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I'm quite sure that the words in question mean "Vacc. Attest". I'm not aware of any other documents in that location and era that would make sense (there are not many words in German starting with "Vau", actually...). The comment given by lejonet is right: small children were vaccinated in Denmark during that time, and had to produce the ...
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(Spoiler: it's probably Fishel.)
In general, the easiest way to find the name of a person's parents is to look for records which might include those names, specifically death, marriage, and birth records.
You haven't given enough detail to be totally sure I found the right person, but I'll walk through my process so you can modify it if I found the wrong ...
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