Correction: From http://www.volhynia.com/ewzmain.html it appears that LDS FHL also has the EWZ 57 microfilms. They do not have the country-related naturalization applications nor the EWZ 56 microfilms (Race Cards). The Race cards have photos. Let me think...I believe the EWZ 57 records have photos too. ______ Lavrentiy Krupniak Laurence Krupnak wrote: > > Here's a description of the captured German documents that the US > National Archives has on microfilm: > > http://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/ > > The EWZ documents are part of the Berlin Document Center records: > > http://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/foreign-records-seized.html#center > > Einwandererzentrale. Microfilm Publication A3342, Series EWZ. 7,320 > rolls > > The LDS FHL only has EWZ 58 microfilms: > > 3. Stammblatter, family forms > > There are about one million forms here on 742 rolls. In terms of > information, these forms have more than the big card index, but less > than the individual files. These files are organized by number, rather > than alphabetically, so you can’t tackle this set first. > If a person is listed in the basic card index, but not the applications, > check the family forms to get a bit of extra information. > This set also helps you find neighbors, and other relatives. That’s > because people from one village were often processed together - so their > numbers would be together as well. Once you find the numbers for some of > your people, you can find out who went through the system with them. > Why you would want to find those neighbors? In may case, I’ve discovered > that some of the neighbors are also related, in some way. The connection > might be in the names of grandparents, or in the names of spouses. I > have discovered several connections using this series. > These films are available through LDS libraries and the U.S. National > Archives. > A guide to all film numbers is on this site. > > See: http://www.volhynia.com/ewzmain.html > > _________ > > Lavrentiy Krupniak > > Laurence Krupnak wrote: > > > > Ethnic Germans that resided in the following areas/nations were > > processed by the EWZ: > > > > USSR, > > Romania [includes all of Bukowina and Bessarabia], > > 1939 Poland, > > Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, > > Yugoslavia, > > France, > > Bulgaria, and > > Süd-Tirol > > > > Laurence Krupnak wrote: > > > > > > The LDS FHL currently has a relatively small number of the total EWZ > > > records that are available. The US microfilmed all of the captured > > > German records before they were returned to the Berlin Document > > > Center. The US National Archives in College Park, MD has the complete > > > set of EWZ records. > > > > > > EWZ = Einwanderungszentralstelle > > > > > > Sudenten Germans were not involved in the Nazi EWZ > > > resettlement/naturalization program. But, like Karen said if former > > > Sudenten Germans did reside in Eastern Europe during 1939-1940s they > > > were repatriated (resettled and/or naturalized) via the EWZ. > > > > > > ______ > > > > > > Lavrentiy Krupniak > > > > > > KarenHob@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > I have just learned that around 1920 ethnic German > > > > families from the Bohemian > > > > Egerland chose to migrate to Galicia rather than stay home > > > > under the rules of CZ. One of the villages they went to > > > > was Machiniec. > > > > > > > > I found one note that indicated the Germans from > > > > that place were "repatriated" by the Third Recih > > > > in 1940. That means that Galicians Germans who came > > > > from the Egerland in 1920 were sent to Germany > > > > in 1940. > > > > > > > > There are a lot of LDS films covering the repatriated > > > > Germans from Eastern Europe. > > > > Find them with a KEYWORD search using: > > > > > > The LDS currently has a relatively small number of the total EWZ > > > records. The US microfilmed of the captured German records before they > > > were given to the Berlin Document Center. The US microfilmed all of > > > the captured German records that were extant after WWII ended. The US > > > National Archives has the complete set of EWZ records. > > > > > > EWZ = Einwanderungszentralstelle > > > > > > > > > > > Germany immigration 1939- > > > > > > > > The 1939- limits the results to titles that include > > > > 1939 and later years. > > > > > > > > I have not reviewed those films and do not know > > > > if the birthplace of eachperson listed is given. > > > > > > > > If someone on the list has used them, please tell us > > > > what they include. > > > > > > > > I searched the Internet with: Galizien Egerländer > > > > and found some of the URLs below. > > > > > > > > Some of them are German surname lists associated with > > > > certain Galician villages that ended up in Russia in > > > > 1945 and are now in Ukraine. If the surnames are > > > > not right at the top, just keep scrolling through the > > > > page until you find them. > > > > > > > > The home page at http://www.machliniec.de/ has the > > > > names of some villages. Click on all the links to explore > > > > each village site. > > > > > > > > Surnames are at: > > > > > > > > http://www.machliniec.de/eger01.htm > > > > http://www.machliniec.de/gal012.htm > > > > http://www.machliniec.de/gal013.htm > > > > http://www.machliniec.de/gal089.htm > > > > http://www.machliniec.de/Images/Droesseldorf%20Ortsplan.jpg > > > > > > > > Search all the links at the sites below: Click on the English flag > > > > for English pages. > > > > > > > > http://www.koenigsau-galizien.de/friedhof_m.html > > > > http://www.koenigsau-galizien.de/friedhof.html > > > > > > > > Karen > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/