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by Alex Dekker
Wed May 21, 2003 12:31 pm
Forum: Auxiliary organizations
Topic: NSKK
Replies: 3
Views: 3454

Jason,

Could you get a bit more specific about the Bender book? What's the title, ISBN, etc. Thanks a lot!

Bye,

Alex
by Alex Dekker
Wed May 21, 2003 12:27 pm
Forum: Auxiliary organizations
Topic: Volkssturm
Replies: 4
Views: 8571

Yep, in the man-at-arms series 254. Wehrmacht Auxiliary Forces, published by Osprey. ISBN 1 85532 257 9.

Good luck,

Alex Dekker
by Alex Dekker
Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:33 pm
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: List Of living Knights Cross Recipients?
Replies: 1
Views: 2200

Check this out: http://www.kameradenwerke.de. It's a veteranorganisation, they got a magazine, they got the information you're looking for.

Bye,

Alex
by Alex Dekker
Fri Mar 21, 2003 9:43 am
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: WaST Files incomplete?
Replies: 15
Views: 5298

I acted to fast :oops: . Some issues will cost money, others won't. I've checked the website again, just check out the website of WASt, then click on "tracing request".

Sorry,

Alex
by Alex Dekker
Fri Mar 21, 2003 9:31 am
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: WaST Files incomplete?
Replies: 15
Views: 5298

Well, last year I wasn't charged, but they didn't find any information about my grandfather. I've just looked on the website of WASt, and I read this (quote): "In accordance with Administration Regulations all requests which do not have a legal basis are subject a minimum fee of 7,66 Euro / DM ...
by Alex Dekker
Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:55 am
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: Finding out what POW camp somebody was in, possible?
Replies: 3
Views: 2495

Simple: try http://www.drk.de. They are looking for missing soldiers and civilians.

Alex
by Alex Dekker
Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:52 am
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: Volksturm Organizations
Replies: 3
Views: 2561

Get the men-at-arms series 254, Wehrmacht auxiliary forces (isbn 85532 257 9) There's an organisationlist of the Volkssturm. A few years ago, I talked with a Wiking-veteran who served a few weeks with Volksturm-members on the Rhine. He told me that some Waffen-SS NCO's were appointed as commanders o...
by Alex Dekker
Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:44 am
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: WaST Files incomplete?
Replies: 15
Views: 5298

If you're family, the WASt won't charge you, it's free. Another possibility is searching with help of the DRK, suchdienst Muenchen: http://www.drk.de. Good luck,

Alex
by Alex Dekker
Tue Mar 04, 2003 12:41 pm
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: How do you tactfully approach a veteran for his story?
Replies: 8
Views: 4717

Two years ago I've contacted a Dutch-veteran of the Wiking. He told me some of the horrors on the Eastern Front he had seen (snow, dead Russians, partisans). The last time we spoke was a few weeks before he attended at a 'Treffen'. We agreed he'd call me back to tell me about it. He didn't call. I t...
by Alex Dekker
Sat Mar 01, 2003 1:51 pm
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: Searching for German Wehrmacht and O.T. members
Replies: 1
Views: 2002

For OT-Members: look for EG West, they had their HQ in Paris.

Good luck,

Alex
by Alex Dekker
Sat Mar 01, 2003 1:27 pm
Forum: Veterans and vet info
Topic: How do you tactfully approach a veteran for his story?
Replies: 8
Views: 4717

Vince, Try to convince him anyhow! I've wanted to ask my grandmother about the war and about my grandfather (she dated a German soldier), but I was to afraid. A few years ago she died and she didn't tell a thing to me about the war or my grandfather. All I got from him are two pics, but no history w...