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07/10/2026

Sterbebild für FRANZ BITTERER

Death Card for FRANZ BITTERER

Sterbebild were obituary listings and memorial prayer cards. They were produced by the military for German Soldiers in World War One and by the Wehrmacht in World War Two.

They usually have the soldier's full name, their rank, their awards, their military unit type, along with his death date and death location. They may also have their birth year and/or how old they were when they died, and the name of their home town.

Sterbebild were delivered to the family by the military when a soldier passed away, so his family could share them with other family members and the soldiers close friends.

GERMAN
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Gebetsandenken an
FRANZ BITTERER
von Kelheim
Unteroffizier in einem Inf.-Regt.
gefallen am 16. Januar 1942 im Osten
im 23. Lebenjahre.
Voll Mut bist in den Krieg gesogen,
Voll Hoffnung auf die Wiederkehr,
Doch Gott haf anders es erwogen
Und nahm dich auf ins Himmelsheer.
Leik, Kelheim

ENGLISH
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Prayer card in memory of
FRANZ BITTERER
from Kelheim
Non-commissioned officer in an infantry regiment
Died on January 16, 1942, in the East
in his 23rd year of life.
Full of courage, you were drawn into the war,
Full of hope for your return,
But God willed it otherwise
And welcomed you into the heavenly host.
Leik, Kelheim

Franz came from the town of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany. It is 23 km (14 miles) southwest of Regensburg, Germany or 98 km (60 miles) northeast of Munich.

He was an Unteroffizier (Under Officer, NCO, non-commisioned officer) in an Infantry Regiment.

He died January 16, 1942 at the age of 23, in Osten (in the East or on the Russia Front). He may have died during the German counterattack against the Red Army along the Ak-Monay Isthmus that took place in the Crimea (part of Ukraine) which took place in January 15-18, 1942.

Death cards use the word "fallen" or "gefallen" for died or death.

From his uniform photo, that was taken possibly a year or two before he died, we can see he was a very decorated and brave soldier who fought in many battles and was wounded in combat.

He earned the following awards:

"Schützenschnur" an award for weapons proficiency in marksmanship for enlisted soldiers. The metal badge with a braided layard is worn attached to his right shoulder. This award started in the early 18th century in Prussia and is still awarded today by the Bundeswehr. It's is equal to being an expert "sharpshooter" in other nations military.

"WK2 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse" (World War II Iron Cross 2nd Class) for bravery, only the medal's ribbon was worn, the black, white and red, ribbon is threaded through his second tunic button hole on his chest.

Pinned on his left pocket are:

"WK2 Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse" (World War II Iron Cross 1st Class) for bravery.

"Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen" (Infantry Assault Badge) a Ma**er 98K r***e in an oak leaf wreath, awarded for multiple combat missions. The badge came in two metals or colors: Bronze, awarded to members of motorized or mechanized infantry units, and Silver, awarded to members of non-motorized infantry units and mountain troop infantry (Gebirgsjäger). It appears his might have the Silver badge.

"Verwundetenabzeichen" (Wound Badge) a steel German helmet with crossed swords, award for being wounded. There are three award levels based on colors, Black (3rd Class for 1-2 wounds), Silver (2nd class for 3-4 wounds), and Gold (1st class for 5 or more wounds). A wound badge is equivalent to the "Purple Heart" in the U.S. military.

He has another badge pinned on his left pocket, but because of the angle we can not tell what it is. It may be a sports badge, which many soldiers earned and proudly wore.

Above his left pocket are two unidentified medal ribbon bars. If we could see their colors we could know more for sure.

Around the edge of his collar and on the edge of his Schulterklappen (shoulder boards) is a metalic cloth braid or lace tape edging for an Unteroffizier (NCO, non-commissioned officer) which is known as "Tresse".

I used the Mormon "Family Search" genealogy web site < www.familysearch.org > to search for records on FRANZ BITTERER, BIRTH around 1919, DEATH 16 January 1942.

What I found was the grave stone on "FindAGrave" that is marked:

FRANZ BITTERER
Obergefreiter
10.10.1918
3.11.1944

Could this be his grave? The dates don't match exactly, but they are close.

FRANZ BITTERER
BIRTH 10 Oct 1918
DEATH 3 Nov 1944 (aged 26)
BURIAL WWII German Military Cemetery Saldus
formerly Frauenberg, Saldus, Saldus Novads, Kurzeme, Latvia
MEMORIAL ID 144597810

FindAGrave website:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144597810/franz-bittner
Grave stone image:
https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2015/88/UNCEM_1427631659192.JPG

If anyone has a membership to "ancestry.com" can you please do a search with the data I have provided here for FRANZ BITTERER then please message me and let me know what you find, thank you.

