Alltschekow

[subu]

Hi,

my family name is Alltschekow, my father came from Ukraine to Germany in the 1940's. He was the youngest of 13 kids. Someone with this name out there?

[Hannia]

Subu,

I do not know if you will get notification of this post, because ownership of link has changed several times. Much info,
not available nine yrs ago, is readily available today. If you are still interested, please respond.
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Locating exact place of origin is critical to finding surviving family.
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Contact the Bad Arolsen Archives. Since Father had DP status, these archives will provide you w/details of his exact experience in Germany and other personal details like exact place of origin. Inquiry by immediate family is available for free. All you need to provide is his full name and any other spelling variants and his exact birth date, or as exact as you have it. Do not provide more info than that !!! Your inquiry can be done by e-mail. I understand the archives have upgraded their svce and response can be received via e-mail as well. Response can take as much as three months. That part has not changed.

Upon accessing site click HUMANITARIAN REQUESTS. Follow instructions.
ITS-AROLSEN.ORG |*Startseite
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If Father was German and evacuated in late 30's, early 40's, you might want to look into EWZ Records, that are available thru LDS.

The National Archives EWZ Collection

Below is a very brief description of the EWZ collection:

During the final months of World War II through October 1953, the Western Allies under US Army control consolidated the large caches of Nazi Party and affiliated government organization documents that were found throughout Germany. These documents were stored and examined in Berlin in a facility that was called the Berlin Document Center (BDC).

In 1993, an agreement was reached to transfer title and control of the BDC to Germany by July 1, 1994. One article of the agreement was that all captured German records would be microfilmed and that one complete set would be provided to the US. These records were given to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for archiving and making available to the public.

One wartime German agency whose records were captured was the EWZ. The EWZ, Immigration Control Center, was established in 1939 to coordinate the resettlement and naturalization of qualified ethnic Germans who resided outside of Germany. The EWZ processed more than 2.9 million persons during the period 1939-1945. Most EWZ records were found intact by Allied Forces - an estimated 70,000-80,000 files were destroyed before capture.

Screening (Durchschleusing) the eligible ethic Germans involved interviews and examinations by 6-9 EWZ offices. Families were generally processed together and all persons aged 15 and above were registered separately. Photographs were taken, medical examinations were performed, fluency in German language was tested, family histories and racial examinations based on anthropological evaluations of physical attributes were recorded, etc.

Some or all of the following documents were prepared by the EWZ for each ethnic German that was interviewed:

•EWZ-Kartei (or E-Kartei), a general information card;

•Gesundheitskartei (or G-Kartei), a health examination card, which included biographical data, a genealogical chart, and a photograph [Health Cards];

• Volkstumsausweis Certificat, an applicant's ethnic German background, birthplace, and residence, and Umsiedlerausweis, an applicant's resettlement status;

•Rasse-Kartei, cards that summarized the racial examination, including a photograph [Race Cards];

• Anträge, naturalization application case files, which are generally very thick files containing, among other items, a Stammblätter, a standard form which was used to summarize personal information, including spouse and children, and family history ["Family Form"]; Einbürgerungsanträge, (abbreviated as Vfg.), the naturalization application form; Umsiedler, which includes a description of property left behind; related correspondence; etc.

As stated above, the NA has a complete set of the EWZ records. The set of EWZ records is on microfilm and the microfilms are kept at the NA's facility in College Park, Maryland. This facility is called Archives II and is located near Washington, DC. The NARA microform publication number for the EWZ collection is A3342, "Documents Generated In Connection With Activities Of The EWZ."

Here are the major series of the A3342 collection that contain genealogically-useful information:

1. EWZ-50: Anträge (Applications)for naturalization of ethnic Germans from the USSR,

2. EWZ-51: Anträge for naturalization of ethnic Germans from Romania [includes all of Bukowina and Bessarabia],

3. EWZ-52: Anträge for naturalization of ethnic Germans from 1939 Poland,

4. EWZ-53: Anträge for naturalization of ethnic Germans from the Baltic countries,

5. EWZ-541: Anträge for naturalization of ethnic Germans from Yugoslavia,

6. EWZ-542: Anträge for naturalization of ethnic Germans from France,

7. EWZ-543: Anträge for naturalization of ethnic Germans from Bulgaria,

8. EWZ-544: Applicants for Wehrmacht, Organisation Todt, SD, and SS,

9. EWZ-545: Anträge for naturalization of ethnic Germans from Sud-Tirol,

10. EWZ-56: Rasse-Kartei, and

11. EWZ-57: E-Kartei and G-Kartei (E/G Kartei).

E/G Kartei served as the central registry of the EWZ. The E/G Kartei collection contains approximately 2.9 million alphabetically-ordered cards.

NA staff do not perform research. They will however examine the available indexes to determine which microfilm rolls MIGHT contain records of individuals that you are interested in. [That is, the indexes only provide a range of names that appear on individual microfilm rolls.] Copies of NARA's EWZ microfilms can be purchased from NARA.

If you are unable to visit Archives II or do not want to take a chance of purchasing a roll(s) of microfilm that may not contain the person(s) that you are researching, consider hiring a professional who is very familiar with and can easily access the EWZ collection, such as Laurence Krupnak. Laurence is a member of the APG, the Association of Professional Genealogists, a peer-reviewed organization. Laurence frequently contributes to the Bukowina Mailing List. Laurence can be contacted by e-mail at Lkrupnak@erols.com, or by post at 1711 Corwin Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
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