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German Death Card · primary-source record

Karl Aigner

abt 1908 (computed from age at death) – 4 February 1944

Died 4 February 1944 · fell on the Eastern Front

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

German Death Card

Date of death

4 February 1944

Date of birth

abt 1908 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

36 years

Place of death

the Eastern Front ("after heavy fighting in the east")

Contributor's notes

Karl Aigner, Obergefreiter in a grenadier regiment, fell 4 February 1944 after heavy fighting in the east, aged 36.

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Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-02
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Neither — our archive preserves a narrative description of the card only; no photograph of the card was ever published.

Citation: "German death card (Sterbebild) of Karl Aigner, Obergefreiter in a grenadier regiment, fell 4 February 1944 on the Eastern Front," described in the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/aigner-karl-1944/ : accessed [your access date]).

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