Sunday, July 17, 2011

Why would German families drop the title "von" from their name?

I heard it's actually pretty normal for German families to drop the "Von" title before their last name. my grandfather did. But I always wondered why. It was around the end of WWII & I always thought that may have something to with it. Until I heard it a very common practice of families to do so.

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