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Insignia of the Waffen-SS
All of the uniform-specific insignia used by the Waffen-SS in World War II are presented in this concise, all-color book. Included are sleeve and cap eagles in their various …
The SS-Sonderkommando "Dirlewanger": A Memoir
A rare look inside the Sonderkommando "Dirlewanger," the SS anti-partisan unit notorious for atrocities in Poland and Russia during World War II. These memoirs were written by a …
Albert Schwenn’s Memories of the Waffen-SS
Albert Schwenn was called up by the SS Cavalry Replacement Battalion in Warsaw in October 1942, and in March 1943, was seconded to the SS Cavalry Division. Schwenn gives a vivid …
Heinrich Himmler
Reichsführer-SS, Chief of German Police, Reich Commissar for the Consolidation of German Nationhood, Reich Minister of the Interior, Commander of the Replacement Army, and …
The German Anti-Partisan Badge in World War II
During World War II nearly every Wehrmacht soldier outside of Germany came into contact, either directly or indirectly, with the nearly one-million partisans throughout Europe. …
Leo Wilm’s Memories of the Waffen-SS
This book is a rare memoir from a Waffen-SS soldier who fought for six years in some of the most savage fighting on the Russian front during WWII. A volunteer, initially in the …
The Third Reich Bravery and Merit Decoration for Eastern Peoples
Take a rare look at a little known Third Reich badge awarded to volunteers from the occupied eastern territories who served in various German formations. As the German military …
Assault Badges of the Wehrmacht in World War II
In the First World War German soldiers received the Iron Cross for valor. During the Second World War there were many additional decorations established to award various deeds in …
The Kaminski Brigade
The political and military movement of Bronislav Kaminski in Russia 1941-1944 was a single case in the German occupation politic. Because of his constituted NationalSocialist …
Latvians in the Ordnungspolizei and Waffen-SS
Roughly 40,000 Latvians served in the Waffen-SS from 1943 to the end of war in the 15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr.1) and 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS …
The 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”
Several thousand ethnic Germans in Romania (the so-called Volksdeutscher) were drafted into the Waffen-SS in 1943. With these new troops, Himmler built up the new 11th Waffen-SS …
The Volksdeutschen in the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, Ordnungspolizei in World War II
In the follow-up to German attacks in World War II, Ethnic Germans all over Europe were drafted into the German military from all of the occupied countries. Nearly 650,000 from all …