Morsczi_Purtk
16 Feb 2010
Genealogy / If your ancestors were in the "Wehrmacht"... [217]
... and you are interested in their military career I have a few interesting shelters for you.
The first you can do is contact the "Deutsche Dienststelle" (maybe better known as WASt - Wehrmachts Auskunfts Stelle) and ask for the military career of your person. You can do it online, or do it per letter. I would always do it per letter because only a minority of the inquirer do it and so it's quicker. I'm sure that there won't be any problems when you write the letter in English. But please keep in minde, that the reply will be in German! The costs are about 20€ and unfortuanatly it will take about nine month until they reply, but if you are really interested, I would do it (I already have twice :D). If older people are the inquirer they can be very hurry and might reply you in a few month. The result are various... but the less it is, the less you have to pay (sometimes when it's the result is very sparse, you even get it for free). Here is one example: lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Wiese.jpg
Another good shelter that I can strongly advise is the "Volksbund deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge". The "VdK" takes care of the graves from the soldiers. If your ancestor maybe was killed in action or missed in action, you can check this link out, where many soldiers that were KIA or MIA are listed (volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_suche.asp). There will appear a formular and you have to fill it out (it doesn't has to be your real name) to see the results. If you fill it out with your real name, you'll have a few weeks later post from them. They ask if don't want to send them a bit money and support them; but the service of the website is free and everbody can use it. If you find your ancestor there, you can phone them and ask for more information. To get the maximum result you have to be stubborn. I talk from my own experience, because I got everthing they had about my ancestor after the thrid or fourth call. It also depends on the person you'll have on the other line there I guess. When you call, ask for things like the last unit, the inscription of the dog tag (in this unit he got trained), the reason of the death etc. I've never talked to them on English, but I'm here also sure, that 'll know English.
If you maybe want to inform yourself a bit about Kashubs, Poles or Silesians that were forced to serve in the Wehrmacht, please check out this site: wehrmacht-polacy.pl/
If there are any questions please ask.
Mòrsczi Púrtk
... and you are interested in their military career I have a few interesting shelters for you.
The first you can do is contact the "Deutsche Dienststelle" (maybe better known as WASt - Wehrmachts Auskunfts Stelle) and ask for the military career of your person. You can do it online, or do it per letter. I would always do it per letter because only a minority of the inquirer do it and so it's quicker. I'm sure that there won't be any problems when you write the letter in English. But please keep in minde, that the reply will be in German! The costs are about 20€ and unfortuanatly it will take about nine month until they reply, but if you are really interested, I would do it (I already have twice :D). If older people are the inquirer they can be very hurry and might reply you in a few month. The result are various... but the less it is, the less you have to pay (sometimes when it's the result is very sparse, you even get it for free). Here is one example: lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Wiese.jpg
Another good shelter that I can strongly advise is the "Volksbund deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge". The "VdK" takes care of the graves from the soldiers. If your ancestor maybe was killed in action or missed in action, you can check this link out, where many soldiers that were KIA or MIA are listed (volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_suche.asp). There will appear a formular and you have to fill it out (it doesn't has to be your real name) to see the results. If you fill it out with your real name, you'll have a few weeks later post from them. They ask if don't want to send them a bit money and support them; but the service of the website is free and everbody can use it. If you find your ancestor there, you can phone them and ask for more information. To get the maximum result you have to be stubborn. I talk from my own experience, because I got everthing they had about my ancestor after the thrid or fourth call. It also depends on the person you'll have on the other line there I guess. When you call, ask for things like the last unit, the inscription of the dog tag (in this unit he got trained), the reason of the death etc. I've never talked to them on English, but I'm here also sure, that 'll know English.
If you maybe want to inform yourself a bit about Kashubs, Poles or Silesians that were forced to serve in the Wehrmacht, please check out this site: wehrmacht-polacy.pl/
If there are any questions please ask.
Mòrsczi Púrtk