Looking for abstracts to von Rohden collection at NARS in the 1960's

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Nick and Norbert,

Thank you for your very careful interpretive work! I really wasn't looking forward to denigrating Galland, even if the person who wrote this had a proverbial "bug up his ass".

Norbert, taking your interpretation, I'm slightly modifying it to:

"Through the reorganisation of IV./JG 54 into a Me 262 fighter group (II./JG 7), the vacated 4th squadron is to be made available in its entirety under the leadership of GenLt. Galland for the formation of an Me 262 fighter squadron that is attached operationally to JG 7."

Does this sound okay to the two of you?

Thanks to all of you who have assisted in deciphering what this difficult message is really saying.

Regards,
Richard

[Nick Beale]

"Vacated" isn't the word I'd go for in this context:

"The 4. Staffel — made redundant by the conversion of IV./JG 54 to an Me 262 Jagdgruppe (II./JG 7) — is placed, as a whole, at the disposal of Gen.Lt. Galland for the establishment of an Me 262 Jagdstaffel under his leadership and attached to JG 7."

[Norbert Schuchbauer]

Nick,
you are the better wordsmith than me. This sounds good.

Regards,
Norbert

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Nick and Norbert,

That sounds good to me, too. It explains the situation regarding the 4. Staffel, which would otherwise be lost.

Hopefully, we've chosen the correct interpretation of "geschlossen". At least we've given it our best, which is all that can be asked for. The intent when writing anything historical is that we capture the true meaning of what was intended, rather than creating false history.

I'm using the abstracts as the frontispiece for each document. The document still remains for subsequent reinterpretation.

Regards,
Richard

[Norbert Schuchbauer]

Hi Richard,
I cam across the same issues at the Bundesarchiv in Freiburg. At least 30% of the records I looked at contained other documents not pertaining to the contents description.

Regards,
Norbert