Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts and Archives
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Eberl family WWI-era letters, 1905-1926
Approximately 600 letters, feldbriefs and feldpostcartes to and from Alois, Gottleib Jr., and Max--three sons serving in the German Army--and their family. Many letters are from France, approximately 130 of which are from Gottlieb Jr. written from an English POW camp.
Gustav Keller WWI-era letters, 1914-1917
The Gustav Keller archive of approximately 270 fieldpostcards and fieldpostbriefs between his wife Maria and their children. Keller served as a Lieutenant in the German 5th Army, 4th Company.
Hans von Steffins WWI-era letters, 1914-1918
Approximately 300 letters and postcards from Hans von Steffins, a military aristocrat (7th Reserve Corps), to his wife Baronin Leoni Steffins. Included are a handful of letters and postcards from von Steffins to Countess Nini Pocci and to unidentified recipients.
Heinrich WWI-era correspondence, 1918
Letters, postcards, and telegrams, most of which are from someone [possibly named Heme or Hana] to a Professor [Irmgard] Heinrich and children.
Lt. Hans Schilling WWI-era ephemera, 1918
German lieutenant of the 5th Reserve Division Hans Schilling. 118 page manuscript diary (1918), 6 field post cards, a manuscript notebook, 2 newspapers from the Front, 9 handwritten forms (possibly instructions/locations for shelling or bombardment), and 2 mimeograph typed military documents.
Lt. Willhelm "Willi" Landahl WWI-era letters, 1914-1918
Lt. Wilhelm Landahl (159th Regt), 180 letters. Landahl was killed in action on 9 April 1916.
Otto Biber WWI archive, 1914-1934
The archive of 2nd Lt. Otto Biber of the 17th Bavarian Regiment. Includes approximately 220 letters and cards, 15 photographs, pocket calendar, newspaper death notices of fellow soldiers, and miscellaneous documents.
Paul Baumann WWI-era letters, 1914-1919
Paul Baumann archive of approximately 200 letters, fieldpostbriefs, fieldpostcards, and postcards between Baumann and his family and friends, during his service on the Western Front in a German Army machine gun unit.
Printz family WWI-era correspondence, 1914-1918
Correspondence between Max Printz, his relatives and friends, many of whom were German soldiers (Armee Korps Infantry and Reserve Divisions) in Poland and the Eastern Front.