Any idea...

[Gary T]

...what this says?

I think it's related to the Leutnant promotion (itself RDA backdated to 1.04.1943 elsewhere in the WP). The last five letters are igung if thats any help!

[Gary T]

In context...

[Gary T]

Same wehrpass. The top entry is student. Am I correct in thinking the bottom one is pastor? Or have I got it completely wrong?

[Ian Jewison]

First entry looks like Berechtigung.

It certainly looks like Pastor!!! I have a couple of Pastor's so I will check how they are written..........

/Ian

[Ian Jewison]

Here we go........actually most of the one's I have actually say Pfarrer rather than Pastor!

/Ian

[Gary T]

First entry looks like Berechtigung.

It certainly looks like Pastor!!! I have a couple of Pastor's so I will check how they are written..........

/Ian

Ta. I was almost there...the 'rec' beat me. Any ideas as to why he would have been been entitled since 1.4.37? Is it related to a pension? He wasn't even registered until February 1940.

I was pretty sure it was pastor...but thought I might have it wrong as it's one bizarre conscription policy. Recruiting pastors and then sticking them in an infantry unit as a private.

Is the use of pastor instead of pfarrer linked to the religion? My man was a Lutheran.

[Ian Jewison]

Does seem a bit odd back dating so far!!! Was he killed or something?
I thought those that had prewar back dated entries were profesional soldiers.....

Regarding the Pastor/Pfarrer, the ones I have are both Catholic and Protestant/Evangelist it doesn't seem to make a difference.
However in English it does seem to make a difference:
If a Catholic Pfarrer it means Priest, if Protestant it could mean Pastor, Rector or Parson, also Minisiter (more Methodist!!).

Even a Katholisch Wehrmachtpfarrer I have was a civilian Pfarrer...mind you not sure what sort! Originally I thought it said R******246;m.Kath. Pfarrer but now I see it does not!!??

/Ian

[Gary T]

Apart from the 1.4.37 and pastor entry it's a relatively standard WP. not even KIA.

http://www.wehrpass.com/wehrpass.asp...e=1&criteria=0

There some scans on there somewhere but nothing particularly interesting...