Family Name:

If you have a German name, use it.  If not, maybe an ancestor or relative.  Or, you may wish to adoptthe name of a veteran of your unit.  In anycase, bear if with pride!  Remember that this is then the name everyone will call you by.  Only your parents, spouse and very closest friend will use your given name .. .

First Name:

Middle Name:
 

Birthdate:   Day:            Month:                            Year:
Use your own birthday.  Foryear, use your own age, count backward from 1917.
 

Place of Birth:
Pick a town in Germany.  Werecruited heavily from the area around Koln.
 

What is your religion?
Lutheran, Roman Catholic or Jewish   accounts for 98% of the Imperial Germans

Father's Name and Profession:
Choose the closest equivalent towhat he does/did today.  You can relate to something you know about.

Mother's Name:
 

Siblings:
 

Spouse's Name (if any):
 
 

Children:
Children out of wedlock were veryunusual back then (at least publicly).  If you have children, youshould have had a spouse.
 
 
 

Your Education:
Parental occupation will determinea great deal of your social position.  A college education would bethe exception, not the rule.

Your Peacetime Occupation:
Use your own, or its equivalent,as much as possible.  Remember, Germany was still a fairly agrariansociety.
 

What Year did you first serve?
What year were you 18?

What specialty training have you had?
 
 

What do think of the war thusfar?
 
 
 

What experiences have you had,in the war, that are especially memorable?
These might be stories you boreyour comraden with . . .
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What are your political feelings?  Do you really like the monarchy?  Would prefer another form of government?