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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 9/13/2026 4:32 PM
Family Surname:
Country: Germany
Town: Berlin

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Hello -
I would like to know if this is a marriage record. Please translate the entire record if possible. Please list names, towns, and dates.
thank you very much!
Adriana Gehr

Response

9/13/2026 6:08 PM

Adriana, this is a military record. Well technically it’s *three* military records; because of your name I’ll assume you’re interested in the one with the surname Gehr.

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1) RECORD NO.: 4354

2) RANK: Militia [“Landsturm”] private

3) FULL NAME: Heinrich Gehr

4) RELIGION: Jewish

5) PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: Tuchel, Marienwerder district, West Prussia. 24 April 1874

6) CONDITION (MARITAL STATUS, INDUSTRY), PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Merchant / Munich, Pettenkoferstrasse 20/1st floor left

7) FULL NAME OF WIFE, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NOTE IF SUBJECT IS UNMARRIED: Else née Leyh, no children.

8) PARENTS’ FULL NAME, CONDITION OR INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE:Gerson Gehr, Doris née Goldstein, retired, Windscheidstrasse 37, Berlin

9) UNIT (COMPANY, SQUADRON): Munich Landsturm Infantry Battalion, Company B.

10) SERVICE DETAILS (A. PREVIOUS / B. FOLLOWING MOBILIZATION):
A) Landsturm, assigned but not served
B) Munich command district I, 1 Jun 1917 to Company B

11) MEDALS, AWARDS, AND OTHER DECORATIONS:

12) BATTLES, NOTABLE SERVICE:

13) COMMANDS, SPECIAL SERVICE, POW:

14) LEADERSHIP. COURT SANCTIONS AND REHABILITATION:

15) NOTES:
Transferred 19 Jul 1917 to Company B garrison for this battalion. Has no military training.
Accuracy of entry confirmed: [Signed:] Heinrich Gehr
Authentic signature certified: [Illegible signature]

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Translated by Robert Rosenbaum (Ashland, Oregon)
Freelance translator and interpreter
M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (German-English), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
rosenbaum.robert@gmail.com

ViewMate Posting VM 104297

Submitted by Adriana Gehr

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ViewMate Posting VM 104297

Submitted by Adriana Gehr