Wehrpass Hesler

 

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Wehrpass for Georg Hesler, born 16 October 1899, Waldenburg, Breslau.  He was a miner in civilian. He was married with a son.

Started 5 May 1943.  

He completed elementary school class I.


He was drafted for military service, and was classified Landwehr II, 25 May 1943.

Super sad small group for a father looking for his only son.

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WW2 German Wehrpass to Georg Hesler searching for dead son Orsha June 1944
WW2 German Wehrpass Pionier Batl 25 Heeresgruppe Mitte Orsha 1944
WW2 German Wehrpass Pionier Batl 25 letter to commander
WW2 German Wehrpass Pionier Batl 25 Police Registration Document
WW2 German Wehrpass Pionier Batl 25 Feldpost Letter
WW2 German Wehrpass Pionier Batl 25 POW Russia request search cards
WW2 German Wehrpass Pionier Batl 25 Documents letters

Georg Hesler’s son, Erich, was killed June 1944.  After that time, he dedicated his life to the mission that his son might be MIA, and wanted more details.


In this letter, dated 24 August 1944, George writes to his son’s commanding officer, Oberleutnant Knuth, Stab Pionier Batl. 25, and requests to be put in contact with soldiers who served with his son so that he might know the details of his death and his last words.  He was also seeking his son’s personal effects - a virtually new wristwatch, 1,50RM and an envelope.

Erich Hesler’s police registration form shows he was born in 1925, and was a builder by trade.  He was just 18.






Fedlpost letter to his father is dated 27 September 1943.  The Feldpost number 19255c, should correspond to Stab 1.-4. Kompanie Reserve-Pionier-Bataillon 8.


In February 1949, he had written requesting info about two of his son’s comrades in Pionier Batl. 25.  In his request, he notes that the last contact from his son was 16 June 1944, Orscha, Russia.  Pionier Batl. 25 was a part of Heeresgruppe Mitte and in June 1944, the Bataillon was destroyed.  They were in the cities of Vitebsk, Orsha, Minsk, Mogilev and Bobruisk.  On June 22, 1944, the Russian offensive pushed back nearly 600km all 28 German divisions, destroying them.  They suffered the loss of 350,000 men with 158,000 being taken prisoner.

There are seven more papers and documents pertaining to George. He requested to quit his work as a miner, so he could search for his only son.  This request was granted in June 1945.    The latest dated document is from 1951, when he was put in contact with another member of his son’s unit.


The German Graves Office lists his son, Gefreiter Erich Hesler, as killed, June 1944 in Orscha and buried in Orsha, Belarus.