Militärpass und Fotoalbum von Wilhelm Burow

After the German general mobilization, my grandfather Wilhelm Burow was drafted into the Guards Corps and, after eight weeks of combat training, was transferred to the 2nd Squadron of the Guards Reserve Uhlan Regiment on the Eastern Front on October 5. With the 3rd Guards Infantry Division under General Litzmann, he took part as a private in the campaign in northern Poland, the aim of which was to…