Heinrich Balters papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection GE 04
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1890-1916
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • German English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript (partly photocopy), and press cuttings.

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous letters and papers (1890-1915); Diary, found in a German dugout in the captured front line on 13 November 1916 by E.F. Wettern, Royal Naval Divisional Engineers (1915); Typescript translation of diary, with photocopies of maps and sketches (nd); Press cuttings, mainly biblical (1916).

Administrative / Biographical History

Heinrich Balters was a German soldier on the front line of the Western Front.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Note

In German and English.

Other Finding Aids

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Related Material

See GS 1712: Wettern, EF.

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