Kriegsberichterstattung: Von den Stellungen an der Narwa. Nach der Schlacht (version 1)
Scope and Content
Decelith Folie D. War report by Rudolf Becker, 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.
Note(s)
Technical notes: Probably a one-sided record of the Großdeutschen Rundfunk. Same report as RG-91.0021, but this is in German and longer. 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.
People
- Becker, Rudolf.
Corporate Bodies
- Waffen-SS
Subjects
- Soldiers--Estonia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Estonia--Narva.
- Narva (Estonia)
- Radio broadcasting.
- War correspondents.
Genre
- Radio broadcasts.
- Recorded Sound