Just looking at some old war graves and noticed that was his job. What would that entail? He was buried in Lyon, France if that helps!
Also is there a database of German soldiers in the Wehrmacht where one could get maybe more information? Place or birth etc
Thanks!
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So Hilfszollassistent was a Rank in the Zollgrenzschutzreserve (link is in german) or "customs and border protection reserve" which was as the name suggests the reserve of the customs agency, it was an NCO-Rank
They were used in germany and the occupied countries to secure the borders and combat smuggling.