"Mit schwarz Grunde und Tapfer Keit": The Military Record of Sgt. Paul Ernst Kaess
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2025

In this paper, I will discuss the military record of my paternal grandfather Sgt. Paul Ernst Kaess (1921-2002), who served in the German Army (Heer) in WWII from 1940 to 1945. Through a combination of anecdotal, archival documentation, family lore, and personal interviewing with Paul himself, I will try to paint Paul the military man in his various stripes. His service in the panzer troops will be noted in various campaigns, which included seeing action in Russia, Ukraine, the Crimea, Lithuania,