31 August 1943 Part 5

31 August 1943 August reported suicides

Gefreiter Kurt Pollnat, 10/Artillery Regiment 319: nervous breakdown attributed in the report to an incurable spinal-cord condition. Gefreiter Alfred Praeser [surname uncertain], headquarters company/Grenadier Regiment 582: fear of punishment for stealing from a comrade. OT driver Johann Wichter: 3rd Transport Column 389, cause unknown. OT courier Wilhelm Wiese: courier company [designation indistinct], fear of punishment for unauthorized absence.

Translation note: Causes are the contemporary report’s attributions. Some names and the last unit designation are indistinct.

T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 31 August 1943 | Source PDF pages 879. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.