Assuming an Identity?

[robthewild1]

Hey guys! Had a question, out of curiosity.

For those of you portraying a soldier in a certain/specific country, do you guys assume an alternate identity for your impressions?

Especially the German side, for those who carry a Soldbuch? Reason I ask is because I am apart of a group who portray the 1st SS Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler" and I recently purchased, and received my SS Soldbuch to fill out, and all that fun stuff.

For Example: My full name is rather Scandinavian, Robert Landvik. I portray a German, and lets say I decided to assume a more Germanic name like....Robert Muller, or even Wilhelm Muller?

I was just curious if anyone is does this, or has thought about doing this, or not? If so, do you think it makes it more realistic? What are your thoughts?

[dbloge]

An alternate impression in a soldbuch doesnt really matter. In the unit I'm in everyone calls each other by there "German" first name. I dont event know some members "real" names off hand. I think it adds a bit nore realism when shouting names in the field. Whats wrong with your real name as a German name? Not all German soldiers had hardcore German names, perhaps you were a "volunteer" from another country?


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[robthewild1]

Well I was just picked a stereotypical Germanic name as an example.

That and I'm not 100% sure if Finnish volunteers were ever placed into the Leibstandarte though haha. I know there was a few Scandinavian SS units made up of volunteers over the course of the war, but yeah. I was just curious as to what others thoughts were on the matter. Thanks for your input though, was appreciated.