[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Deportations and EWZ records

[Nancy Gertner]

I think the EWZ reports contained in the Odessa Digital Library are 
only the tip of the iceberg, as there are many drawers of microfilms at 
National Archives II in College Park, Maryland containing the EWZ 
records.  The microfilms are so numerous that one or more thick 
notebook binders are required to index them.

Nancy

On Mar 22, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Karl Krueger wrote:

> I just want to make sure everyone realizes that the Odessa Digital 
> Library (ODL) will only cover the Russian Volhynian records of EWZ. 
> Even at that I believe ODL is not complete as I have done searches for 
> others in the National Archives who did not find certain relatives but 
> I did find their records on microfilm. So my feeling is the ODL EWZ 
> data is really incomplete and they are still assimilating that data as 
> more GRHS members purchase additional EWZ50 films for their presonal 
> use.
>
> If your relatives were in Polish Volhynia, then you would have to look 
> in EWZ52 which are not ODL.
>
> Burnstwo at aol.com wrote:
> I wanted to float a few more ideas for those looking for information on
> deportations.
> The EWZ films, which can be found under "War Documents" on the pixel 
> site
> may also list your relatives whereabouts by date, including the towns 
> they were
> deported to for both WWI and WWII. The EWZ documents are where I found 
> my
> Gottschalk family was deported to a town called Astrakhan (on the 
> Caspian Sea)
> in WWI and to a town called "Kaminskoje" which is just north of 
> Kazachstan
> and a Trud Army Labor Camp in WWII. Look for the "Odessa Digital 
> Library"
> link under "Other Sites of Interest" on the SGGEE main page for a list 
> of names
> and their EWZ location (near the bottom of the page). Do a "Full Text
> Search" and adjust the drop down box for "War Records." Kristen: a 
> Feifert family
> is listed and an EWZ record is available.
> Carol Gottschalk Burns