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I'm just writing an Entry and think this document is very interesting but I can't make out the handwriting... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EAXHMl1U4Y0/Wf8rxs8PI4I/AAAAAAAAHcQ/s7_6K36OgJw1wFbVCx8DFgLi4TbA_WgRACLcBGAs/s1600/idimage.jpg

Is the surname Buttgereit, or Buettgereit?
What is the Profession?
What colour are his Eyes?

Thank you!

I'm going for blue eyes.
Might profession be luftfuhrer?

I think neither.

It looks to me like Brittgereit

Lmurlf Bittgereit.

Octarine.

PP.

I have Geoff Bittergit, Buffalo Farmer.

I have documents with similar writing

I think the surname is Brittgereit and the eyes are "blau"

As you have a DOB - could you check censuses for about that time.
I've been doing some family research and have been surprised at what survives and has been transcribed.

Good Luck

Okay, here's what I read.

Name: Berth. Buttgereit
From the signature, it looks like: Bertht Buttgereit (My guess would be 'Bertholt' abbreviated.)
born: 23. February 1891
in: Berlin
Nationality: Prussian
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Residence: Cologne, Schultstrasse 22.
Build: Medium
Hair: Light blond (This means 'actually blond', because a German will call someone with light brown hair 'dark blond')
Eyes: Blue
Shape of Face: Oval.
Identifying Marks: None.
This ID valid until: 3 May 1909.

Notes:
1. It's definitely 'Buttgereit'. That's a line indicating a 'u'. An umlaut would look different. Compare the name with the profession: Buchhalter. Same mark to indicate a 'u'.

2. Nice-looking guy. Reminds me of Peter Graves.

3. Good job reading that at all!

4. The signature of the Beamter (official) is, as the Germans always say, 'unleserlich' (unreadable). I believe they do this on purpose to dodge responsibility.

Buffalo farmer?

Thanks everyone, especially Dmitri for the comprehensive transcription Very useful details.

He does look like Peter Graves, yes!

I read somewhere that there are no censuses in Germany, but I did find that the telephone books are somewhat detailed, so I was able to confirm that his profession was Buchhalter (some of the B's definitely did look like L's, and the h's looked like f's... ).

I've written up my Entry A87903543 and put it in Peer Review

He survived the Nazi regime because he was "blond and blue-eyed"? Probably he didn't stand out, so the less observant failed to notice.....

The only writing I would even take a comfortable guess at is "Brittgereit" and that is a genuine surname according to a quick google.


But I am 100% positive his eye color is sepia.

'Buttgereit' is also a name. Joerg Buttgereit is a German horror director - although I would not like to see his 'Blutige Exzesse im Fuehrerbunker'. In fact, I think I'd avoid his films completely...

Difficult fitting that material to other genres, though - you have to admit.

Now you've done it: I've got 'Springtime for Hitler' stuck in my head.

Nooooooooooooo...

We're marching to a faster pace
Look out, here comes the master race!

Nooooooooooooo...

The Fall of Hitler was considerably less tuneful.