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Seeking Germany Army Veterans
A: There are two divisions of the German Federal Archives that can be helpful. The general web address is www.bundesarchiv.de.
One division is a Personnel Records Center in Aachen that has military service records. The address:
Bundesarchiv
There is also a Military Division in Freiburg that researches the individual fates of service members. The address:
Bundesarchiv-Militaerarchiv
The e-mail address is barchiv@uni-koblenz.de.
If the cousin died or was missing in the war, the Wehrmacht Information Office at www.com-de.com/wast is the agency to contact in Berlin:
Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt)
The e-mail address is wast@com-de.com.
—Ernest Thode
Ernest Thode is the co-author of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors. He also wrote Address Book for Germanic Genealogy and eight other books.
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D-52076 Aachen
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D-79115 Freiburg im Breisgau
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D-13403 Berlin
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