The spirit of Franz has been talking to me and he wants me to learn more to help remember him.

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07/10/2026

1882 Antíke Ölgemälde ~ Bayerische Mann mit Dackel

1882 Antique Oil Painting ~ Bavarian Man with Dachshund

This 144 year old antique Bavarian interior scene was done by München Maler (Munich painter) Ferdinand Pacher (Born: 1852 ~ Died: 1911).

Painting size 43 x 33 cm (16.9 x 12.9 inch)

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06/10/2026

Oktoberfest München Lederrock

Does she "rock" that leather mini skirt ?

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06/10/2026

GERMAN NEWS ~ Merz announces new aid for Ukraine

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion USD) during a visit to Kyiv on Sunday, as Russia escalated its attacks on Ukrainian cities.

The aerial war has intensified, with Moscow menacing cities across Ukraine with hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, while Kyiv has been striking Russia’s oil industry and businesses.

About 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion USD) of the package is military aid, including long-range strike weapons, combat drones and satellite technology, “so that Ukraine can also target Russian launch pads,” Merz said at a news conference. Germany is also providing some 350 million euros ($395 million) in energy aid ahead of winter for generators, substations and repair work, he said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the two countries also signed 15 agreements worth more than 8.5 billion euros ($9.6 billion USD), mostly covering security cooperation, weapons production and procurement, as well as a deal to expand their joint counter-drone efforts.

“This is weaponry that will help right now,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding they also discussed the need for air defense, which he called “key” at this time.

At the news conference, Zelenskyy said Merz’s visit amid Russian attacks was “an important signal of support for Ukraine and of the courage of Germany and all of Europe.”

Germany will fund the joint production of drones designed to intercept Russia’s jet-powered drones, Merz said, adding that “significant technical breakthroughs” in recent weeks were speeding up production. “This will quickly and tangibly strengthen Ukraine’s air defense,” he said. “And this strengthening is urgently needed.”

Zelenskyy called jet-powered drones a growing challenge, saying Russia had launched 900 of them this week alone and Ukraine was able to intercept only around half. He highlighted the role of F-16 fighter jets in countering the threat and said he would speak with U.S. President Donald Trump about securing more am******on.

Germany is Ukraine’s largest donor, sending Kyiv more than 43.3 billion euros ($48.8 billion USD) since the war began, along with equipment and weapons.

Published Oct 4, 2026 by apnews . com

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Germany is tanking, but they are still DONATING MORE BILLIONS to Ukraine. No wonder Germany is in trouble.

The AfD wants to end the war with Russia and stop funding Ukraine, while Merz and his CDU keeps escalating the war.

Imagine what could have been done with more than 43.3 billion euros for the German People !

I know, it's kinder and better to donate to poor Ukraine...

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05/10/2026

1960 Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Flieger

1960 West German Air Force Flyer

He is wearing a stahlblau Schirm Mütze (steel blue Peaked Visor Hat).

The top of the hat has a Bundeswehr Kokarde (German Armed Forces cockade) with three colors gold, red, and black center. Below the cockade is a Streitkräfteabzeichen BW Mützenkranz Doppelschwinge Metall Luftwaffe, (Armed Forces metal badge for Bundeswehr cap with double wings and oak leaf wreath for the Air Force).

On his lower left sleeve of his blau Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Dienstanzug (blue Air Force dress uniform) you can see a Ärmelband Luftwaffe Schwinge Fliegerschwinge (cuff title German Air Force Wing Flying Wings).

The cuff title is a black wool strip approximately 1.5 inch wide with the double wings and piping embroidered with silver metallic thread.

There are multiple names for the cuff title, "Manschette Titel" or "Ärmelbandes" or ""Ärmelbänd" or "Ärmelbänder" or "Ärmelstreifen".

The back of this 66 year old photo was dated 17. Juni 1960 (June 17, 1960).

You will notice that he is very proud of his cuff title, the way he is gesturing with his arm to show it off for the camera.

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04/10/2026

GERMAN NEWS ~ Merkel Fans lined up to get Autographed Postcards

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was back in the spotlight Sunday as she signed postcard prints of her official portrait that was unveiled earlierin the year.

Visitors stood in queues at the Bode Museum on Berlin's Museum Island to grab a copy. The museum is home to many works by old masters as well as her portrait.

In the portrait, that was unveiled this July, Merkel is wearing a blue version of one of her signature colorful blazers that became a visual hallmark of her 16-year chancellorship.

Merkel appeared to be donning a similar jacket while she signed postcards on Sunday too.

