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Zeumer
June 19, 1916
‘I leaf through old letters from Manfred's free, unattached flying days, when Georg Zeumer, friend and teacher, was still instructing him. I had often wondered what had b...
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Lothar writes
April 25, 1917
Lothar schreibt
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The newspaper
April 30, 1917
Die Zeitung
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The newspaper
April 10, 1917
Die Zeitung
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The newspaper
April 8, 1917
Die Zeitung
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Victory 36
April 6, 1917
"…on April 6, the Schweidnitz "Daily Review" already reported to me the thirty-sixth kill."
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Victory 32
April 3, 1917
"…The further reports came like hammer blows, on April 3 the thirty-second victory;…"
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Yesterday I shot the thirty-first
March 26, 1917
MvR schreibt seine Mutter
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Victory 27 and 28
March 19, 1917
"On 19 March, the army report showed the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth, and the Silesian Provincial Diet sent a congratulatory telegram to the field: 'We commemorate t...
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Victory 25
March 8, 1917
"...Manfred's victory curve is rising steeply. I am experiencing all of this, but - how could it be otherwise! - there is also enough anxiety and worry in my thoughts. I...
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Lothar in Schweidnitz
February 21, 1917
"...It turned out to be a cosy few hours after all. Lothar feels so comfortable at home; he's a ‘family man’. The next day I invited him for coffee with some juices. We t...
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Holiday
February 4, 1917
Urlaub
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Jasta 11, 18th air victory
January 25, 1917
Jasta 11, Luftsieg 18
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A telegram
January 21, 1917
Ein Telegramm
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Christmas on the Somme
December 28, 1916
Weihnachten an der Somme
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New machines
December 15, 1916
Neue Machinen
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December 1916
December 25, 1916
Dezember 1916
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Major Hawker
November 23, 1916
"...Before I went to bed, I read my sons' letters again. The eleventh Englishman Manfred shot down was a Major Hawker, 26 years old. Prisoners said that he was the ‘Engli...
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Boelcke's funeral
November 26, 1916
Boelckes Beerdigung
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Lightning visit to Schweidnitz
November 14, 1916
Blitzbesuch an Sweidnitz
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MvR receives the Order of Hohenzollern
November 11, 1916
MvR bekommt den Hohenzollernorden
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Boelcke's funeral
November 3, 1916
Boelckes Beerdigung
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MvR writes his mother
October 5, 1916
MvR schreibt seine Mutter
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Lothar talks about MvR
September 25, 1916
Lothar erzählt über MvR