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On his CV (from 1955, when he tried join the Bundeswehr), my grandfather clearly typed Moehl (with Umlaut). I don't know anything about the outfit, perhaps a minor local one from around Wuerzburg.

Thomas

Sorry, it was a typo--I did not have the cv of my Opa in front of me. After his release from the Bayrisches Ersatz Battalion 5 (before he was 3 years in the 9th Bay. Infanterie Regiment, mainly around Senones in the Vogesen, but with a brief participation in the battle of Verdun), he was in the Frei...

About the situation of the 1 million ethnic Germans who suddenly became an oppressed minority in 1919, read the books of Richard Blanke, such as Orphans of Verhttp://www.ume.maine.edu/~history/blanke/blanke.htmsailles. Here is his link My own ancestors were ethnic Germans from Slovakia, and there to...

After being discharged from the Heer in Spring 1919, my Opa was in an outfit called the Freikorps Moelders that fought in Bavaria (Wuerzburg area?) and perhaps Berlin. Any information about that Freikorps would be appreciated.

I used to spend a fortune on imported beer until this brewery started making a very drinkable belgian-style brew at 3.99 per 750 ml bottle. They have three brands, and in fact I am at the very moment enjoying a bottle of their Hennepin brand (7.5% strength). Otherwise Abruzzese red wines, Chileans, ...

Also remember that definitions in Nazi Germany were much laxer than in the South. What is a "black" in America often is not in European societies. Concerning people with mixed ancestry, in Virginia, after 1910, anyone with 1/16th African-American ancestry was "black" even if he l...

Go to a university library and look at old World Almanacs from the 1930s. Under every country, just as current editions, they give the size. City libraries don't keep them, but university libraries do. Ours here at SUNY Albany has the world almanacs for the 1930s to today, meaning I can check cities...

After the original 295th was trapped in Stalingrad, a new 295th was created, and I think this new one served in Norway. Do not confuse the two. My Opa was the Divisionsarzt of the 295th in Stalingrad. Save for some wounded, none got out, and few survived the GULAG. Wolfgang Kirstein specializes on t...

5 family, my Opa who was in Stalingrad, survived then 6 years in the GULAG, and remained able despite the horror to differentiate between Russian and Bolshevik. He had no hatred against Russians. He is my hero. I had many other relatives in the Wehrmacht, other German units, etc, and that is why I a...

Just look at Goldhagen and the people promoting his nonsense, or the New York Times, esp. William Safire. While most Americans are sane enough to see racism, incl. when used against Germans, it is different among the opinion-makers. Most Germans supported aspects of the Nazi regime for perfectly san...

Looking for all info and contacts on the 295th Infanterie Division. My Opa Erich Reimer was the Divisionarzt when it surrendered in Jan. 1943 in Stalingrad.