Original WWII German Wehrmacht Obergefreiter Helmut Max Grundke Sterbeurkunde – 1944 Eastern Front Death Certificate
Offered here is an original WWII German Sterbeurkunde / official death certificate relating to Obergefreiter Helmut Max Grundke, a German serviceman whose death was recorded during the final year of the war.
The document identifies Helmut Max Grundke, recorded as an Obergefreiter and civilian kaufmännischer Angestellter, with connections to Berlin-Schöneberg and Breslau. He was born in Breslau in 1914 and the certificate records his death on 18 August 1944, during the major German-Soviet fighting on the Eastern Front.
The certificate was subsequently issued through the Standesamt Berlin-Schöneberg in 1945 and retains its official municipal seal, period typewritten entries, handwritten notations and original official signature.
Research into the death date places Grundke\'s death within the extremely active August 1944 Eastern Front fighting east and northeast of Warsaw, in the broader Wyszków / Bug-Narew sector. German formations operating and fighting in this region included formations associated with XX. Armeekorps and the 5. Jäger-Division. No surviving field-unit notation on this particular certificate conclusively establishes Grundke\'s regiment, however, so a specific divisional attribution is not being represented as proven.
This additional battlefield context makes the document considerably more interesting than an unidentified civilian death certificate. It represents a named German serviceman whose death can be placed within a very specific and heavily contested period of the 1944 Eastern Front campaign.
This listing is for one original period document only. The photographs show different views and details of the same certificate.
The dimensions are approximately 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches when unfolded.
The document displays well for its age. It retains strong, clearly readable typewritten text, handwritten entries, official seal and signature. There are original fold creases, filing punch holes, light age toning and spotting, minor edge/corner wear and general handling consistent with an original wartime/early postwar administrative document. Please examine all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.
A particularly interesting original named WWII German military document for collectors of Wehrmacht paperwork, Eastern Front militaria, casualty documents, Sterbeurkunden, German military genealogy and WWII historical ephemera.
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Item specificsConflictWW II of OriginGermanyCountry of OriginGermanyTypeMilitary Death Certificate / SterbeurkundeBranchGerman Army / WehrmachtRankObergefreiterNamed IndividualHelmut Max GrundkeDate1944 / Certificate issued 1945Campaign/FrontEastern FrontLocationGermany / Eastern ItemNoEra1940sNumber of Items1
