldiers had in the unknown and strange situation of a war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateApr 10, 2017
    ISBN9783744876001
    Outguard 27848: The WW II diary of German Private First Class Paul Velte
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    Peter Jäger

    Peter Jäger, Jahrgang 1959: Nach dem Gymnasium und einer Ausbildung zum Radio-Fernsehtechniker erfolgte der Einstieg in die professionelle Metrologie mit einer etwa 4 jährigen Ausbildung zum Kalibriertechniker. Der größte Teil dieser Ausbildung erfolgte bei der US-Airforce in Denver / Colorado. Nach Tätigkeiten im Kalibrierlabor als Kalibriertechniker, unter anderem für Oszilloskope, Multimeter und Messsender erfolgte eine Ausbildung zum staatl. geprüften Techniker. Ab 1991 war er Leiter eines mobilen Kalibrierlabors; später einige Jahre Leiter eines Kalibrierlabors für physikalische Messgrößen mit Erreichen einer Akkreditierung für die Messgröße Temperatur und Mitglied im entsprechenden Fachausschuss des DKD. Nach einer anschließenden etwa zweijähriger Tätigkeit als Projektbearbeiter für Kalibrierprojekte, zu denen auch die Erstellung von Kalibriervorschriften und -abläufen zählte, erfolgte eine Veränderung in die Nutzungsleitung für Mess- und Prüfgeräte einer großen Behörde. Von dort aus absolvierte er erfolgreich die Ausbildung zum DGQ-Qualitätsmanager und war dann schwerpunktmäßig mit der Entwicklung, Aufbau und dem Betrieb eines effektiven und normkonformen Qualitätsmanagementsystems betraut. Während dieser Zeit hielt er regelmäßig Fachvorträge zum Themengebiet Kalibrierung / Metrologie / Messmittelmanagement auf Fachkonferenzen wie der Measurement Science Conference MSC oder National Conference Of Standard Laboratories (international) NCSLi in den USA und veröffentlichte Fachbeiträge z.B. im weltweit erscheinenden Magazin "Metrologist". Später folgten Projektarbeiten "Optimierung Kalibrierung" und "Messmittelmanagement in SAP". Derzeit ist er bei einem führenden Weltunternehmen für Messtechnik als Leiter eines akkreditierten Kalibrierlabors und Schulungsleiter für Messtechnikseminare tätig.

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      Outguard 27848 - Peter Jäger

      Acknowledgments

      I would like to thank my friend Mark Grantham for his kind assistance in helping me to prepare this book in English language. I made him volunteer to do all necessary corrections. Read what Mark wrote when he had finished his work:

      "Hi Peter,

      Thank you for allowing me to do this for you. It is a great honor to learn about your uncle and how he did such brave things for his fellow soldiers/friends and for the protection of his home and family during WWII. The likes of his Generation, I fear, will never be seen again on this Earth. Hopefully, we will also never see a war again like he went through. "

      Thank You!!

      Hey Mark: Air Force rocks!

      But most of all I want to thank my wife Petra. It was her idea to publish this book in English language. Petra, I love you.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Prologue

      The Diary

      Thoughts about the campaign against Russia

      Notifications to Pauls familiy

      Acronyms and Abbreviations

      Names and Persons

      Prologue

      The origin of the diary you hold in your hands was a gift of my 75 year old aunt Elsa in the mid 90’s. It was written by her brother in WWII with a now fading pencil in a kind of old German sutterlin style. So, I decided to type it to be able to read it fluently.

      The story was so fascinating that I decided to publish and share it after my aunts death in 2015. The diary covers the last few months my uncle was alive before he was killed at age 24 as a soldier in Russia.

      The diary covers a small part of WW II from a different point of view what most articles report about the war and Hitler’s strategies. It’s the point of view of a young PFC with all the worries and thoughts most soldiers had in the unknown and strange situation of a war:

      Who is the new commander?

      How is the food

      Where will I sleep tonight?

      The soldiers were excited about mail from home. Some dark thoughts came up when holidays arrived – everybody wanted to be home at Easter or other holidays, thinking of family and great food.

      In everyday life, Paul’s focus was not on the war itself or possible death.

      However, this subject is discussed, e.g. in the section Thoughts about the campaign against Russia, it can be seen how intensively one was dealing with this topic.

      Remarkable is how accurate Paul’s unit took care about him after his death. All belongings - from socks to chewing gum and cigarettes – were listed and sent back home.

      The company commander as well as comrades wrote letters – handwritten or with typewriter.

      The printed diary hasn’t been changed regarding structure, style and if possible spelling and punctuation to keep it as authentic as possible.

      To complete the story, photos and documents were added to the diary.

      The photos were arranged on separate pages because the diary itself doesn’t have any photos at all.

      Remember: Paul hasn’t had a cell phone, internet or a daily paper – the information he had was the information he was given!

      The Diary

      Diary

      German Private First Class

      Paul Velte

      O.U., may 25th 1941

      Today, it’s may 25th, 1941.

      I decided to write a diary. The time we are living in made me make that decision.

      Since march 31st we are on our way, starting from Eichstadt, where our quarters for the winter have been. So many thoughts about what was coming up and where we might be sent to.

      So many rumors came up – none became real. Just for that reason – not knowing what will happen and how will it end – in other words I feel absolutely gloomy about my future in this stressful time – I decided to keep track and write this diary.

      In case something happens to me in the upcoming campaign I kindly ask the finder of this diary to send it to my parents, who live under the following address:

      Family

      Paul Velte

      Remscheid-Hasten

      Ludendorffstr. 34

      I will try now to catch up with the time from

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