 A blood-stained copy of the 1904 German translation of the book "In Tune with the Infinite" ("In Harmonie mit dem Unendlichen"), by American philosopher Ralph Waldo Trine, was found in Stramm's pocket after his death.Stramm's enthusiasm for Trine is believed to have been a legacy of the time he spent living in the United States.August Stramm's body was buried with full military honors at Gorodets, in the Kobryn District of modern Belarus, on October 2, 1915.