RARE WWII German Document Soviet Russian POW Death & Burial Record – Iwan Manontow – RAD Camp 1944

Original WWII German prisoner-of-war death certificate for Soviet POW Iwan Manontow, documenting his suspicious death at the RAD-Lager Hüttersdorf in December 1944.

The heading reads:

“Nachweis über den Sterbefall eines Kriegsgefangenen”
Translation: “Record of the Death of a Prisoner of War.”

This is a particularly interesting wartime document because it records a named Soviet prisoner, his POW identification number, cause and exact time of death, burial location, and association with a Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) camp.

Document Details

• Name: Iwan Manontow
• Nationality: sowjet. – Soviet
• Rank: Originally typed unbekannt (unknown), with later handwritten information
• Birthplace: Originally listed as unknown, with handwritten additions
• Date of birth: Originally typed as unknown; handwritten notation gives 25-8-1903
• Next of kin: Originally unknown, with handwritten information subsequently added
• Last military unit: Unknown
• POW / identification number: 91135
• Date of death: December 30, 1944
• Time of death: 22:40 (10:40 PM)
• Place of death: Hüttersdorf (RAD-Lager)
• Cause of death: “Infisema Pulmor”, apparently intended as a medical notation for pulmonary emphysema
• Burial place: Hüttersdorf, Westmark, Kreis Saarlautern
• Cemetery: “Am Waldgrund des RAD-Lagers Hüttersdorf” – at the wooded grounds/edge of the Hüttersdorf RAD camp
• Burial date: December 31, 1944
• Burial time: 6:30 AM

The document bears an especially attractive official German eagle-and-swastika camp stamp, with the wording appearing to include “L.d.Sch. Batt. 780” and “2. Kompanie.” It is additionally signed by the Fw. u. Lagerführer (sergeant/camp leader) and carries a physician’s signature in the Arzt-Unterschrift field.

The fact that Manontow died on December 30 and was buried early the following morning on New Years eve December 31, 1944 makes this a particularly stark piece of surviving POW documentation from the final winter of the war.

The RAD connection is also significant. The document specifically identifies his place of death as the RAD-Lager at Hüttersdorf and his burial location in relation to the same camp.

The blue handwritten additions appear to have been attempts to supplement previously unknown personal information, including his birth date and family/location information. Some of this handwriting is difficult to decipher with certainty and has therefore not been overstated here.

Original period condition with age toning, handling wear, edge wear and two filing holes along the left side. Strong, readable typewritten text with original signatures, handwritten additions and official stamp. Please see all photographs for exact condition and details.

An excellent original research piece for a collection focused on WWII Soviet POWs, German POW camps, RAD camps, forced labor, Eastern Front prisoners, or wartime administrative documents.

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