Hi all, In 1936 my great Grandfather's brother, Albert Dionysius, had to fill out a German Form concerning his parents and his grandparents, who they were and stating if their was any Jewish background. He was living in West Pomerania on Is. Ruegen in the Baltic Sea. Both he and his brother had served in the German navy in early 1880's. As far as I know, they found no Jewish ancestory. I have a copy of the document so signed by him, warning him that there would be serious consequences if the form was incorrectly filled out. Les Moreland of Kenilworth was amazed to see this document - proof of Hitler's intension to seek out Jewish and "impure" ancestory. Cheers Lyn AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 29 > > Today's Topics: > #1 genetics & religion [Marionne Diggles <mamee@hotkey.net] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D, send a message to > > AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: genetics & religion > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 07:06:12 +1000 > From: Marionne Diggles <mamee@hotkey.net.au> > To: AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Beverly, > > My uninformed opinion re Jewish heritage is that perhaps the old saying > along the lines of "your mother is known for certain......" is the > reason for Jewishness being inherited through the maternal line. Now > that genetic testing is available, there must be some of the faith who > question this. It surely will pose a dilemma in the future. > > Cheers > Marionne -- MZ
It was known as an Ahnenpass. I understand they were required mainly for people in or wanting to be in public office or the armed forces although they may have been more widespread. A lot were destroyed at the end of the war, unfortunate for family historians. Warren *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/02/2002 at 7:55 AM Lynette Joy Bateson wrote: Hi all, In 1936 my great Grandfather's brother, Albert Dionysius, had to fill out a German Form concerning his parents and his grandparents, who they were and stating if their was any Jewish background. He was living in West Pomerania on Is. Ruegen in the Baltic Sea. Both he and his brother had served in the German navy in early 1880's. As far as I know, they found no Jewish ancestory. I have a copy of the document so signed by him, warning him that there would be serious consequences if the form was incorrectly filled out. Les Moreland of Kenilworth was amazed to see this document - proof of Hitler's intension to seek out Jewish and "impure" ancestory. Cheers Lyn AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 29 > > Today's Topics: > #1 genetics & religion [Marionne Diggles <mamee@hotkey.net] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D, send a message to > > AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: genetics & religion > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 07:06:12 +1000 > From: Marionne Diggles <mamee@hotkey.net.au> > To: AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Beverly, > > My uninformed opinion re Jewish heritage is that perhaps the old saying > along the lines of "your mother is known for certain......" is the > reason for Jewishness being inherited through the maternal line. Now > that genetic testing is available, there must be some of the faith who > question this. It surely will pose a dilemma in the future. > > Cheers > Marionne -- MZ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237