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Heinrich Prüß
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Part of Joint municipal archive Harsefeld

Documents:20 picture-postcards (1901/1902)picture of Heinrich Prüß in uniform (1901)letter to his brother (1901)estate documents (1904-1911)12 photocopies of the estate documents (1904-1911)manuscript draft due to estate regulation (1905)literature:essay in the yearbook "Geschichte und Gegenwart" of the Verein für Kloster- und Heimatgeschichte Harsefeld e.V.. (Society for Monastery and Local History Harsefeld), Vol. 17 (2004) by Paul Reisener: Heinrich Prüß from Harsefeld fought and died in German-Southwest-Africa
Personal documents of Erich Georg Kuno v. W. (born 3.10.1876, died 12.2.1904, #250), lieutenant of the Schutztruppe für Südwestafrika 1900, 1904 Herero campaign, on 4.2.1904 fatally wounded during the storming of Omaruru
Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, PL 9/3 Bü 1632 · File · 1902-1912
Part of State Archives Baden-Württemberg, Dept. State Archives Ludwigsburg (Archivtektonik)

Contains: 1) Memorial book "Erich - Ein Lebensbild mit Briefs des Lieutnants der Schutztruppe Frhrn. v. W.-Lauterburg", compiled by his sister Sophie von Schnurbein geb. v. W. With photos: Erich in uniform, his parents' house, his grave; - 2) Photos of Africa, 1 letter to his grandmother 1902; - 3) Photo of a commemorative plaque for those who died in Africa, 1912; - 4) Newspaper cuttings