
In diesem Zusammenhang erwähnt er auch, das der General bei seinen Soldaten sehr beliebt war und das "jeder einzelne [...] seine Photographie im Postkartenformat" besaß.
Nach dreijähriger Suche bei ebay. de ist es mir nun endlich gelungen, diese Postkarte zu finden und zu ersteigern.
Den treuen Lesern dieses Blogs möchte ich diesen kleinen Fund natürlich nicht vorenthalten.
In this context, he also mentions, that the general was very popular amongst his soldiers and "every single one [...] owned a post-card sized photography of him".
After a three-year search on eBay I finally managed to get hold of such a card. I am happy to present it to the readers of Dieter's blog.
Il 22 marzo 1918 Dieter descrisse la morte del comandante della sua Divisione Maggior Generale Block von Blottnitz durante l'offensiva tedesca di primavera presso la cava di Hargicourt.
Block v. Blottnitz
Generalmajor u. Kommandeur
der Schleswig-Holsteinischen 18.
Infanterie-Division


Ein Artikel aus der NY Times:
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On March 22nd 1918 Dieter described the death of his divisional commander Generalmajor Block von Blottnitz during the german spring offensive at the Hargicourt quarry.
AntwortenLöschenIn this context, he also mentions, that the general was very popular amongst his soldiers and "every single one [...] owned a post-card sized photography of him".
After a three-year search on eBay I finally managed to get hold of such a card. I am happy to present it to the readers of Dieter's blog.
Text on the back side:
"Better death than slavery!
Block von Blottnitz
Major General and Commander of
Infantry Division No. 18 of Schleswig Holstein"