Questionnaire Completed by Captive of U.S. Army

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.186

Object Name

Questionnaire

Date

5-22-1946

Files

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Description

Front: Tan paper with printed text in German and English on top. Beneath is a numbered questionaire with questions in German and printed dotted lines. Includes two charts. Information written in with cursive black ink.Interior:Both pages include printed text and charts filled in with black cursive ink. Back:Printed text and a chart filled in with cursive black ink. Herzog's signature in black on lower left, and another signature in purple pencil on bottom.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Questionnaire - in English and German language - completed on May 22, 1946 by a captive German, Peter Herzog, a member of the SA who fought with the Waffen-SS. Mr. Herzog was born in Fürth/Bavaria in 1914. He became a member of the Nazi Party in 1932; his membership number was 1041667. In 1932, he became a member of the SA and attained the rank of Scharführer. In February of 1945 he was drafted into the Waffen-SS. His rank was SS-Sturmmann. He was also a member of the DAF and NSV. In 1931, he began to work with the German Reich railroad. Between 1936 and 1938 he was in the "Reichswehr," where he got his military education. During WWII, he fought in the Ukraine. In 1945, he was captured by American troops.

Dimensions

11 1/4 x 8"

Keywords

Fürth, Bavaria, Scharführer, German Reich railroad, Ukraine, captive, U.S. Army, Herzog

Subcollection

Post

Recommended Citation

"Questionnaire Completed by Captive of U.S. Army" (1946). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.186.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/270