DRK vermisstenbildliste
 

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I see the books on ebay quite a bit.

I don't read German, but perhaps the DRK could help?
http://drkneum.drkcms.de/angebote/so...nftsbuero.html

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Hello Revi,
You are right, these books regularly appear on e-bay. However I am beginning to think there are very many of these books. And there must be as there must have been thousands of missing Germans after the war.
I have been in contact with the DRK in the past but they are bound by privacy laws so I was hoping that there is another source for these books.
Dennis

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Quite common on eBay I am afraid supporting what Dennis suspects:

http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_sacat...&_skc=50&rt=nc

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I believe the total series is some 5-6 meter of books.....in the past every local DRK Office had such a series, no idea how many existed.

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As mentioned there are a lot of these volumes - and the additional supplement issued volumes. I have 11 volumes and 5 supplement volumes, including those for aircrew & paratroopers, and that isn't even close to the full number.
However for Kriegsmarine, I can confirm you will need BAND MA and possibly the related supplements. Unfortunately the KM ones tend to fetch high prices so whereas a volume for a number of Grenadier Regiments can be had for 30-50 Euros, a KM volume can go for double that (the ones listed on Ebay for 129 Euros are way overpriced.)

I have the complete list for the DRK volumes showing what units each one relates to. Please feel free to PM me your email address if you want a copy of the listing.