Hello, 8 (eight) Erwin Pilz born between 1900 and 1923 died between 1942 and 1945 (http://www.volksbund.de/). Without further details, in particular at least a rough idea about his birth date, it is difficult to tell wether yours is among these 8 or not. Best regards Emmanuel Sartorius Bremick wrote: > Up until she was married in 1938, my mother in the US had a rather > well-to-do German pen pal for a couple years. He sent her dozens of > postcards which I still have. I'm wondering how difficult it would be, > knowing only his name (Erwin J.Pilz) and his approximate birth date in the > mid-1910's, to determine if he served in and survived the War. Although I > don't have online access to German records, would this type of information > have been recorded and possibly survived today? Would his name have been > common enough that I would likely need more information to be able to zero > in on him? > >

"Emmanuel Sartorius" <emmanuel.sartorius@m4x.org> wrote in message news:4cfb32d7$0$22960$426a74cc@news.free.fr... > Hello, > > 8 (eight) Erwin Pilz born between 1900 and 1923 died between 1942 and 1945 > (http://www.volksbund.de/). > > Without further details, in particular at least a rough idea about his > birth date, it is difficult to tell wether yours is among these 8 or not. > > Best regards > > Emmanuel Sartorius Thank you for checking. There was a photo of him on several of the postcards. Based on that and the presumption that he was about my mother's age, I'm guessing he would have been born about 1912 to 1914.

Hello, Out of the eight, there is only one born 1912/1914 (but 3 born 1908,1909 and 1911). Erwin Pilz, born 26.06.1912 Berlin, dead or missing 15.12.1944 Schophoven, buried in Ysselstein (Netherlands). Best regards Emmanuel Sartorius Bremick wrote: > "Emmanuel Sartorius" <emmanuel.sartorius@m4x.org> wrote in message > news:4cfb32d7$0$22960$426a74cc@news.free.fr... > >>Hello, >> >>8 (eight) Erwin Pilz born between 1900 and 1923 died between 1942 and 1945 >>(http://www.volksbund.de/). >> >>Without further details, in particular at least a rough idea about his >>birth date, it is difficult to tell wether yours is among these 8 or not. >> >>Best regards >> >>Emmanuel Sartorius > > > Thank you for checking. There was a photo of him on several of the > postcards. Based on that and the presumption that he was about my mother's > age, I'm guessing he would have been born about 1912 to 1914. > >