New search engine reveals if ancestors were in Nazi party
lp4ever55
Am I blind, or did the BBC not link to the search engine?
DefinitelyNotAFae
Huh, I think my German ancestors were in America by then - My grandma was born in the US in 1930 and she wasn't the oldest or first born here. But this is very interesting. Alas for it not being accessible.
CptBluebear
Considering my grandfather and two of his brothers were blown up at sea by the Germans, and my father lived in occupied Amsterdam when he was 6 I'm going to assume that they weren't part of the NSDAP/NSB. So I'll forgo the subscription, but this is interesting nonetheless.
tauon
Well, it’s great that these journalists have put in the effort to make a tool like this and that it exists now, but for me personally – no need to. 😬
(Parts of) my lineage
My family has had a bit of a tendency for, ahem, older patriarchal lines for about the last 150 years or so (at least that’s what we easily know of). I was born in this millennium, but only going back to my dad’s grandfather, for example, his birth was already in the 1880s (I do not have a family tree at hand for the precise year).
While my father's father was a pilot shortly after the end of Nazi Germany, as well as, if I recall correctly, preparing to become one during the last bit of it, he was fortunately too young to see combat (*1928) or be seriously committed to this abhorrent ideology.
One of my dad's great-uncles died in KZ Mauthausen after he was sent there in the 1940s.
On my mom’s side, who is the youngest of five, her father (*1925) was involved in WWII activities, and as someone born as an ethnic German in what is now the Czech-Polish border region, not on the allied side. His, and family of my mother’s mother, were both expelled from their home areas as the war ended. He was also a prisoner of war for a number of years, and from what I know his ideology tragically did not change much after the end of the Reich, however he passed over a decade before I was born, so I do not have much more first-hand knowledge there, (un?)fortunately.
His father, in turn, my great-grandfather, was born 1900, died 1944, which tells you the unfortunate, abbreviated life story – contrast this to his wife, who lived from 1902 until ’86.
The legacy that remains? I believe there are still a number of young people out there who attend the yearly memorial marches, although the number is not as high as it could – and should – be. My family is not originally from where I currently live – it was only my parents that decided to move here – so the events my great- and grandparents lived through did not happen exactly here, but it might as well have been here. I know that was the case for a lot of my friends' families and their direct ancestors. I don’t see a practical difference.
And what did happen here, as took place elsewhere, is genuinely horrifying: The death march from KZ Dachau to the Alps passed by what is now practically my front door, and we must never forget.
lp4ever55
Am I blind, or did the BBC not link to the search engine?
DefinitelyNotAFae
Huh, I think my German ancestors were in America by then - My grandma was born in the US in 1930 and she wasn't the oldest or first born here. But this is very interesting. Alas for it not being accessible.
CptBluebear
Considering my grandfather and two of his brothers were blown up at sea by the Germans, and my father lived in occupied Amsterdam when he was 6 I'm going to assume that they weren't part of the NSDAP/NSB. So I'll forgo the subscription, but this is interesting nonetheless.
tauon
Well, it’s great that these journalists have put in the effort to make a tool like this and that it exists now, but for me personally – no need to. 😬
(Parts of) my lineage
My family has had a bit of a tendency for, ahem, older patriarchal lines for about the last 150 years or so (at least that’s what we easily know of). I was born in this millennium, but only going back to my dad’s grandfather, for example, his birth was already in the 1880s (I do not have a family tree at hand for the precise year).
While my father's father was a pilot shortly after the end of Nazi Germany, as well as, if I recall correctly, preparing to become one during the last bit of it, he was fortunately too young to see combat (*1928) or be seriously committed to this abhorrent ideology.
One of my dad's great-uncles died in KZ Mauthausen after he was sent there in the 1940s.
On my mom’s side, who is the youngest of five, her father (*1925) was involved in WWII activities, and as someone born as an ethnic German in what is now the Czech-Polish border region, not on the allied side. His, and family of my mother’s mother, were both expelled from their home areas as the war ended. He was also a prisoner of war for a number of years, and from what I know his ideology tragically did not change much after the end of the Reich, however he passed over a decade before I was born, so I do not have much more first-hand knowledge there, (un?)fortunately.
His father, in turn, my great-grandfather, was born 1900, died 1944, which tells you the unfortunate, abbreviated life story – contrast this to his wife, who lived from 1902 until ’86.
The legacy that remains? I believe there are still a number of young people out there who attend the yearly memorial marches, although the number is not as high as it could – and should – be. My family is not originally from where I currently live – it was only my parents that decided to move here – so the events my great- and grandparents lived through did not happen exactly here, but it might as well have been here. I know that was the case for a lot of my friends' families and their direct ancestors. I don’t see a practical difference.
