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Old 27th July 2013, 19:40
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Would there be anyway to get a copy of my Grandfather`s Death card?
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Old 29th July 2013, 16:16
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That is assuming that your family had one produced. They were not official cards but cards produced by families so that others could know of their loss
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ok, thank you i didn`t know that. I thought that they were something that the Luftwaffe had made for the family.
thank you so much for the info
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To add to what Chris said, German families still send similar cards to notify people of a death and funeral.
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