General Discussions  
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII. 
Go to: Forum List•Message List•New Topic•Search•Log In•Print View
`German handwriting`.......
Posted by: Frank ()
Date: August 16, 2001 03:06PM

<HTML>Greetings to all -

Others will I`m sure have encountered the problem of `German handwriting`/Gothic cursive/Sutterlin script while trying to research original U-boat/Kriegsmarine records. I`m probably well behind the field in having found a very helpful site at
[www.peter-doerling.de] - including ten reading exercises, (including a soldier`s letter home), with cribs and comments !

My question is really whether this script was consciously adopted under National Socialism as a form of differentiation - and if so, why not all documents seem to use it? I have postcards with the message part in Gothic and the address in Roman script. I also recently came across a very beautifully pencil-written exercise book from 1939 which includes basic training as a ship`s electrician as well as instruction in compass-reading, weather reporting etc - all in perfectly legible Roman/(English-type) handwriting.

Just puzzled ......

Thanks in advance for any comments on this.

Frank
</HTML>

Options: Reply•Quote


Subject Written By Posted
`German handwriting`....... Frank 08/16/2001 03:06PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Io Chrysafidou 08/16/2001 04:33PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Rainer Bruns 08/16/2001 04:47PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... walter M 08/16/2001 05:53PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Takeo 08/19/2001 04:52AM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/19/2001 01:20PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... MPC 08/16/2001 06:41PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/17/2001 09:02AM
RE: `German handwriting`....... MPC 08/17/2001 11:55AM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/17/2001 02:48PM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? MPC 08/17/2001 06:16PM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? Rainer Bruns 08/17/2001 06:49PM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? MPC 08/17/2001 09:06PM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? Joe Brennan 08/18/2001 02:28AM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? Frank 08/18/2001 07:28AM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? Frank 08/18/2001 09:20AM
Big Immage (459kb) Yuri IL\'IN 08/18/2001 08:59PM
http://193.233.4.143/ships/images/go th1.jpg Yuri IL\'IN 08/18/2001 09:55PM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? Yuri IL\'IN 08/18/2001 09:09PM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? Yuri IL\'IN 08/18/2001 01:10PM
RE: Who can scan into forum ? Yuri IL\'IN 08/18/2001 01:16PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... oliver 08/17/2001 06:18PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... oliver 08/17/2001 06:19PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/18/2001 07:18AM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/18/2001 07:21AM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Io Chrysafidou 08/19/2001 04:19PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/18/2001 03:30PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/18/2001 03:37PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/18/2001 03:32PM
RE: `German handwriting`....... Frank 08/18/2001 03:36PM


Go to: Forum List•Message List•Search•Log In
Your Name: 
Your Email: 
Subject: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
 **    **  **     **  **    **  ********  **    ** 
 ***   **  **     **  **   **   **         **  **  
 ****  **  **     **  **  **    **          ****   
 ** ** **  *********  *****     ******       **    
 **  ****  **     **  **  **    **           **    
 **   ***  **     **  **   **   **           **    
 **    **  **     **  **    **  ********     **