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Wow! Problem solved, I guess! The same happened when he was trained as a Sani: first transferred to Bernburg (Regiment 497!), then trained as a Sani and transferred to the 347. ID, since after the training in Blankenburg and Bückeburg he could be placed anywhere, just like after the training within ...

Thanks Hero, it takes away a bit of the mist. I figured too my granddad had to do something with horses, because of the 'Fahr'. The history of the Regiment 497 (part of the 267. ID) is clear enough, but nothing about personal which was transferred from the 216. ID. Martin Jenner, Die niedersächsiche...

No, without 'Rad', though I made a mistake, it was Fahr Ersatz Schwadron 216. Nothing about this one in Tessin or Jenner.

A pity: I can check the complete 216. ID, I got both Tessin and Jenner about the division. Tessin mentioned the 216 Fahrschwadron as part of the 216. ID in Hannover, but without anything else. All I can find is the unit did exist. So far, not so good. Anyone got tips were to look for this Schwadron?...

I'd say: fill in a searchformular from the WASt Dienststelle Berlin. Wait a few months and you will know a lot about him.

No problem, I used this book to check for my own grandfathers division .

I'm not sure, but there might be a small bit of info about Bormann in 'The last days of Hitler' by Joachimsthaler.

Also, get your hands on 'Die Geschichte des Heeresgruppe G'written by Bettinger. It's a day to day account which mentions every fight/division/KG, etc. which were under HGru. G. A great book, publsished by Helios Verlag.

Some time ago I bought a little album with 30 pics. These were taken in Idar-Oberstein between December (?) 1939 and (at least) Februari 1940. The pics show men who were building a wooden bridge. I've posted a set of ten pics on my FB-page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mijn-opa-was-een-Duitser/2854...

I just donated a humble $10. Every bit helps, right?

In november last year I bought 'Der Arzt von Hartheim', written by Mireille Horsinga-Reno. In this book she writes about her uncle, Georg Reno, who was involved in the T-$ killings in Schloss Hartheim. I've read about half of the book, but nothing about killing German soldiers yet.

The book about Stangl? I got it and read it a few years ago. Thanks for the tip, I will get the book again one of these days!

No help there from me, Tom, sorry! :( Last friday I did some research at the Red Cross. I checked the files of the missing Dutch NSKK-men. I ran into small tragedies: a woman looking for her husband, a dad looking for his son, a nephew looking for an uncle, etc. All of these men were gone: 'maybe in...

At the moment I am reading Werner Maser Hitler, Legend myth reality (the badly translated version in Dutch). At page 250 Maser mentions Hadamar in Hessen, where German Wehrmacht soldiers were killed. Maser states he investigated this somewhere in 1971. He writes about military personal without arms ...

Good question! The Dutch wore red as far as I know. DId you check on sites like tweedehands.be? I've seen a few replica-eagles for sale on these sites. I tried to look this up in the archives, found nothing. But an eagle gave the answer for the Dutch NSKK-men.

Hope it helps a bit!