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30 June 1943 Part 4

Summary

Suicides in June 1943

Location Details

Alderney

Diary Entry

30 June 1943 Suicides in June 1943

Secret. Private First Class Georg Kempe, Butchery Company 319, transferred at the same time to the administrative platoon of the Alderney detachment: fear of punishment; he had repeatedly behaved without discipline and had been absent from drill without permission. Private First Class Wilhelm Peer, 2/Grenadier Regiment 729: reason unknown. Private First Class Fritz Gelhaar, headquarters of Army Coastal Artillery Battalion 404: mental depression.

Translation note: Reasons are those attributed by the contemporary report. Monthly return; placed at the end of June.

Source of Information 

T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 30 June 1943 | Source PDF pages 646. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.

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