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Quick question, on one of the headings used in these lists.

How important in the LND-Buchstabe? I know it's a reference, but it just refers to the Land the men came from, right?

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 the Russian zone', 'has probaly died near Sarajevo', 'was last seen in a Russian camp and died there'. SOme of the letters were written as early as 1945, others as late as 1987. Not a great read after all. I can use a lot of the information in the end, still it's a tragedy to read these letters of familymembers and the Red Cross.

LND-Buchstabe:

A - Bayern
B - Baden-Württemberg
C - Hessen
D - Bremen
E - Elsaß-Lothringen
F - Luxemburg
G - Niederlande
H - Saarland
J - Südbaden
K - ehem. Württemberg-Hohenzollern, jetzt Baden-Württemberg (B)
KS - Schleswig-Holstein
L - Rheinland-Pfalz
M - ehem. Rheinland-Pfalz westl. und südl. Teil, jetzt: Rheinland-Pfalz (L)
N - Berlin
O - SBZ (DDR)
P - Österreich
R - übriges Ausland
S - Hamburg
T - Niedersachsen
U - ehem. Braunschweig, jetzt: Niedersachsen (T)
V - Oldenburg
W - Nordrhein
X - Westfalen-Lippe
Z - Belgien

Danke!

That answered my question perfectly!

Sometimes the LND Buchstabe is not right some of the Belgians have not Buchstabe Z but another.

So with the info in these books you should take caution.

Wim

If you are searching for the Vermisstenbildliste DRK well the DRK put them online.

http://193.159.223.62:8081/vbl/Index.aspx

Also usefull a Index of the books downloadable: https://app.box.com/s/upzzgzuu02m7d3l4sd7sfh7t6dwfphuq.


Wim