Can someone translate some German for me? Interesting photos

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I best friends Grandfather recently passed away, Was originally from Germany, He sent me some photos today as they were cleaning out his place, and I asked if I could share them to get some more info and a translation on the document. Here they are. also no luger yet.....



 
If the handwriting wasn't so hard to read...

I'll give it a try;
It's a membership card (Mitglieds Ausweis) for a regular membership (new and youth member is scratched)
The place he is stationed (ortsgruppe)
and from what land code or military district (XIII)
and his membership number (82)

First and last name: (Walter Anders?)
Occupation: Can't read the first word but "Stammlager" means "prisoner of war camp". So he had some sort of job related to a pow / concentration camp.
Place of residence (Wohnort): ?
Steet and number (Strase und nummer):?
Then signed with place and date.

He was part of an air force group I think since the stamp reads "flieger landesgruppe" and the prop in the logo on the top of the page.
 
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"Stammlager" means "prisoner of war camp". So he had some sort of job related to a pow / concentration camp.



The date is 1933, seems too early for that. The Arbeitsdienst was a paramilitary organization that did basically the German version of the American New deal depression relief, so I'm thinking it's a labor camp for workers employed in construction like the Autobahn. We had them here as wel labout the same time, that's how the Banff Jasper highway was built. Maybe he was involved in airfield construction ? My dad did basically the same. Still have some field manuals around, describing canal building.

Grizz
 
Stalag X-B was open in 1933 https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Stalag_X-B.html
Sandbostel lies 9 km south of Bremervörde, 43 km northeast of Bremen. In what was then the Province of Hanover, the Lutheran Church of the State of Hanover opened a camp for out of work singles and employed them in public works (roadworks, amelioration) in 1932, during the Great Depression.


In 1933, the Reichsarbeitsdienst took over the camp and used it later as a Nazi internment camp for undesirables.
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Maybe something like that.
 
The town is Oebisfelde. The stamp helped decipher that :)

Street (Strasse) might be Adolf? I assume it's the number written out somewhere in that next bit, though I can't for the life of me decipher that script.
 
Flieger Landesgruppe XIII

The wings give it away. This is a membership pass for a paramilitary "aerial sport federation", mostly gliders at the time, because the treaty of Versailles didn't allow Germany to have an air force, beside other things.
It seems to be the beginning stage of the German air force after the lifting of the treaty of Versailles.
 
bjmurata said:
Looks like the signature at the bottom is R Goring, wonder if there is any connection to Hermann.
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I was wondering if it could have BEEN Goering, as some people sign an H a lot like an R.

Here's a couple samples of his signature I found online from similar documents:

Unterschrift-Hermann_Goering.png


Goering-Hamilton.jpg



So clearly not the same guy, but very possibly related. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Göring was named as Minister Without Portfolio in the new government. One of his first acts as a cabinet minister was to oversee the creation of the Gestapo, which he ceded to Heinrich Himmler in 1934. He was not made head of the Luftwaffe until 1935, but he still would have had enough influence to get relatives good jobs in the Nazi state.
 
This is turning out to be pretty interesting. Neat item to begin with the family provenance plus possibly a connection to one of the most famous of the top ranking members of the German military, thanks to the OP for posting this.
 
GeoTrekr said:
The town is Oebisfelde. The stamp helped decipher that :)

Street (Strasse) might be Adolf? I assume it's the number written out somewhere in that next bit, though I can't for the life of me decipher that script.
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I was trying to decide if that was Adolph Hitler Strasse, not uncommon. Lot of boys named Adolph, in those days, as well. :)

Grizz
 
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