Genealogy Chat

thanks for the suggestion. The gent involved Karl Walter Lohs (1904-1969) joined the Kripo police in 1938 Berlin (after a spell in leipzig) and was captured by the americans in 1945 and held in a de-nazification camp until he became head of the police in Gottingen in Aug 1945. I know he completed a family tree to prove he was not jewish (his daughter has told me this) but do not know where it is. I also know he must have been a member of the nazi party as you did not stay in the police (esp, Berlin) when the SS, Gestapo and Kripo joined forces in 1939 unless you were a member.
In all his papers there are no records of either his military or police careers and no papers from his life prior to 1945. I believe he must have had some papers to get himself out of the camp at the very least.
So what I am looking for is suggestions of where to start trying to track down these papers and any others from his early life. I gather there is no centralised recoirds office and you need to go back to the towns where events took place.

Peter,

You could start with the German Consulate and ask them for advice, they should be able to tell you if there are any records or not.


Persie

Throwing ideas out -

Find a website for the Berlin police
Contact an archive in Berlin

Just Internet search the terms.

If your browser doesn't give a Translate option, try a site such as http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

I think the major problem ( language apart) is whether any records held in Berlin have survived - the place was severely damaged in the last few weeks/days of the war.

Any ideas how I track down info on a German policeman in Berlin during WW2?