Order for a person-related research for documents about military personnel at the Federal Archives

Please fill in the form wherever possible. If you do not have the information requested, just leave the respective segment blank. Additional information can be added as free text on the reverse page.

Basic information about the person you are looking for: Receipt stamp:

Surname:

Birth name:

First name(s):

Date of birth: Date of death:

Birth place:

Your own relationship to the person searched for:

Did you already send an inquiry with regard to the requested person to the Federal Archives, to another Archive or to another institution? If you did so: to which department or institution?

Person-related research for the period from 1945 Please tick as appropriate and – if known – also indicate unit and period.

Federal (Bundesgrenzschutz) till 1955 / Federal Armed Forces ():

Barracked People’s Police (Kasernierte ) / National People’s Army (Nationale Volksarmee (NVA)):

Person-related research for the period from 1919 to 1945 In which branch of service did the person you are looking for serve and which rank did he have? Please tick as appropriate and – if known – also indicate unit and period.

Army:

Air force:

Navy:

Waffen-SS:

Police:

Organisation Todt:

Reich Labor Service (full-time):

Courts martial Wehrmacht:

Prisoner of war:

Hospital stays:

Rank / Title: Person-related research for the period from 1849 to 1918 In which branch of service did the person you are looking for serve and which rank did he have? Please tick as appropriate and – if known – also indicate unit and period.

Prussian Army:

Bavarian Army:

Saxon Army:

Wuerttemberg Army:

German Army of the First World War:

Imperial Navy:

Imperial Colonial Forces:

Prisoner of war:

Hospital stays:

Rank / Title:

Optional: Further information on the person or on a research topic

Note on costs: Fees may be incurred for the research of archival material, for providing information and, if applicable, for copies. More detailed information on this can be found on the Federal Archives’ website. You are welcome to name a maximum amount that you would be prepared to pay without prior consultation. If the fees exceed the sum of ______, I would like to ask for prior consultation.

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