Just that really. I am researching my grandfather, who was German. No one alive - that I have managed to find - has any knowledge of him. I know his name, date and place of birth. I have his marriage details and have found out about his family. I have even traced the family of one of his sister's, whose daughter had emigrated to the US after marrying a US serviceman. Sadly I found them too late and she had already died and, while her children knew of a couple of siblings, they hadn't heard of him. He died in late 1944/ early 1945 but the German authorities have no information on what happened to him. A large number of documents were destroyed - either from bombing or by human hand - during the war.
Anyway, I have also obtained through the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross) his NSDAP (Nazi Party) details from 1933 and 1939. I have a photo which shows very little of his uniform, but it does have blank lapel badges, which I believe mean he was most probably SS or SD. Now clearly, this now brings me to a delicate area to research. I want to know more about him, specifically if there is anywhere else I can try for information. I see there are a number of online forums, with experts in the SD/SS and uniforms, etc. But I get a bit of an uneasy feeling visiting them as some of them seem very … ardent.
So, does anyone have any recommendations on where I could get more information or recommendations? Or know of any good forums to visit?
Any advice very gratefully received.
Anyway, I have also obtained through the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross) his NSDAP (Nazi Party) details from 1933 and 1939. I have a photo which shows very little of his uniform, but it does have blank lapel badges, which I believe mean he was most probably SS or SD. Now clearly, this now brings me to a delicate area to research. I want to know more about him, specifically if there is anywhere else I can try for information. I see there are a number of online forums, with experts in the SD/SS and uniforms, etc. But I get a bit of an uneasy feeling visiting them as some of them seem very … ardent.
So, does anyone have any recommendations on where I could get more information or recommendations? Or know of any good forums to visit?
Any advice very gratefully received.
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