Surrender leaflets

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I suppose this was surplus, but mods please move to another forum if need be with my apologies.
I have had this since the early 1990's I believe, a surrender leaflet made by the Russians, and dropped to German troops in 1944. A very interesting read, signed by officers of the German 6th Army who surrendered at Stalingrad.
Anyone else have any interesting surrender leaflets in their collection?
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Very interesting. I had heard of the Soviets dropping leaflets like this but never saw one before. This one is a copy of an original but nothing wrong there as there would have been thousands floating down from the sky dropped from a Soviet bomber. I would imagine leaflets like these would have been dropped over German cities along the Eastern front area during the 1944 push for the Oder river. The leaflet is addressed to "The people and the Armed Forces" so I would imagine it entails some personal responses from captured German officers and added propaganda by the Soviets to convince the German armed forces and citizens facing them that surrender is better and more honourable than dying for a mad man and a fallen empire. My German is rusty too so someone correct me on that logic.

Would you be able to get some close up shots of all the text ? I would be interested in directly translating it to figure out exactly what the leaflet has written on it.

Thanks for sharing.
 
Nabs said:
Very interesting. I had heard of the Soviets dropping leaflets like this but never saw one before. This one is a copy of an original but nothing wrong there as there would have been thousands floating down from the sky dropped from a Soviet bomber. I would imagine leaflets like these would have been dropped over German cities along the Eastern front area during the 1944 push for the Oder river. The leaflet is addressed to "The people and the Armed Forces" so I would imagine it entails some personal responses from captured German officers and added propaganda by the Soviets to convince the German armed forces and citizens facing them that surrender is better and more honourable than dying for a mad man and a fallen empire. My German is rusty too so someone correct me on that logic.

Would you be able to get some close up shots of all the text ? I would be interested in directly translating it to figure out exactly what the leaflet has written on it.

Thanks for sharing.
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Ditto. That's my feeling. Particularily since the survival rate of German pow's was abismal from Stalingrad. I'd like to hear the warm message of hope and friendship found in the arms of their Russian captors.
 
I don't have any surrender leaflets, but I have some really nifty original What Price Victory pamphlets from the time of the Dieppe Raid. Very interesting read.
 
With the help of an online translator, I got the gist of the message of the leaflet from the first two paragraphs. It seems to be an appeal from the officers and men in captivity to their comrades back home to stop the fighting.

Here is the first and second paragraphs directly translated:

From deep concern around the future of our people, around our passionately loved homeland and around the continuance of Germany we turn German generals as well as many hundred-out-one hundred soldiers and officers from Russian war captivity us in last hour at you, Germans more men and women.

With internal sympathy we pursue your desperately efforts into the tremendously involving heavy losses defense fighting, the übermenschlien (few letters cut off on the image, I think the equivalent words are "over worked") work and increasing privations.
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Wow Guys, thanks for looking. I will try and get some pics of the entire thing tonight after the gang goes to bed.
 
I've got a bunch of the Chieu Hoi safe cinduct passes which were used during the Vietnam war to encourage Viet Cong/ NVA to defect. These are in fact a plastic "baggie" for the 20 rd M16 magazine with the safe conduct message printed on them. The idea was to have the enemy pick up these discarded mag bags and use them to turn themselves in. "Google" Chieu Hoi for more info.
 
Nabs said:
With the help of an online translator, I got the gist of the message of the leaflet from the first two paragraphs. It seems to be an appeal from the officers and men in captivity to their comrades back home to stop the fighting.

Here is the first and second paragraphs directly translated:
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lol terrible translation. I translated German for a living at times and the online translators leave a lot to be desired.
 
purple said:
I've got a bunch of the Chieu Hoi safe cinduct passes which were used during the Vietnam war to encourage Viet Cong/ NVA to defect. These are in fact a plastic "baggie" for the 20 rd M16 magazine with the safe conduct message printed on them. The idea was to have the enemy pick up these discarded mag bags and use them to turn themselves in. "Google" Chieu Hoi for more info.
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I ordered some parts from the States and they sent them in the "baggies" you describe. They are kinda cool.
 
Claven Crisco and Purple, please if you can post these, I find them fascinating!
I suppose mine here was more of a propoganda leaflet, rather than a surrender leaflet, although hopefully the end result would be the same.
I got this from a friend of the family in the former Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He was a former school administrator who was also a member of the local hunting club. The club raised money by selling potatoes, I spent two weekends digging spuds. The former administrator knew I collected militaria, had some paper including a couple leaflets, and he gave me the best of the two for helping. From what I was told, these of course are not original signed ones, but were mass copied and then sent out by whatever means, and are period. Included in the lot of paer goodies, was a desk map from June of 1942 (I put it in a frame), some newspaper clippings from a German paper, and the leaflets.
Sorry I do not have a scanner, I see the size was reduced quite a bit when I posted them. If anyone wants to pm me their address I will send the pics I took of them.
Thanks for looking, Gentlemen:) I am glad to see there is some interest in the text.
Joe
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Joe;
What a prize you have there. Talk about a piece of history! I'm not sure of its value, but I haven't seen much of it in my gun show travels. Nice find. Keep it safe and pass is one to your kids.
 
joe n said:
Claven Crisco and Purple, please if you can post these, I find them fascinating!

I'm working away from home for the next while. If you google "Chieu Hoi" you can see a photo of this mag bag/safe conduct pass. If you would like one of these for your collection, PM me your mailing address and I'll pop one in the mail as an early Xmas present when I get home. :)
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von Paulus's name is visible in the signatures. He agreed to support the 'Seydlitz Group' after news of the Twentieth of July plot reached Russia.
 
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