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*Wiele & Klein, Madras and Ootacamund: "The German Photographers of Madras" by Gabrielle Landwehr [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/the_german_photographers_of_madras.html Part 1] , [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/otherstories.html Part 2] (scroll down) ''Madras Musings Volume XVIII'' No. 14, November 1-15, 2008 and No. 15, November 16-30, 2008; [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/09/stories/2003070900200300.htm Madras on glass] 9 July  2003 ''The Hindu''
*Wiele & Klein, Madras and Ootacamund: "The German Photographers of Madras" by Gabrielle Landwehr [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/the_german_photographers_of_madras.html Part 1] , [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/otherstories.html Part 2] (scroll down) ''Madras Musings Volume XVIII'' No. 14, November 1-15, 2008 and No. 15, November 16-30, 2008; [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/09/stories/2003070900200300.htm Madras on glass] 9 July  2003 ''The Hindu''
*German language aids
*German language aids
**[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany Germany] includes [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Language_and_Languages German Language and Languages] which in turn includes [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Word_List German Word List] and  [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany_Handwriting Germany Handwriting Guide]. Family Search (LDS)  Wiki.  
**[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Genealogy Germany Genealogy] includes [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Languages Germany Languages] which in turn includes [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/German_Genealogical_Word_List German Genealogical Word List] and  [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Handwriting Germany Handwriting]. Family Search (LDS)  Wiki.  
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-church-and-civil-records German Church and Civil Records] FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-church-and-civil-records German Church and Civil Records] FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Old German Script]  3 Parts. FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Old German Script]  3 Parts. FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar series] with links to 10 Lessons. FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar series] with links to 10 Lessons. FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons
*:Another guide is [http://feefhs.org/guides/German_Gothic.pdf Handwriting Guide: German Gothic], originally from LDS.
*:Another guide is [http://feefhs.org/sites/default/files/guide/german-gothic.pdf Handwriting Guide: German Gothic], feefhs.org, originally from FamilySearch (1999)
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/help#/ FamilySearch Indexing Help] then select "Language Resources and Handwriting Helps"/German.
*:[https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/help#/ FamilySearch Indexing Help] then select "Language Resources and Handwriting Helps"/German.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170708224910/http://www.ggrs.com/events/handouts/handout_script.pdf How to Cope With That Old German Script] by Sabine Schleichert c 2005. Includes examples of various types of scripts and genealogical '''symbols''' used.
**[https://bohemiangenealogist.blogspot.com The Bohemian Genealogist] includes word lists, including abbreviations for Latin and German words, occupations etc with many handwriting examples.
**Rudy Schmidt’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807004859/http://antiquusmorbus.com/German/German.htm German Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms]. now archived.
**Rudy Schmidt’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807004859/http://antiquusmorbus.com/German/German.htm German Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms]. now archived.
**[http://www.odessa3.org/collections/articles/link/illness.txt German-English Illness Translations] Odessa Digital Library
**[http://www.odessa3.org/collections/articles/link/illness.txt German-English Illness Translations] Odessa Digital Library
**[http://www.suetterlinstube-hamburg.de Sütterlinstube Hamburg e.V] is a non profit organization based in Hamburg which will, for a donation, transcribe from Old German to Latin script, old handwritten documents, such as diaries or other family documents. German language website. Some browsers, such as Chrome offer a translation to an English version, top right hand corner of the webpage. Alternatively, use [https://translate.google.com.au/#view=home&op=translate&sl=de&tl=en Google Translate] or similar.
**[http://www.suetterlinstube-hamburg.de Sütterlinstube Hamburg e.V] is a non profit organization based in Hamburg which will, for a donation, transcribe from Old German to Latin script, old handwritten documents, such as diaries or other family documents. German language website. Some browsers, such as Chrome offer a translation to an English version, top right hand corner of the webpage. Alternatively, use [https://translate.google.com.au/#view=home&op=translate&sl=de&tl=en Google Translate] or similar.
**[https://feefhs.org/resource/germany German Resources] feefhs.org. Includes link to "Former German Professions", maps, Gazetteers etc.
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Article "German Voices from India : Officers of the Hanoverian Regiments in East India Company Service" by Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi, in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 32, Issue 2 August 2009 , pages 189 - 211.Details. Available at the British Library

