This is the official obituary of my granduncle Arnold E. Mind the delay of the publishing: Arnold E. died in early december 1941, the obituary is from may 20th 1942. Remarkable as well: the circumstances of his death have been \"censored\", the fact that probably hundreds of german POWs had been killed by friendly fire was unacceptable to the poulation. So the official version on the obituary says: Arnold was captured by the british, freed himself from captivity and was killed in action in a new assignment. (flamethrowerguy)

Obituary of Arnold E.

This photo shows my granduncle Arnold E. (1920-1941). Unfortunately this is the only picture of him which is left. Arnold E. was member of the 7th company, Afrika-Regiment 361 of the 90. leichte (light) Afrika-Division. His lot was as well sad and tragic: On November 23, 1941 he got captured by British forces during the tank-battle of Sidi Rezegh (Libya). A couple of days later the transport-ship which should transfer the german POW's to Egypt was torpedoed and sunk by a German (!) submarine. Arnold E. and most of his comrades drowned in the Mediterranean. His body was never recovered but his name is listed on the cenotaph of the German cemetary of Tobruk. Unbelievable but true: the night Arnold got killed, his mother -far away in Germany- scared up in her sleep, saying to her husband: &quot;Arnold is dead!&quot; (ftg)

Oberschütze (private first class) Arnold E.

On this picture you can see the drivers of the 4th battery/Mobile Flak-Regiment 3 (towed 88mm-guns) somewhere in southern Russia. Notice that almost every soldier is decorated with the Ground Assault Badge of the Air Force, meaning they\'ve seen more than \"just\" flak-action. Further you can see the driver\'s badges on the left hand sleeves (forearm). My grandfather Obergefreiter (corporal) Rudolf S. is the third soldier from the right. (flamethrowerguy)