The painting was due to remain on display until October 4 but will stay on until January 3 because of high demand.

Merkel led the country between 2005 and 2021, but opinions about her legacy is mixed since many in Germany blame her for having precipitated some of the country's most pressing challenges today.

Written By Roshni Majumdar, Published Oct 4, 2026 by www . dw . com

Shown is the oil painting postcard she autographed at the Bode Museum in Berlin.

Would you want her postcard ?

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04/10/2026

GERMAN NEWS ~ Support for Merz plunges after CDU’s losses to Germany’s right and left

Chancellor Friedrich Merz hits a record low approval rating after his party suffered defeats in three state elections.

Stuttgart, Germany – Minutes after the results of the first exit polls flashed across German screens, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declared in a televised statement at the party’s headquarters that he was going nowhere.

“It’s a disaster,” he said of the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 20. “What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness and patience. I will muster them – as party chairman of the CDU and, above all, as chancellor of our country.”

But pressure on Merz is mounting.

On Thursday, a survey by Germany’s public broadcaster ARD found that only one in 10 respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with his work. That is the lowest figure for any chancellor since the survey began in 1997.

His party crashed out of the state parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, failing to clear the 5 percent threshold needed to win seats – the first time this has happened since the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came first with more than a third of the vote.

On the same day in Berlin’s state elections, the CDU suffered another major setback. It came second after The Left party, which won 25.7 percent of the vote. The Left now hopes to form a government in the capital although it will need coalition partners.

Just two weeks earlier, the CDU suffered another blow. The AfD won the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, receiving more than 40 percent of the vote, compared with 17 percent for the CDU.

No obvious successor

Merz could face a revolt within his own party, but removing him as chancellor would be considerably harder.

Under Germany’s Constitution, the Bundestag can replace a chancellor only by simultaneously electing a successor with an absolute majority.

Wolfgang Schroeder, a professor of political science at the University of Kassel, told Al Jazeera: “The CDU is in a situation where it can’t really get any further with Merz, but it also doesn’t know how things would work without him. There is no attractive replacement, so there is no alternative.”

A former chairman of the BlackRock investment company’s German supervisory board, Merz had long harboured ambitions of becoming chancellor but was sidelined by then-CDU leader Angela Merkel in the early 2000s. Merkel later became chancellor in 2005. Merz staged an unexpected comeback, finally taking office in May 2025.

At the helm, Merz has drawn criticism for remarks about the country’s “Stadtbild” (cityscape), widely interpreted as a suggestion that there were too many refugees and migrants on the streets. The debate has resurfaced in recent days with prominent CDU figures returning to the issue after the party’s poor election results.

The AfD’s surge is but one factor behind the decline of Germany’s long-dominant conservative party, which has produced six chancellors in its history.

The CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, govern Germany in coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The government is struggling amid the rising cost of living, deindustrialisation, crumbling infrastructure and a housing crisis in major cities.

Nils Diederich, a professor emeritus of political science at the Free University of Berlin and a former SPD member in the Bundestag, said Merz has failed to make a good impression but argued he is not the main reason for the CDU’s poor results.

“Overall, I see the coalition itself as the main problem,” he said. “The Social Democrats have worn themselves out in the coalition. They have lost their sense of direction and are putting the brakes on reforms. That, in turn, is dragging the CDU down with them.”

Schroeder told Al Jazeera: “It’s possible that the crisis surrounding the chancellor could develop into a fundamental crisis for the CDU and from there into a crisis for the coalition.”

The reform dilemma

In July, the German government announced a package of 34 measures, including reforms to pensions, taxation, bureaucracy and the labour market. Merz originally intended to push through his repeatedly promised reforms by the end of the year.

But the state elections have put the coalition parties under greater pressure to stake out their own positions.

To ease the burden on people in need of long-term care and to plug multibillion-euro deficits, the SPD is calling for a cap on care costs and for people with private health insurance to share the costs. The CDU firmly rejects both proposals on legal and financial grounds.

State premiers from both major parties and the SPD leadership want to retain the option of retiring without a pension reduction after 45 years of contributions, which they see as a reward for a lifetime of work. The conservative bloc’s business wing, however, insists that the provision be phased out.

Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil of the SPD is planning new revenue measures to consolidate the budget but faces fierce resistance from CDU state premiers and conservative legislators determined to block any tax increases.

Schroeder warned that the coming months could be difficult.

“The CDU is caught in a dilemma. If Merz continues down the path of reforms that place a burden on society, the likelihood of cooperative governance with the SPD will diminish further. If he goes along with the course the SPD is proposing, pressure within the party will increase.”

