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Title: Surviving Prisoner of War Records held in Germany for allied prisoners of war
Post by: SydneyAuss on Saturday 21 September 13 14:16 BST (UK)

Hi everyone,

Was just wondering how I could go about finding a researcher/military research expert who could see if there are any German created prisoner of war records for my grandfather? I already have the late grandfather's British prisoner of war documents and war service file, but  I am aware that the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) in Berlin holds about 1.5 million files for foreign soldiers who were captured by the Germans in the 2nd World War.

How can one actually find a German researcher/military researcher who specialises in that form of research? Are there any researchers that do, any websites etc.  I have all the necessary details for my late grandfather, but have so far been unable to find a German researcher or expert in this field who conducts such research.

Any assistance is kindly appreciated,

Anthony  :) :)

Title: Re: Surviving Prisoner of War Records held in Germany for allied prisoners of war
Post by: Alex lewis on Wednesday 11 March 15 16:13 GMT (UK)

Hi
I was just wondering if you managed to find a reseacher or any information on how to see if there would be any records of my grandfather at the Deutssche dienststelle.  I have Red Cross files and army records of my grandfather and also obtained a pow questionaiaire from the national archives. I would be very interested in any records held in Germany. I hope you can advise.

Many thanks

Alex lewis

Title: Re: Surviving Prisoner of War Records held in Germany for allied prisoners of war
Post by: SydneyAuss on Wednesday 11 March 15 23:51 GMT (UK)

Hi Alex,
 
No luck in finding a researcher as yet. Will keep you posted though.

Kind Regards,

Anthony

Title: Re: Surviving Prisoner of War Records held in Germany for allied prisoners of war
Post by: Drew5233 on Thursday 12 March 15 02:17 GMT (UK)

Try WW2Talk.com

There's a few a few German and one Swiss member that I know of that visit the Bundesarchives that may be able to help. I'm not sure on how time consuming this task may be for them so they may not wish to help if it impacts on their own research but no harm in asking.

Good luck
Andy

Title: Re: Surviving Prisoner of War Records held in Germany for allied prisoners of war
Post by: SydneyAuss on Thursday 12 March 15 03:35 GMT (UK)

Thanks Andy  :)

Title: Re: Surviving Prisoner of War Records held in Germany for allied prisoners of war
Post by: Svenja on Friday 13 March 15 21:12 GMT (UK)

Hi

The WASt and the Bundesarchiv are two different archives.

You can send a query by yourself through a form on their website.

https://www.dd-wast.de/de/startseite.html (see on the left side)

Regards
Svenja

Title: Re: Surviving Prisoner of War Records held in Germany for allied prisoners of war
Post by: Alex lewis on Saturday 14 March 15 16:30 GMT (UK)

Many thanks to you all for your advise it's very much appreciated  :)