[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] EWZ Files & Deportation to Siberia

[Kyle Sattler]

    Hi Karl and Nelson,

    I have looked into the EWZ files on Odessa 3 just the other day.  On
the J044 film that Karl mentioned, I found no Zietz families from
Ekaterinoslav but I did find several Zitz families from Eichwald,
Gottland and Neuhof.  These are all in the vicinity of where the Zietz
family lived.  I will look into getting copies.  I had also searched the
other EWZ and found some more Zietz and Zitz families from around Gottland.

    Thanks for the help,

    Kyle

Karl Krueger wrote:
> Kyle and Nelson,
> Film #2098666 is a EWZ57 film. You will get little useful information
> from this other than where to look for your potential relatives in
> EWZ58 and even that can be a guessing game.
>  
> A better way to go is to check ODL and search for Zietz names in EWZ50
> - select "War Records" under Data category. You will see virtually all
> Zietz are found on EWZ50 film J044 but none are from Ekaterinoslav.
> You can only get EWZ50 records by someone making copies for you at the
> US National Archives.
> Karl
>
> */Nelson Itterman <colnels at telus.net>/* wrote:
>
>     To Kyle & Karl:
>     There is one EWZ film #2098666 which will have the listing of all
>     the Zietz
>     names. It would help if you have other names that show a
>     relationship with
>     the Zietz family. If any of the Zietz's registered as immigrants
>     any time
>     between 1939 and 1945, they would have to fill out forms showing their
>     immediate family their parents and probably grandparents. This is the
>     application stage, before they are granted any status. It is worth
>     a try. If
>     you find the names of ancestors, you then apply for follow up
>     films that
>     would have more details. You could be very lucky.
>     Nelson
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
>     [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf
>     Of Karl
>     Krueger
>     Sent: February-12-08 7:33 PM
>     To: Kyle Sattler; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
>     Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] EWZ Files & Deportation to Siberia
>
>     Dear Kyle,
>     To learn what EWZ is all about read this link.
>     http://www.volhynia.com/ewzmain.html
>
>     EWZ would only be helpful for you if your relatives were met by
>     the German
>     troops and then they were naturalized as German citizens.
>     Karl
>
>     Kyle Sattler wrote: Hello SGGEE members,
>
>     I am asking for some help on my Zietz family from Ekaterinoslav,
>     Russia
>     (southern Ukraine). They were German Russians. My great-great
>     grandfather,
>     Bernhard Zietz (originally Sietz?) and his family immigrated in
>     December
>     1923-January 1924 as I have mentioned in previous postings. His
>     father,
>     Peter, died in 1916 in Russia.
>
>     Bernhard's mother and siblings were still in Ekaterinoslav during
>     WWII.
>     I was wondering what records might be available for deportations
>     to Siberia
>     or EWZ files. I am not really familiar with EWZ files but I
>     believe that
>     they were recorded for German Russians during WWII? Did they
>     include the
>     German Russians that got deported to Siberia to work in the salt
>     mines?
>
>     I have been told that one of Bernhard's brothers, Aloysius, was killed
>     by revolutionists during the Russian Revolution as he was a
>     student at the
>     university of Moscow. I understand that they were prime targets for
>     Revolutionists. Another brother, George, died at a young age. Bernhard
>     helped George's widow immigrate to Canada. From her he found out
>     that his
>     mother, Regina (Malinovsky) Zietz and a brother, Joseph, were sent to
>     Siberia to work in the salt mines there.
>     Bernhard's mother, Regina, was 71 at the time of her deportation.
>     I would
>     think that she would be unable to do much labour in salt mines at
>     that age?
>
>     If someone could help me out on this subject, that would be greatly
>     appreciated!
>
>     Greetings from the Saskatchewan winter,
>
>     Kyle Sattler
>
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