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Unser Alpenkorps – Number 11, November 1941

Scanned pages: 16 | Instant PDF download

Historical German Alpenkorps (Wehrmacht mountain troops) magazine, digitized.

Cover

Three soldiers in a vehicle lighting cigarettes, captioned “Kradmelder!” (“Motorcycle dispatch rider!”). Photo credit: Aufn. Gefr. Kempter.

Main Articles

“Die Front in der Steppe”

A vivid first-person account of the vast, empty steppe front near the Dnepr, describing combat, marches, heat, thirst, and Soviet resistance during the advance toward the interior.

Author: Gefr. Karl N. Kempter. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Witt (Wb); SS-Kriegsberichter Roth (PBZ); Kriegsberichter Gutjahr (Wb); Aufn. Gefr. Kempter.

Officer named: General der Gebirgstruppen Dietl (victor of Narvik), pictured visiting a field hospital.

“Die letzte Attacke”

An account of an artillery battery pressed into infantry-style combat to defend bridges, culminating in repelling a Cossack cavalry charge.

Author: Unteroffizier Jürg Straßberger-Lorenz. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Waske (PBZ); Kriegsberichter Koch (HH); Kriegsberichter Jacobsen (Wb); Aufn. (2) Scherl; Kriegsberichter Schneider (Sch).

“Steirische Arbeitsmänner an der Eismeerfront”

A report on a Reich Labor Service (RAD) group from Styria building a road to the Soviet border in the far north of Norway, supporting the Wehrmacht’s advance.

No author credited. Photo credits: Aufn. Ostfm. Serr (multiple photos). Persons named: General der Gebirgstruppen Dietl (hero of Narvik), visiting the road works; Generalarbeitsführer Bormann, pictured.

“Ja, Sakra, bist’s wirklich Du?”

A personal narrative recounting a chance wartime reunion in Russia between two old friends and former schoolmates.

Author: Feldwebel Sepp Glück. No photo credits given.

“Auszug und Heimkehr”

A cycle of five poems about conscription, separation, and homecoming, covering themes such as call-up, care packages, and a mother’s and child’s longing.

Author: Gefr. Herbert Rümmel. No photo credits given.

“Die Heimat erzählt – Ein Deutscher”

A reflective personal essay on identity, homeland, and what it means to be German.

Author: Rudolf Koch. No photo credits given.

“Ein Korporal heiratet einen Korporal”

A historical anecdote from 1813–1816 about two Prussian corporals decorated with the Iron Cross, and the King’s role in arranging one’s marriage.

Author: Erwin Opiałła. No photo credits given.

“Bayerischer Soldatenhumor 1940”

A collection of short humorous military anecdotes from Bavarian soldiers.

Author: Paul Palmen. No photo credits given.

Artists Mentioned

None credited in this issue.

War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named

• Kempter
• Witt (Wb)
• Roth (PBZ), SS-Kriegsberichter
• Gutjahr (Wb)
• Waske (PBZ)
• Koch (HH)
• Jacobsen (Wb)
• Schneider (Sch)