German soldiers from Dutch East India Company Regiments were recruited into the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers

Records

  • Some Catalogue entries for the India Office Records at the British Library are:
    • Deputation of Lieutenant John Owen to the Cape of Good Hope to enlist German, Austrian and Polish recruits for the Company's European Regiments IOR/F/4/3/634 Nov 1787-Sep 1796
    • Additional allowance granted to Lieutenant John Owen for enlisting German, Austrian and Polish recruits at the Cape of Good Hope in 1796-97. IOR/F/4/74/1609 Aug 1795-Aug 1799
    • Complaint of Baron de Reiger alleging ill-treatment of the prisoners of war of the Wurttemberg Regiment at Madras not upheld by the Court of Directors. IOR/F/4/53/1182 Oct 1793-Feb 1798
    • Papers regarding the disbandment of the Wurttemberg Company, (includes a Muster Roll of the Company). Memorial of Lieutenant Paul Kellner requesting permission to transfer to the Madras Army. IOR/F/4/183/3685 Jul 1804-Mar 1805
    • Question of the pensions and allowances to be granted to the officers of the Swiss Regiment De Meuron (includes lists of officers of the regiment and a copy of the Capitulation of 25 September 1798) IOR/F/4/78/1728 Sep 1798-Apr 1800
    • Six months' advance of pay is made to Captain N.J. De Bergeon and Captain Francois Louis Lenn, two officers of the Regiment De Meuron who remained behind in India when the regiment left for Europe. IOR/F/4/234/5396 Jul-Oct 1806
    • British Army in India: Nominal and Casualty Rolls of Jager Corps Volunteers IOR/L/MIL/15/31-36 1860-1866
  • National Archives of India
Search National Archives of India website abhilekh-patal.in. Particularly for the Second World War period there are known to be some records from the Aliens Advisory Committee which have either already been digitised, (Digitized Collection : Digitized Public Records, Home Political) or can be requested to be digitised for a fee. A 1946 Naturalisation request was seen: Application from ... For A German Jew, For Nationalization Under the British Nationality Status of Aliens Act 1914. [Should be Naturalization].

Also see External Links, below

Also see

External links

  • The Wurttemberg Regiment’s German name was the Württembergisches Kapregiment or Cape Regiment Kapregiment Wikipedia written in German and associated Wikimedia.
  • British Library Blog Untold Lives: Missionaries and madams 31 October 2011 and 'Unfortunate' women 7 November 2011. Repatriation of Germans and Austrians during World War 1
  • The Swiss in India (German/French language) Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
  • "German-Speaking Medical Exile to British India 1933-1945" by Margit Franz. Website of Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde, Universität Wien. From the 2010 book Helmut Konrad, Stefan Benedik (eds.), Mapping Contemporary History II. Exemplary fields of research in 25 years of Contemporary History Studies at Graz University/Exemplarische Forschungsfelder aus 25 Jahren Zeitgeschichte an der Universität Graz. [Limited selection from] pages 61- 86 Google Books.
These doctors were mainly Jewish. Between the years 1933 and 1938, there were three waves of forced emigration to British India. The first started in the year 1933 with German doctors. A second wave started with Jewish refugees coming from Italy. The Austrian exodus after the German occupation in March 1938 formed the third wave of medical refugees coming to British India, at which point Czech and Hungarian Jewish medical refugees started joining the population of refugees.
Margit Franz is the author of Gateway India. German-speaking Exile to India between British colonial rule, Maharajas and Gandhi. There is an interview with Dr. Margit Franz in a 2017 article "From the Reich to the Raj" (jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com).