Hi Tony,
>If anything is striking about the list, it's - ironically! - the absence of farm boys. I think this might be systematic as men with agricultural professions might have been exempted from the draft to a certain degree in order to secure Germany's food supply.
I just asked a friend about this who is a bit of a specialist for the period, and he confirmed that men who had a job connected with agriculture were usually categorized "uk" by the Nazis, meaning "unabkömmlich" - "indispensable", so they were not allowed to be drafted.
The further the war progressed, the more treasured an "uk" classification became. When the military pressure increased, many "uk" classifications were revoked, of course ...
Regards,
Henning (HoHun)
