Overview
- Description
- Decelith Folie D. War report by Krautschdlyn, SS Standarte Kurt Eggers, 3. Kriegsberichter-Kompagnie. "From the positions at the Narwa After the battle." Dramatic description of the battlefield during the Battle of Narva. Becker describes a young Estonian soldier, looking across the river at the Soviet positions, and how this battle for him is all about Heimatboden [homeland]. Detailed description of engagement between the Soviets and the Germans that ends with the death of the Estonian soldier.
- Date
-
Recorded:
1944 March 22
- Format
- Phonograph record; Plastic; 12 inches; 78 rpm
Physical Details
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Genre/Form
- Radio broadcasts.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Copyright Undetermined
- Conditions on Use
- Owner of copyright, if any, is undetermined. It is possible this is an orphan work. It is the responsibility of anyone interested in reproducing, broadcasting, or publishing content to determine copyright holder and secure permission, or perform a diligent Fair Use analysis.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- War correspondents. Radio broadcasting. Soldiers--Estonia. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Estonia--Narva.
- Geographic Name
- Narva (Estonia)
- Personal Name
- Krautschdlyn.
- Corporate Name
- Waffen-SS
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- In process
- Recorded Sound Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased Decelith discs from the Michael Ladwig Auction in October 2015.
- Recorded Sound Notes
- Technical notes: Probably a one-sided record of the Großdeutschen Rundfunk. Same report as RG-91.0020, but this is in Ukrainian, is shorter, and contains distorted sound.
The Battle of Narva was a military campaign between the German Army Detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus [Estonia] on 2 February – 10 August 1944 during World War II. - Recorded Sound Source
- Michael Ladwig Auction
- File Number
- Source Archive Number: 2140
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:30:23
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