Help finding a fallen solider

**waffenshane** · 06-12-2009, 07:58 PM

please help i'm searching the net looking for German war records for a person and cant get to any sites to help me > Rudolf Brantner Lance corporal of artillery, if you can point me in the right direction i would do all the work it will be a great chance to add to the stuff i have of his already,, once again thanks for your help and a great site you ( or we have since im a member now ) shane

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 06-12-2009 07:58 PM

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**Adrian Stevenson** · 06-12-2009, 09:15 PM

Hi Shane, the basic problem is the German archives are closed to you unless he was a family member.

Listed below are some sites that will help in obtaining personal records of soldier, unit research and locating lost members of the family.

The main site for requesting German records is the Deutsches Dienststelle. You can do a request but do not expect full records unless you are a family member.

There is also the Bundesarchiv:

http://www.bundesarchiv.de/

The German War Graves Commission can be found here:

http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_suche.asp

The Deutsches Rotes Kreuz:

http://www.drk.de/

And International Tracing Service:

http://www.its-arolsen.org/

What info do you have already?

Cheers, Ade.

**waffenshane** · 06-13-2009, 03:31 AM

Rudolf Brantner he was a lance corporal of artillery ,served in normandie, holland, and looks like it says beigien

**waffenshane** · 06-13-2009, 04:08 AM

here is his time in service pic ( i think i attached it rite

**stuka f** · 06-13-2009, 06:09 AM

by waffenshane

, and looks like it says beigien

Must be Belgien= Belgium!!

appie · 06-13-2009, 08:59 AM

Good luck with your search Stuka, please keep us updated if you find anything about this soldier!
greetings Appie.

**stuka f** · 06-13-2009, 09:05 AM

hey appie,
I am not searching anything ...exept a new bike....
waffenshane is ! I was just trying to help wtin the word "beigien".
How are your searches progressing?
Notify me when ever you are in Antwerp or Hulst.

appie · 06-13-2009, 09:39 AM

Hi Stuka, yes now I see! Was reading it all to fast!
Anyway, I will drop you a line when I'm in that nick of the woods, think it will be by the end of this year. How are the works progressing in Antwerp on the Linkeroever? I heard they are building a new tunnel right under the American camp Tophat, and its a no-go area now.
I'm getting a new detector in next week, and will be going to that concentration camp here again soon.
Regards from sunny South of France, Appie.