Diederich said: “If the reforms fall through, then either Merz or the Social Democrats would have to act and let the coalition collapse.”

The next major election test will come in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, where voters elect a new parliament in April.

Written By Karim Natour, Published Oct 2, 2026 by www . aljazeera . com

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04/10/2026

What makes you nervous ?

Does she work for the German News Media ?

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04/10/2026

GERMAN NEWS ~ Germany leads Europe-wide raids on Hells Angels network

More than 1,000 police officers carried out raids across Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria and the Netherlands on September 30 as part of an investigation into an international money-laundering network allegedly linked to members of the Hells Angels biker gang.

Police in the western German city of Duisburg said several arrest warrants were expected to be executed during the operation. Authorities are also seeking to seize assets worth €48.6 million ($55.1 million USD), dpa reports.

More than 100 properties are being searched and 71 people are under investigation, police said.

The investigation targets an international money-laundering network and a criminal organisation, which dpa reported is understood to be the Hells Angels. Suspects include people allegedly responsible for operating the money-laundering network across Germany and Europe, as well as senior members of a biker gang.

They are suspected of offences including forming a criminal organisation, extortion, organised fraud and money laundering. The investigation also covers alleged weapons offences, assault and tax evasion.

Most of the searches were taking place in North Rhine-Westphalia, with six properties being searched in other German states. Authorities were also searching seven properties in Belgium, Bulgaria and the Netherlands.

A dpa reporter witnessed a major operation involving special forces at the address of an influential Hells Angels member in Duisburg on Wednesday morning.

The operation is being led by prosecutors in Duisburg, with North Rhine-Westphalia’s financial crime authority also involved.

According to Bild, the investigation has been ongoing for more than four years and was launched following a shooting in Duisburg in May 2022. More than 100 people were involved in a clash between bikers and members of a Turkish-Lebanese extended family at the time.

Written by Sabina Mammadli, published Sept 30, 2026 by caliber . az

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03/10/2026

Visit Lake Königssee and take a Elektroboot (elctric boat) ride to the Kirche St. Bartholomä (Church of Saint Bartholomew). A boat to St. Bartholomä cost 23.40 € ($26.33 USD) per adult round-trip.

While you are waiting for the boat visit the "Biergarten am Königssee" located right on the lake shore for a Bavarian snack, bier or wein. I eat and drink here everytime I'm on Königssee. They serve whole fresh Pan-fried Trout with parsley potatoes and a Berchtesgaden Hofbräu bier. They also have Schnitzel, Schweinehaxe (pork knuckle), Curry Wurst, Käsespätzle and more. You can enjoy watching the tour boats come and go as you relax. Note they only take cash, no credit cards.

St. Bartholomä has a Biergarten with old chestnut trees. They serve fresh trout here too, plus a large assortment of German food. One of my favorites things is their Black Forest Cake, I'll take two slices !

At night visit the Marktplatz in Berchtesgaden, sit outside under the chestnut trees in the "Gasthof Neuhaus Biergarten" and enjoy a roasted half chicken and potatoes.

The historic Hofbräuhaus Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany, has been brewing bier for 381 years, since 1645.

Biergarten am Königssee
Seestraße 34, 83471
Schönau am Königssee, Bayern, Deutschland
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZTzgpwb9GJXLXgnt7

Schifffahrt Königssee
(Ticket Booth)
Seestraße 33, 83471
Schönau am Königssee, Bayern, Deutschland
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mJHUGSTj1RBcpdYD7
https://www.seenschifffahrt.de/de/koenigssee
Bayerische Seenschifffahrt
https://www.facebook.com/BayerischeSeenschifffahrtGmbH

St. Bartholomew's Church
St. Bartholomä 1, 83471
Schönau am Königssee, Bayern, Deutschland
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AqtamrUKnmmSCaxX8
https://st-bartholomae.de
St. Bartholomä, Königssee
St. Bartholomä

Gasthof Neuhaus
Marktplatz 1, 83471
Berchtesgaden, Bayern, Deutschland
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xB3a9nCK72g18Q696
https://www.edelweiss-berchtesgaden.com/kulinarik/gasthof-neuhaus

Bräustüberl Hofbräuhaus Berchtesgaden
Bräuhausstraße 13, 83471
Berchtesgaden, Bayern, Deutschland
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/x96tRvdZhaDFrud26
https://braeustueberl-berchtesgaden.de

Hofbrauhaus Berchtesgaden
Bräuhausstraße 15, 83471
Berchtesgaden, Bayern, Deutschland
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bwmhK5SnezSDxz6PA
https://www.hofbrauhaus-berchtesgaden.shop

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