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Larry,
I agree, but would it not be 'normal' that in the files of the VDK all his christian names should be mentioned?
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Strangely, all the Christian names appear in their Luftwaffe officer personnel records but not in the Luftwaffenpersonalamt officer assignment orders or in the BA-ZNS/BA-MA Karteikarten. The latter two just give the official Christian name, e.g., Karl or Karl-Heinz, Siegfried or Siegfried-Otto, etc., followed by the surname or last name. So if you had a Dietrich Philipp Adolf Bernhardt von Bothmer, the "Philipp Adolf Bernhardt" would only appear in his officer personnel records folder.
As for the VDK specifically, I will defer to others on that question because I rarely use VDK and therefore I am unfamiliar with their policy.
L.