Person:Kurt Ruf (1)

from archive FGS (MRIN 260) where he appears as child

 Death date is shown as 12-13 Aug 1944.

Dad's Family History lists his birth date as 10 May 1923 rather than 20 May

 1923 (not changed).  It notes that he died on a battlefield in France.

original membership records show his first name spelled Curt, not Kurt.

 Film # 068807 (Blessing, ordination, and membership record) 12 Jan 1996

!RESEARCH - check birth records to find original spelling.

Archive FGS submitted by his sister, Lydia verifies death date. (11 Mar 1996)

Gertrud Glaser found two small diaries written by Kurt during the time that he was in the German army during WWII. She gave those with three letters and post card he had written to his father, Hermann Ruf, during that same time period to me. I scanned those and then gave them to Lydia, his sister, at Gertrud's request. This was finalized on 6 Mar 2005. [11 Mar 2005]

The Gräbernachweis des Volksbundes Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. at http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_suche.asp includes a listing for a Walter Ruf, without birthdate or birthplace or deathdate, that indicates he was reburied at Mont-de-Huisnes (France). This cemetery includes 11,956 fallen German soldiers who were killed during the second world war following the American invasion on 30 July 1944. The breakthrough for the americans came at Avranches, not far from this cemetery. Those that were reburied here came from Départments Morbiham, Ille-et-Vilaine, Mayenne, Sarthe, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Vienne and Indre. [3 Jul 2005]