And what did happen here, as took place elsewhere, is genuinely horrifying: The death march from KZ Dachau to the Alps passed by what is now practically my front door, and we must never forget.
Am I blind, or did the BBC not link to the search engine?
Huh, I think my German ancestors were in America by then - My grandma was born in the US in 1930 and she wasn't the oldest or first born here. But this is very interesting. Alas for it not being accessible.
Considering my grandfather and two of his brothers were blown up at sea by the Germans, and my father lived in occupied Amsterdam when he was 6 I'm going to assume that they weren't part of the NSDAP/NSB. So I'll forgo the subscription, but this is interesting nonetheless.
Well, it’s great that these journalists have put in the effort to make a tool like this and that it exists now, but for me personally – no need to. 😬
(Parts of) my lineage
My family has had a bit of a tendency for, ahem, older patriarchal lines for about the last 150 years or so (at least that’s what we easily know of). I was born in this millennium, but only going back to my dad’s grandfather, for example, his birth was already in the 1880s (I do not have a family tree at hand for the precise year). While my father's father was a pilot shortly after the end of Nazi Germany, as well as, if I recall correctly, preparing to become one during the last bit of it, he was fortunately too young to see combat (*1928) or be seriously committed to this abhorrent ideology.One of my dad's great-uncles died in KZ Mauthausen after he was sent there in the 1940s.
On my mom’s side, who is the youngest of five, her father (*1925) was involved in WWII activities, and as someone born as an ethnic German in what is now the Czech-Polish border region, not on the allied side. His, and family of my mother’s mother, were both expelled from their home areas as the war ended. He was also a prisoner of war for a number of years, and from what I know his ideology tragically did not change much after the end of the Reich, however he passed over a decade before I was born, so I do not have much more first-hand knowledge there, (un?)fortunately.
His father, in turn, my great-grandfather, was born 1900, died 1944, which tells you the unfortunate, abbreviated life story – contrast this to his wife, who lived from 1902 until ’86.
The legacy that remains? I believe there are still a number of young people out there who attend the yearly memorial marches, although the number is not as high as it could – and should – be. My family is not originally from where I currently live – it was only my parents that decided to move here – so the events my great- and grandparents lived through did not happen exactly here, but it might as well have been here. I know that was the case for a lot of my friends' families and their direct ancestors. I don’t see a practical difference.
And what did happen here, as took place elsewhere, is genuinely horrifying: The death march from KZ Dachau to the Alps passed by what is now practically my front door, and we must never forget.
Am I blind, or did the BBC not link to the search engine?
Huh, I think my German ancestors were in America by then - My grandma was born in the US in 1930 and she wasn't the oldest or first born here. But this is very interesting. Alas for it not being accessible.
Considering my grandfather and two of his brothers were blown up at sea by the Germans, and my father lived in occupied Amsterdam when he was 6 I'm going to assume that they weren't part of the NSDAP/NSB. So I'll forgo the subscription, but this is interesting nonetheless.
Well, it’s great that these journalists have put in the effort to make a tool like this and that it exists now, but for me personally – no need to. 😬
(Parts of) my lineage
My family has had a bit of a tendency for, ahem, older patriarchal lines for about the last 150 years or so (at least that’s what we easily know of). I was born in this millennium, but only going back to my dad’s grandfather, for example, his birth was already in the 1880s (I do not have a family tree at hand for the precise year). While my father's father was a pilot shortly after the end of Nazi Germany, as well as, if I recall correctly, preparing to become one during the last bit of it, he was fortunately too young to see combat (*1928) or be seriously committed to this abhorrent ideology.One of my dad's great-uncles died in KZ Mauthausen after he was sent there in the 1940s.
On my mom’s side, who is the youngest of five, her father (*1925) was involved in WWII activities, and as someone born as an ethnic German in what is now the Czech-Polish border region, not on the allied side. His, and family of my mother’s mother, were both expelled from their home areas as the war ended. He was also a prisoner of war for a number of years, and from what I know his ideology tragically did not change much after the end of the Reich, however he passed over a decade before I was born, so I do not have much more first-hand knowledge there, (un?)fortunately.
His father, in turn, my great-grandfather, was born 1900, died 1944, which tells you the unfortunate, abbreviated life story – contrast this to his wife, who lived from 1902 until ’86.
The legacy that remains? I believe there are still a number of young people out there who attend the yearly memorial marches, although the number is not as high as it could – and should – be. My family is not originally from where I currently live – it was only my parents that decided to move here – so the events my great- and grandparents lived through did not happen exactly here, but it might as well have been here. I know that was the case for a lot of my friends' families and their direct ancestors. I don’t see a practical difference.
And what did happen here, as took place elsewhere, is genuinely horrifying: The death march from KZ Dachau to the Alps passed by what is now practically my front door, and we must never forget.