Soldbuchs 5
SS-Oberscharführer’s Soldbuch has an intact Swastika. His uniform photo shows him as an SS-Unterscarführer and wearing the Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon. He was promoted to SS-Oberscharführer 1 April 1945, and he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, 23 April 1942. The photo falls between those dates. His dog tag is from 4 Kompanie SS-Pionier Batl.
Pörschmann was born 20 April 1909 in Saarbrücken. He had blonde hair and blue eyes and was 5ft 10 inches tall.
The Soldbuch was started in Dresden, 23 April 1942, by 4 Kompanie SS Pionier Batl.
He had served with 4 Kompanie SS Pionier Ersatz Batl., Stamm Kompanie SS Pionier Ausbildung und Ersatz Batl. 1 Dresden. Lastly, he was with Stabskompanie Bauinspektion der Waffen-SS und Polizei “Reich Nord.”
He was married and his wife first lived in Mannheim. She then moved to Schloss Triefenstein am Main, 15 March 1942. 23 April 1942, Jews from the area were deported to Poland, being murdered shortly after in the Lublin area.
Pörschmann was issued uniforms and field gear, including a steel helmet, while with Pionier Ausbildung und Ersatz Batl. Dresden, 18 September 1943
His Soldbuch was checked 1 December 1943, by Bauinspektion der Waffen-SS und Polizei “Reich Nord’” and then 1 September 1944, by Der Reichsführer-SS und Chef der Polizei SS-Wirtschafts- Verwhpt., Bauinspektion der Waffen-SS und Polizei “Reichs Nord.”
His paygrades went to 14 1 September 1942 to 12 1 April 1945. Both notations were made by Der Reichsführer-SS und Chef der Polizei SS-Wirtschafts- Verwhpt., Bauinspektion der Waffen-SS und Polizei “Reich Nord.”
Pörschmann was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, 23 April 1942. The ink stamp is from Waffen-SS SS-Pionier Ersatz Abt.
His first entered yearly leave was entered same as above. Over Christmas 1942, he received a 5 day leave. April 1943, he received another 5 day leave. From 24 July to 9 August 1943, he was given vacation days.
The top ink stamp is for Der Reicheführer-SS und Chef der Polizei im Bauinspektion der Waffen-SS un Polizei for (RMd.JJ or KMd. JJ) Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten SS- Zentralbauleitung Goslar. The date for the leave is in November. This unit oversaw the construction projects of Waffen-SS un Polizei “Reich Nord” at Ravensbrück, Berlin (Sachsenhausen) and Goslar.
Then lastly, he was given holiday leave, 24 to 30 December 1943.
Pörschmann’s SS Führerschein was started by SS-Nachrichten Abteilug 501, in Fürstenwalde-Spree, 20 July 1944. It was valid for cars and motorcycles. The ink stamp is for Feldpost 56780, which is Stab und Einheit SS Nachrichten Abteilung 501, SS Korps Truppe (1 SS-Panzer Korps LSSAH), which was formed Summer 1943, Berlin. There was also a sub camp of Sachenhausen Concentration Camp In Fürstenwalde-Spree.
SS-Oberscharführer Paul Pörschmann is mentioned in war crimes articles and was known for his inhumane treatment of Sachsenhausen prisoners when supervising the construction of a communications bunker by prison laborers at Fuchsbau. October 1943, he was a block leader at the Fürstenwalde sub camp of Sachsenhausen. He is named 2 January 1944, as a construction superintendent at Bad Saarrow and was in charge of the camp guards, where an intelligence command operations center, Fuchsbau, was being constructed.
Pörschmann was a career concentration camp top sergeant. There is no record of his prosecution for war crimes.
The center pages of the Soldbuch are loose from the cover. Driver’s license is in excellent condition.
$850 SOLD
