Great-Grandfather was part of the 507th parachute infantry unit, they parachuted into the town behind Omaha Beach. We found this passport(?) in his old war stuff, who is this man? What was his role in the war?

by MostLikelyGod

I posted this on /r/whatisthisthing but it was removed, but another user said to post it here.

Here are the photos of the passport(?) - http://imgur.com/a/glFuI

I can go into more detail about my great-grandfather if needed.

korvyr1

This is an Arbeitsbuchs of a person who resided in Germany. It basically is an identification or "workbook" for said person. The Reich brought over 7 million people back to Germany to work on their Various industries and each one would have had one of these books.

It's seemingly real though nobody through pictures can validate this without a notion of doubt. I doubt it was given to your Great-Grandfather rather he found it on his operations. Many soldiers kept memorabilia of other soldiers found and very often would leave eachother gifts and keepsakes in "No Mans Land" for eachother.

Esco91

Hey folks, I am the other user here.

I know its a work permit for a Polish guestworker, but do you think its real?

Was it standard to give paratroopers on the Omaha drops documentation acquired through Polish resistance in case the landings failed and the troops had to revert to civvies?

Bongoots

Czeslaw Kaczmarczijk, also has Josefa Kaczmarczijk on page 4.