left in January 1945. many men were drafted into the Waffen-SS. For the earlier years, 1940, 1941 and 1942, that has not been brought out before the [ ... ]
about the motives for volunteering? A Yes. In my position I saw thousands of requests for admission. I can say that [ ... ]
wanted to go back again. It also happened that the parents were afraid for their boys and also sent letters to us, that the boys who, on the basis o [ ... ]
ranks of the Waffen SS, they were allowed to retain their own characteristics. foreigners was, since it is important for the charge that it was a unif [ ... ]
selection was carried out according to SS directives, while selection for the Waffen SS depended on approval of the Wehrbezirkskommando. Induction i [ ... ]
The few party members who were in the party SS for the period of their service paid no party dues. They did not receive awards of the party. The wh [ ... ]
ready mentioned this morning that 36,000 men were taken from the general SS on the basis of this regulation by the Reich Ministry of the Interior. T [ ... ]
would know exactly where the man was and when he would, be a- vailable again. As I was saying, the record was kept of these men at the SS Hauptamt. [ ... ]
with many other SS agencies, was not had by me. In the first place, this Amtsgruppe D was far away from us in Berlin. In addition, with the exceptio [ ... ]
the Hauptsturmfuehrer knew anything half an hour before we left as to where we were going. When the Leibstandarte was in Austria, there was such enth [ ... ]