History / The history and discussion of the Bambrzy people in Greater Poland/Posen area [25]

is anyone here descended from the Posener Bamberger people ?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

thank you.

Is this just for Americans? I am Australian

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

I have no idea how to. I am not good with a computer and I can not read Polish

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

I am guessing she also has at least a German mother

because the most important thing is they all volunteered '' free will''

History / The history and discussion of the Bambrzy people in Greater Poland/Posen area [25]

This post is about German settlers to Posen. So German names apply to this post.

some reading about the post subject

bambrzy.poznan.pl
poznan.pl/mim/turystyka/pages.html?id=4791&instance=1017

In German its Called Posen and they were German and they are apart of Polish History. Maybe you are a descendant of them !

Move on...

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

I definitely know that her husband had a German mother.

Would having 1 German grandparent allow you to be on the volkliste ? or is more needed?

History / The history and discussion of the Bambrzy people in Greater Poland/Posen area [25]

im happy with the way it is

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

During the first couple of months of the war she was living a normal life on the farm with her (husbands) family in Warthegau.

When she found out her husband died on the Russian front (he was a lieutenant in the German army) she voluntarily left for Germany (Reich).

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

yes thats true. i am thinking volkliste 3 because they volunteered.

I know for a fact his fathers mother was German.

I'm just trying to figure out what his mother was. Fully Polish or mixed Polish-German also.
All I know is she went to Germany with her kids. Both her first name and surname were also Polish.

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

thanks for that :)

if you only had 1 German grandparent and 3 Polish grandparents could you be on the volkliste?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

thanks.
just curious how did you come to that conclusion ?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

so a Schutzangehöriger is someone from category 3,4 of the volksliste ?

Law / Need advice on name change (from English to Polish) [11]

I think you should just keep the name that you were born with
but you should do what you want but if i were you i would think about it for a good year or so.

Genealogy / If your ancestors were in the "Wehrmacht"... [217]

did they use a german surname or polish ?

Genealogy / If your ancestors were in the "Wehrmacht"... [217]

My great grandfather who was a Volksdeutsche was from Gnesen and he was a Prussian soldier in the German Empire in WW1 and a lieutenant in Wehrmacht in WW2.

My grandfather was sent to Germany to go to school and started his training in the Hitler Youth. Lucky for him a couple months before he was to go into the Wehrmacht the war finished.

My grandfather and his family had very Polish first and surnames but were very very German and identified as being ethnic Germans.

My grandfather and his sister were from Category 3 on the Volksliste

Genealogy / Mackowiak surname, Maćkowiak [17]

Merged: is Maćkowiak a surname of Kushubian/Pomeranian origin? or common among Kushubians?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashubians

Genealogy / How can the surname Drzewiecki be both Jewish and Catholic? [37]

it is a polish catholic surname that some polish jews adopted because real jewish surnames are like Ben- Avraham as an example all come from Hebrew or Aramaic.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

you could pass as polish or any European except southern

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

Glatz ?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

yes 100% sure
he also came from a family with a strong military background in Prussian times

Merged: how many German ancestors did you need to have to be considered ''German'' by th

to be considered an ethnic German in ww2 how many German grandparents would you need to have ?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

interesting. from further investigation into my family history I have found out that my grandfathers family considered themselves as ''Prussian Germans'' from Posen.

out of personal interest I am trying to figure out how many Ethnic German grandparents my grandfather had and I am wondering if category 3 can answer that question?

My grandfathers father was a lieutenant in the German army in ww2

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

@Ziemowit

that's because this is a different document. the document i was telling you about was from after the war (my mistake)

yes its very unusual and interesting they chose to spell his surname the polish way.

do you know how many German ancestors you would need to have to be in category 3?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

thank you so much that is very helpful !
I think my grandfather was in category 3.

How many German ancestors would you need to be on category 3?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

what qualifies someone to be '' Schutzangehörige des Deutschen Reiches '' ?

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

thanks for that.
i don't have a translator can you please tell me more about ''Schutzangehöriger'' ?

thanks

History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

Here you go.

anything you can gather from this would help me a lot

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Genealogy / Common surnames in Poland NOT of Polish origin ? [87]

Czech is Cech which means Bohemian

houseofnames.com/czech-family-crest

Genealogy / my Polish Grandfather in Hitler Youth? HOW? [65]

Can anyone tell me more about this document ?

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History / In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? [48]

Does anyone know anything about this (German ) document ?

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  What is this document ?