26 January 2019

0420 | Obituary | 118. Jäger-Division



An obituary for Hermann Rainer, a member of the 750th Regiment, 118th Jäger Division, killed fighting the Partisans at Zlatni Bor during Operation "Black". The obituary reads: "In lasting memory of our kind-hearted husband, son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law and uncle, Hermann Rainer, a [...] hunter of the Bluntau [valley], Golling, non-commissioned officer and squad leader in a Jäger regiment, holder of the Ostmark Commemorative Medal, Iron Cross 2nd Class and Croatian Medal for Bravery, who found a hero's death on [24] May 1943, at the age of 34, south of Foča in Bosnia." Rainer was born in Landwerfen, Salzburg, and was buried in Zlatni Bor, Foča. (Photos of the burial of members of the 118th Jäger Division in Zlatni Bor can be found in many Yugoslav publications published for jubilees of the famous counter-guerrilla operation.)

Text: Ivan Ž.

Sources: eBay, konklos, 382626465551; National Archives, RG 242, T315, r. 1301, 000118–20; Ahmed Nazečić, Ivan Čehić (eds.), Sutjeska, 1943–1973, Sloboda, Beograd, 1973, p. 141; Đorđe Nestorov (ed.), Sutjeska, 1943|73, Monos, Beograd, 1973, p. 61; "Hermann Rainer", Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V.

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Osmrtnica za Hermana Rajnera, pripadnika 750. puka 118. lovačke divizije, poginulog u borbama protiv partizana kod Zlatnog Bora za vreme operacije "Crno". Na osmrtnici piše: "Za trajno sećanje na našeg dobrodušnog muža, sina, zeta, brata i ujaka, Hermana Rajnera, [...] lovca od [doline] Bluntau u Golingu, podoficira-komandira u jednom lovačkom puku, nosioca Ostmark-spomenice, Gvozdenog krsta II reda i hrvatske Medalje za hrabrost, koji je [24.] maja 1943, u 34. godini života, južno od Foče u Bosni našao junačku smrt." Rajner je rodom bio iz Landverfena u Salcburgu, a sahranjen je u Zlatnom Boru u Foči. (Fotografije sahrane pripadnika 118. lovačke divizije u Zlatnom Boru mogu se naći u mnogim jugoslovenskim publikacijama izdatim povodom jubileja čuvene protivustaničke operacije.)

Tekst: Ivan Ž.

Izvori: eBay, konklos, 382626465551; National Archives, RG 242, T315, r. 1301, 000118–20; Ahmed Nazečić, Ivan Čehić (prir.), Sutjeska, 1943–1973, Sloboda, Beograd, 1973, str. 141; Đorđe Nestorov (ured.), Sutjeska, 1943|73, Monos, Beograd, 1973, str. 61; "Hermann Rainer", Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V.

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