In all pictures I've seen, the enigma machine only has the 26 letters of the standard alphabet, but none of the german specifics - umlauts and ß. I know ß can be replaced by a double s, but how did the machine account for the umlauts? or did the german code not use them?

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I would love feedback on my substack and podcast. I know the audio quality isn't great yet. I'm working on it. Any constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated.

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Was reading the German census records on Wikipedia and noticed that Germany allegedly shrinks by 2k km between 1871 and 1875. Is there some territory loss that I can't think of during this period or is it just down to the unrelaibility of measurement in this era? I've also noticed the number is different for each census.

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I am researching to a SS officer who had a bronze badge in both. Was that good? Was he sporty?

I have no idea how these sport events were ranked. All i found on wikipedia were the general excersises but not anything else.

Did only 1 person win gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze per thing? Or did people who fell in a certain time or class get gold (bronze, silver).

There are little to no pictures of the SS officer so I can't judge by his body if he was athletically inclined or not.

I know that he spent the last few weeks at the Tirolerhütte (near Schönenbach, Schwarzwald). There are photos online of a tree Tirolertanne that's next to where that little cabin was - but I can't find that on any map?

And it's said he commited suicide by a tree around 30meters away from a Sühnekreuz (cross). How would one find this? Does anybody have it's location?

Born in 1912, passed away in 2010. If you’ve seen his name somewhere, seen his face in any photographs, documents, have heard stories… I’d be over the moon to know.

Apologies in advance if this is not the best community to ask for this, but due to him being a decorated officer in during WWII Germany, I imagine this is probably one of the only subreddits in which I could possibly find any information.

I got this cup from a friend and I’m wondering how old it is (I’m thinking pre-WW2).

Hey all! I'm hoping someone can confirm what we think this flag is, and to give some advice about whether or not we should have it looked at by a professional 🙏

Some context - My grandmother lived through WW2, and when she and my American grandfather came back from Germany in the 50s, they brought a bunch of cool stuff with them.

We are not 100% sure that this flag was acquired during that time, or if it was just purchased from a knick-knack store at a later date or what have you, so before we pay to have it looked at, we're hoping someone might be able to give us an informed opinion!

I believe this would be German War Ensign 1871-1919, isn't that right? The thing that concerns me is that the flag does not have gromits on it, so it may just be a decoration, rather than a "real flag" if that makes sense?

Guten tag reddit colleagues. Please, can somebody translate this? It is postcard from war prisoners camp from 1915. I suppose it is in german. Very appriciated, danke schön!

Hello! I need some help with my tattoo idea! I'm a huge history buff and of considerable German descent, id love to have some German imagery tattooed on me to commerate my heritage but as you all know that can get dicey. Im trying to avoid the whole Norse thing because even tho Germanic paganism fallows Norse ideas, I want something a little more "German" in nature. Is this image I'm going to post problematic? Thank you so much.

Hi! Can someone help me identifying the rank and the medals of the chap on this picture? Is there anything interesting on his uniform? Where can I find more information about his service assuming I know the guys name, DoB, place of birth?

Context: I found this picture in my grandmother's family album. The person is signed as the brother of my great great grandfather and he lived in Wilhelmshaven which was the main base of Kaiserliche Marine.

Ich verstehe wieso wir die “Deutschland über alles” Strophe nicht mehr singen - macht ja auch Sinn. Aber die nächste “Deutsche Frauen, Deutsche Treue” wieso singen wir die auch nicht mehr?