[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Fw: Firearms in Volhynia.

[Richard Benert]

I have just received the following message from Will Genz regarding guns in Volhynia.  It looks like pretty good evidence for gun-owning.

Dick B.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Will Genz 
To: benovich at imt.net 
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:27 AM
Subject: Firearms in Volhynia.


According to my Father's journal which is based on a diary passed on and updated in the family (in secret during the Stalinist years) since 1853 in Volhynia, Germans were allowed to own and use firearms for hunting up until WW I. The journal describes attacks by packs of wolves and the use of "Flinte" type of rifles to fend off the wolves.  It also describes the bounty collected from Czarist administrators for Wolfe pelts. From my knowledge of the German language as used in eastern Volhynia, a "Flinte" can be any type of rifle from a flintlock type to a more modern hunting rifle. You may broadcast this posting to all others that may be interested.  Will Grenz


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