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- Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:53 pm
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
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Re: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
After one moth I have not heard anything. I will try to find some other contact information
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:50 pm
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
- Replies: 7
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Re: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
Marc
Thank you again
That book sounds interesting but as I do not speak or read German I do not think it will help me very much . I have sent an email to Malte Gaack as you suggested and will wait for his reply.
John
Thank you again
That book sounds interesting but as I do not speak or read German I do not think it will help me very much . I have sent an email to Malte Gaack as you suggested and will wait for his reply.
John
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:14 pm
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
- Replies: 7
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Re: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
Marc Thank you for the reply and information it was very helpfull. Trenkmann must have crossed to Canada on the RANGITIKI as I have one card Trenkmann sent from British Military Hospital number 4 which he dates the 8th February 1942 although there are no dated postmarks on it. I also have a letter f...
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:39 pm
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
- Replies: 7
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Re: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
Thank you for the reply
One officer did survive the 4th artillery officer Kaptain Kapitänleutnant Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg. His book gives some details of his captivity but says nothing about the other crew.
AQ
One officer did survive the 4th artillery officer Kaptain Kapitänleutnant Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg. His book gives some details of his captivity but says nothing about the other crew.
AQ
- Thu May 31, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
- Topic: Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
- Replies: 7
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Kurt Trenkmann POW letters
I am a philatelist rather than a naval historian and am looking for some help. Kurt Trenkmann is listed as one of the survivors of the sinking of the Bismarck. He was detained as a POW first in the UK, then Canada and finally again in the UK before being returned to Germany. He wrote frequently to h...