Below are two images, one of Chef, Paul's friend in WWII, who was believed to have been killed late in the war. The other is of a German armoured...
On his Military Service/Employment document from his Denazification File, it seems clear that Sgt. Paul Ernst Kaess was in the Hospital (Lazarett)...
On Feb 16, 2021, Brian Paul Kaess received 25 scans/documents from the Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg in Germany for the Denazification file for Paul...
While checking through Paul's Denaizification paperwork (Meldebogen document), I noticed a II standing for Class 2 under the Spruchkammer rating...
Below are two documents from a Carpentry Guild Record file for Emil Kaes. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here are 6 more of 16 documents from the Carpentry Guild Record File for Paul Ernst Kaess: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
On January 18, 2021, Brian Paul Kaess received a batch of 18 documents/scans for two Carpentry Guild files from the Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, in...
I believe he joined the Nazi Party on Sep 1 1939, so I'm assuming he was a zealous Nazi. I never heard him talk about the Nazi's, just the German...
Richard, thank you for your insights on my Grandpa Paul's service record. Feel free to add any more information you can find. You said he was...
Attached are a number of photos of Sgt. Paul Ernst Kaess, while serving in the German Army. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Attached is a 1944 Wedding Photo of Sgt. Paul Ernst Kaess and Dorothea Dorschke. They married in Ratibor, Upper Silesia, on March 14 1944. [ATTACH]
Attached is a 2002 Death Certificate for Paul Ernst Kaess. Obviously, he lived to a ripe old age. [ATTACH]
Paul never mentioned committing any pogroms to his Grandson Brian Paul Kaess, but his daughter Arnhild Kaess stated that Paul had told her war...
Attached is an additional document from a 1946 Denazification File for Paul Ernst Kaess. [ATTACH]
Attached is an NSDAP membership card for Paul Ernst Kaess with member # 7202313 . This image was obtained from Manuel Fix of the Bundesarchiv Berlin.
See the following article by Brian Paul Kaess, "Finding the Denazification File for Paul Ernst Kaess in the Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg," in Sept...
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While looking for Carpentry Guild records for my Paternal Grandfather Paul Ernst Kaess (1921-2002), I managed to find his Denazification file in...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Some more documents to support the story of Sgt. Paul Ernst Kaess (19221-2002)[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
On March 7 2019, Brian Paul Kaess received a batch of 17 documents/scans from the Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. These...