Correspondence on foreigners who deceased in Kahla

Scope and content

For the most part, this is correspondence from the registry in Kahla with the "Deutsche Dienststelle für die Benachrichtigung der nächsten Angehörigenvon Gefallenen der ehemaligen deutschen Wehrmacht (WASt)" (German Office for the Notification of Next of Kin of Fallen of the Former German Wehrmacht) concerning death certificates for Italian citizens who died in Kahla.
Furthermore, there is correspondence with the Belgian, Italian and Dutch Red Cross, the Pontifical Relief Organization and the Division Personnes Deplacees of the French Group in the Allied Control Council.
The information in the various letters varies. The following information is included: Name, first name, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, place of death, burial place, number of entry in the death register, cause of death.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Jena, Kreisarchiv