Name

Gerthumb

Original name

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Officer

Secondary activity

Title

Captain

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Activity place

Activity institution

Bernstorff Wolfenbüttel regiment

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Captain Gerthumb (first name unknown) served as a captain in the Bernstoff Wolfenbüttel regiment during the Great Turkish War. In August 1685 he partook in the conquest of Nové Zémky (Neuhäusel) from the Ottomans. Two Qur'an manuscripts he looted are kept today at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel.

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov