Soldbuch leibstandarte ss adolf hitler

[DLD13]

Hello
Further to search which I make on the soldbuch of the lssah I have finds the feldpost n 00087A which would correspond in
Stab-IV BATTALION OF the 2RGT SS PZ gren
I wanted to know if it was exact?
And also know if a person could say to me what was commander of this battalion and what is its history?

[Tim DC]

Yes, that's the Ostmedaille between the Infanterie Sturmabzeichen and the Bulgarian award.

[DLD13]

HELLO
I ALWAYS LOOK FOR INFORMATION ON HANS WENK ET SUR LE WACH-BTL-NORDWEST
AFTER THE LSSAH HANS WENK he WAS TRANSFERRED TO NORDWEST, PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSE OF ARNHEM AND AFTER THE REST IN HOLLAND?
IN MARCH, 45 HE RECEIVES A PANZERFAUST AND A SUBMACHINEGUN LAST ENTRANCE ON HIS SOLDBUCH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE NORDWEST IT IS FOLDED UP WITH THE REST OF THE GERMAN ARMY IN GERMANY AND IF SHE FOUGHT ON THE GERMAN TERRITORY

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

[dennisb]

HELLO
I ALWAYS LOOK FOR INFORMATION ON HANS WENK ET SUR LE WACH-BTL-NORDWEST
AFTER THE LSSAH HANS WENK he WAS TRANSFERRED TO NORDWEST, PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSE OF ARNHEM AND AFTER THE REST IN HOLLAND?
IN MARCH, 45 HE RECEIVES A PANZERFAUST AND A SUBMACHINEGUN LAST ENTRANCE ON HIS SOLDBUCH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE NORDWEST IT IS FOLDED UP WITH THE REST OF THE GERMAN ARMY IN GERMANY AND IF SHE FOUGHT ON THE GERMAN TERRITORY

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

I hope I don't dissapoint you to much but IMHO this man wasn't with SS Panzerjäger-kompanie 'Nordwest' during Operation: Market Garden.
As you can see on page 3, he was 'befordert' on 5-9-1944, and I can not decipher the unit that has been written after it but it definitely isn't Nordwest. On 1-11-1944 he got promoted again, there has been written another unit which I can not decipher, but again, not Nordwest.
Also, I don't think he was in Holland in 1945. He has been sent last to SS-Panzerjäger-E.u.A.-Abt. 1 in Rastenburg, in the east. I can not recall it for now, but I once found information regarding Kranken-Transport-Abteilung 591. According to that information K-T-A 591 was stationed on the Eastern front in 1945.

This is what I can tell from these photos(!!!), please add photos/scans of other pages like leave, payment (etc.) so we get a better view on this Soldbuch.

[DLD13]

Then, has to leave what date has in the nordwest?
And here is photos who will can to help you to help me has to find these unites

[DLD13]

I thank eric jan bakker for his search(research) very hard

Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer Nordwest (HSSPF) und Generalkommissar für das Sicherheitswesen

Hanns Albin Rauter

02/04/1895 Rauter was born in Klagenfurt in the Eastern Empire. Rauter fought in the First World War and fought then further while the actions of the guerrillas. Vetrok In 1933 he went to Munich where the radical National Socialist Rauter rose in the ranks of the SS. After the Netherlands in May 1940 was overwhelmed by the German invasion and defeat, he was Reich-SS to the Netherlands. There he was Higher SS and Police Leader North West (HSSPF) General and Commissioner for das Sicherheitswesen (commissioner-general of public security). On 06/03/1940 a basic regulation was clear what the tasks were Rauter:
'Der Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer:

1) befehligt die in den besetzten niederlandischen Gebieten eingesetzten Verbande der Waffen-SS und die deutschen Polizeiverbande und -organe;

2) führt die Aufsicht über die niederlandische Reichs- und Gemeindepolizei und erteilt ihr die notwendigen Weisungen.'


When the SS once had acquired a solid position Rauter was more or less his own way. Basically, he was subordinate to Reich Commissioner Arthur Seyss-Inquart, but this relationship existed only on paper. Rauter was in practice only accountable to the SS.


Hanns Rauter

From 1942 until late 1944, the deportation of Dutch Jews to the camps in the hands of Seyss-Inquart and Rauter. Under their responsibility and because of their dedication 120,000 people were deported. Ordnungspolizei the violence of the SS in the Netherlands and caused, must largely be attributed to the person Rauter. He was also one of the driving forces behind the recruitment of the Dutch Waffen-SS. Rauter also had a prominent part in the drama of Wells after the attack on a German military vehicle on the night of 09/30/1944. In retaliation measure were 589 male inhabitants of the camps held Putten, most never came back. Rauter also played a very bad role in the so-called Aktion "Silbertanne" in which dozens of innocent Dutch were the victims of assassinations. Rauter was a strong supporter of this criminal enterprise, moreover, by the Dutch Germanic SS was performed.
During the airborne landings at Arnhem in the autumn of 1944 he found to his delight as SS Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS and Police command of the operations in the Veluwe and the IJssel bridge (Kampfgruppe Rauter). The Kampfgruppe Rauter consisted Landstorm including the Netherlands, Wachbataillon North West and a regiment of the Ordnungspolizei. On 06/03/1945 Rauter was conducted by a random attack by resistance fighters Woeste Hoeve seriously injured. He spent the rest of the war hospital where he eventually was taken prisoner on 05/11/1945. As a man of the highest SS and police in the Netherlands - and in that capacity held responsible for many crimes committed by the occupying forces in the Netherlands - he was after the war in the Netherlands sentenced to death and executed on 25/03/1949. His efforts for his role in the charge against him as much as possible to minimize, were fruitless. He has rightly gone down in history as the symbol of the violent suppression of the Dutch people.


http://www.defendingarnhem.com/wachbattalion.htm Please read the link.
As being with a Panzer Jäger Kompanie – you man was part of the heavy weapons unit !

So : 2.SS.Panzer.Jäger.Kompanie.”Nordwest” = was at Arnhem.


http://www.slideshare.net/veltk057/o...uf-via-europol it is in Dutch and German. Please read the link.Go to page 7,8,9,10 you will see the name Tschoppe : map of his command bunker S3 and his daily place to stay.

SS Oberführer Erwin Tschoppe was the Festungkommandant of Scheveningen.
His Commandbunker was stationed at the Badhuisweg and is still present today and is open for visitors.
His normal place to stay with his Stab and your Soldbuch man was Nieuwe Parklaan 81 (also still present today).

….. went to garrison fortress Scheveningen-Clingendael to be fitted with anti-tank weapons and wore the name SS-Panzerjägerkompanie 'Nordwest' on their sleeves from that moment on.

Schevingen – Clingendael is part of Den-Haag.(Rauter did have his HQ in Den-Haag, and Seyss-Inquart did have his own quarters in Clingendael).
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So to say for his time in The Netherlands / Holland.

- : Stabs Kompanie der Waffen SS bei Höhere SS und Polizei Führer “Nordwest”.
- 5.9.44 : Stabs Kompanie Kommandeur Verteidings Abschnitt (-?) / Abwehrnebenstelle (-?) Tschoppe.
- 1.11.44 : Verteidigungsstab Scheveningen.
- : 2.SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie “Nordwest”.
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[Revellations]

http://www.defendingarnhem.com/wachbattalion.htm Please read the link.
As being with a Panzer Jäger Kompanie – you man was part of the heavy weapons unit !

So : 2.SS.Panzer.Jäger.Kompanie.”Nordwest” = was at Arnhem.


http://www.slideshare.net/veltk057/o...uf-via-europol it is in Dutch and German. Please read the link.Go to page 7,8,9,10 you will see the name Tschoppe : map of his command bunker S3 and his daily place to stay.

SS Oberführer Erwin Tschoppe was the Festungkommandant of Scheveningen.
His Commandbunker was stationed at the Badhuisweg and is still present today and is open for visitors.
His normal place to stay with his Stab and your Soldbuch man was Nieuwe Parklaan 81 (also still present today).

….. went to garrison fortress Scheveningen-Clingendael to be fitted with anti-tank weapons and wore the name SS-Panzerjägerkompanie 'Nordwest' on their sleeves from that moment on.

Schevingen – Clingendael is part of Den-Haag.(Rauter did have his HQ in Den-Haag, and Seyss-Inquart did have his own quarters in Clingendael).
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So to say for his time in The Netherlands / Holland.

- : Stabs Kompanie der Waffen SS bei Höhere SS und Polizei Führer “Nordwest”.
- 5.9.44 : Stabs Kompanie Kommandeur Verteidings Abschnitt (-?) / Abwehrnebenstelle (-?) Tschoppe.
- 1.11.44 : Verteidigungsstab Scheveningen.
- : 2.SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie “Nordwest”.
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DLD13,

I am sorry to say that the 1st and 2nd SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanies “Nordwest” were not at Arnhem. It is my site that you refer to above (Defending Arnhem) and I think you mis-read the infromation. SS Wachbatallion 3 'Nordwest had a Heavy Weapons platoon but this is a different unit to 2nd SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanies “Nordwest”. My records have this unit in Scheveningen at the time of the battle of Arnhem. He was most likley in Holland as you say but not at Arnhem.

Nice Soldbuch all the same. I had seen this book for sale before but didnt buy it because of the fact that this soldier was not at Arnhem - the only thing I do collect.

Cheers

Scott

[DLD13]

THEN TO WHICH BATTALION, REGIMENT BELONGS 2.SS.Panzer.Jäger.Kompanie.”Nordwest” ?

[Klauklau]

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Sorry wrong post !

I answered to a question that is already cleared...

[Revellations]

THEN TO WHICH BATTALION, REGIMENT BELONGS 2.SS.Panzer.Jäger.Kompanie.”Nordwest” ?

It doesn't. They were two independent companies which didnt belong to a battalion or regiment. My records indicate that the companies came under command of a "Vert. Stab. Scheveningen" in August 1944 with some other SS/Police units. Perhaps someone cn tell me what the 'Vert' stands for please.

Cheers

Scott

[DLD13]

DLD13,

I am sorry to say that the 1st and 2nd SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanies “Nordwest” were not at Arnhem. It is my site that you refer to above (Defending Arnhem) and I think you mis-read the infromation. SS Wachbatallion 3 'Nordwest had a Heavy Weapons platoon but this is a different unit to 2nd SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanies “Nordwest”. My records have this unit in Scheveningen at the time of the battle of Arnhem. He was most likley in Holland as you say but not at Arnhem.

Nice Soldbuch all the same. I had seen this book for sale before but didnt buy it because of the fact that this soldier was not at Arnhem - the only thing I do collect.

Cheers

Scott

GOOD EVENING
HE YA SOMETHING OF LOGICAL STEP, FOR THE 2SS-PZ.GJ.KPEQUIPE OF ARMED(EQUIPPED) ANTITANK WAS NOT TO SEND TO ARHNEM, WHILE UNITS OF THE KRIEGSMARINE, the RAD AND the OTHER ONE UNITS WERE SENT TO IT?

[dennisb]

GOOD EVENING
HE YA SOMETHING OF LOGICAL STEP, FOR THE 2SS-PZ.GJ.KPEQUIPE OF ARMED(EQUIPPED) ANTITANK WAS NOT TO SEND TO ARHNEM, WHILE UNITS OF THE KRIEGSMARINE, the RAD AND the OTHER ONE UNITS WERE SENT TO IT?

It does not really work the way you think it does.
I am not that much into September 1944 but if I am correct in 1944, the Germans were also still scared for an Allied attack from the North sea. That is the reason that the Germans also kept strong units behind in places like for example Scheveningen to protect their coast.
Through the whole war it worked that way: sometimes there were strong units in reserve while weaker units where in crucial frontlines.

[Revellations]

DLD13,

The independent 1st and 2nd SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanies “Nordwest” were mostly likely on the coast and not moved to Arnhem for 2 reasons. One has been explained by Dennis but the other is because the German High Command may have idenitified that there was no requirement to send a Pz Jg Kompanie on top of what was already in situ.

Kampfgruppe von Tettau already had under command SS-Pz.Jg.Ausb.Abt. 2 which was closer that had PAK capability and was employed in the western sector during the Battle of Arnhem. This is in addition to 17 or so French CHAR B2 (f) tanks from Pz Kp 224 that were also available (highlighting another heavy weapons element). Remember that the 1st airborne division is a light parachute division with no tanks and as such it would be better to keep anti-tank forces at the coast (where there was a higher possibilty of Allied Armour) than in Arnhem where there was no immediate need.

I hope that clears that up.

Cheers

Scott

[DLD13]

GOOD EVENING

I return towards you to confirm me sure information on the soldier wenk waffen-ss Hans of the leibstandarte adol hitler

His soldbuch was opened the 25/11/1940 apparently it was allocates to the III.BTL. / LSSAH command(order) by the ss-sturmbannfuhrer WEIDENHAUPT has to leave of 1/07/1941 but I have on the soldbuch a feldpost n 00087A which indicates IV BATAILLON-STAB thus I does not understand can use me


2/has to leave of January, 1943 it is up to 2. SS-PZ.GREN.REG LSSAH

Affect has the SS-PZ.JAG-ABT LSSAH commands(orders) by the ss-sturmbannfuhrer HANREICH

I wanted to know if it ete exact

Thank you pôur your help

[DLD13]

GOOD EVENING I return towards you because I am always has the search for information about the 2nd SS-Panzer-Jäger-Kompanies " Nordwest "

an uncertainty on the fact that this companies is was send has arhnem FOR MARKET GARDEN I would like to know what was the function(office) of this company and by whom it was command(order) thank you for all your reponses



I have to find some information here they are but he always there

Einheiten Nordwest
31529: Stab Polizei Brigade Nordwest (ab 1.3.1945)

59092: 1. SS Panzerjäger Kompanie Nordwest (ab 22.12.43)
56485: 2. SS Panzerjäger Kompanie Nordwest (ab 22.12.43)

59092 und 56485: Panzerjager-Kompanie Nordwest / Landstorm unterstellt worden (NACHTRAG)

DIE FELDPOSTNUMMERN DER NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN EINHEITEN DER WAFFEN-SS UND POLIZEI.

SS-Wachbataillon 'Nordwest' (later: SS-Wachbataillon 3)

Formed at 01-01-1942

Although SS-Wachbataillon 'Nordwest' was not a pure Waffen-SS combat unit, it was eventually incorporated into the Waffen-SS volunteer unit 'Landstorm Nederland' and therefore the history of SS-Wachbataillon 'Nordwest' deserves special attention on this site.

On January the 1st 1942 the SS raised the Wachbataillon. Its men were subject to the Waffen-SS command rules and wore the Feldgrau uniforms of Himmlers Black Soldiers. Besides Dutchmen in the age of 17-40 years a Company of Ukrainians (always called as Russen = Russians, by the Germans) served in the Batallion as well. Under command of SS-Obersturmbannführer Paul A. Helle 'Nordwest' was responsible for guarding the perimeters of German concentration camps in the Netherlands while the Sicherheitsdienst guarded the inner circle of the camps. Helle already had some experience in guarding camps as from September 1941 he had been in command of the Stabskompanie der Waffen-SS beim Höheren SS- und Polizeiführer (raised in April 1941), an all German unit that was ordered to serve in the Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort. When the SS decided to raise Wachbataillon 'Nordwest' the guardsmen of the Stabskompanie were transferred to 'Nordwest'.

The new Wachbataillon consisted of six Companies: the first and second Companies served in the Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort (the second was trained as an Einsatz Kompanie), the third Company guarded the Dutch intellectual hostages in St.Michielsgestel, the fourth and fifth Companies were responsible for the concentration camp in Vught, and the sixth Company guarded Haaren. Initially, the camp in Westerbork was to be guarded by a 'Nordwest' Company as well, but this never happened for unknown reasons. Most likely this company went to garrison fortress Scheveningen-Clingendael to be fitted with anti-tank weapons and wore the name SS-Panzerjägerkompanie 'Nordwest' on their sleeves from that moment on.

The high selection standards that applied to other Waffen-SS unit did not apply to SS-Wachbataillon 'Nordwest'. The Germans used some of the strangest methods to recruit Dutch volunteers as even psychiatric institutions and prisons were screened for potential volunteers. As a result, the Batallion became, as Dutch World War II historian Lou de Jong wrote, 'an irregular lawless mess'. The SS needed personnel to do the dirty jobs around the camps, so it did not matter in which physical shape the volunteers were. As a result, the medical examination of potential Wachbatallion members lacked every sense of reality and men who were found to be physically unfit for active service at the front were allowed to join the Wachbatallion. Serving in the Wachbatallion was also an attractive alternative to men who wanted to escape the so-called Arbeitseinsatz (the giant German forced labour project) or to avoid 'a trip' to the Eastern Front (although it was not planned, some of the 'Nordwest' volunteers were nevertheless sent to SS-Panzer-Division 'Wiking' in Russia). Obviously, the physically unfit and the forced labour evaders did not strengthen the unit and the lack of motivation and political conviction of most volunteers made the SS-Wachbatllion 'Nordwest' a unit without quality.

It was not long before the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) received complaints concerning the behaviour of the Wachmänner as certain contingents of 'Nordwest' had committed theft, robberies, and looting. Commander Helle, who was held responsible for the incidents, claimed that his men had not been sufficiently provided with liquor and other luxuries and therefore lost their minds. After a number of procedures Himmler decided to drop the charges, but unfortunately, the misconduct of parts of the Battalion became more structural. Rauters (Höhere SS-und Polzeiführer) Untersuchungsrichter (investigation judge) declared after the war:

'the battalion had a very high crime rate, even when I leave the purely military facts (desertion, absence without leave, abandoning sentry duties, and disobedience, etc.) out of consideration. If I included these facts, the number of crimes committed by members 'Nordwest' would be as high as all crimes of German Waffen-SS and Polizei units put together... The men of the Wachbataillon committed every single crime that is known in common criminal law: crimes like theft, looting, fraud, blackmail, illegal house search, etc.'. (Translated from Dutch)


Another element that worsened the situation was the transfer of 170 of the best men to Wasserschutzpolizeikommando IJsselmeer, 100 to the Landwacht, and 150 to 'Stützpunkt Clingendaal' where a second heavy weapons company was to be established. In September 1944 SS-Wachbataillon 'Nordwest' would pay a heavy price for this.



When Operation 'Marketgarden' was launched on September the 17th 1944, the southern part of the Netherlands had largely been liberated by the allied forces and the Companies of 'Nordwest' that used to fulfil their 'duties' in this part (companies 3, 4, 5 and 6) were pulled back to Amersfoort. On the day of the first allied paratrooper landings, Höhere SS-und Polzeiführer Rauter ordered 'Nordwest' to make itself ready for a battle against the allied paratroopers. The Wachbataillon, now counting 600 men, was incorporated with Von Tettaus 'Westgruppe' and had to stop allied attacks along the northern banks of the Rhine and together with some other units, the SS-Batallion was responsible for the defence of the eastern sector of the battleground.
In the inevitable fights with the allied elite paratroopers the limited combat value of 'Nordwest' became apparent. In the evening of September the 17th the Wachbataillon performed reconnaissance missions and the first casualties were reported the next day. At 5.00 hours on September the 15th near Ede, the 'Nordwest' met the seventh Batallion of Kings Own Scottish Borderers on the battlefield. The British had arrived a day before to defend the Ginkelse Heide (Ginkel heath) and were going to be assisted by the British fourth Parachutist Brigade on the 18th. In other words: 'Nordwest' faced a very strong opposition.

The camps in the Netherlands in which 'Nordwest' served (the placing of a company in Westerbork was cancelled).

The men had never really learned how to fight and had no knowledge of any combat tactics. With this in the back of their heads, many decided to flee and desert. Others were not prepared to fight against the western allies and also left without permission. It was therefore no surprise that the battle on the Ginkelse Heide against the British parachutists had a disastrous outcome for the SS-Wachbataillon. The close combat fights were definitely in the advantage of the British, who were trained in this specific way of warfare. Two hundred men of 'Nordwest' were killed and another two hundred ran away. The 1.Kompanie had fled, 3.,4. and 5.Kompanie pulled back to the north with heavy losses, and the men of 6.Kompanie were made prisoner of war. After all this, the Wachbatallion had lost 66 % of its original strength.

According to his superiors, Helle had failed in combat and lost command of the Wachbataillon on the spot. He would return to 'Nordwest' in October, this time for jobs he did know how to do: razzias, looting, and hunting down isolated allied paratroopers. The 'Westgruppe', in which 'Nordwest' was incorporated, managed to dislodge the British Airbornes from the Ginkelse Heide despite heavy losses and after a period of contributing to razzias in Amersfoort, 'Nordwest' was incorporated in another SS unit: 'Landstorm Nederland'. Former commander Helle had now become obsolete and left the Netherlands.
Some parts of the Wachbataillon had committed all kinds of crimes on several occasions. In the period between the 26th of June 1944 and the 6th of September 1944, men of 'Nordwest' executed (or assisted to execute) hundreds of prisoners in the camp Vught. The presence of the SS-Wachmänner meant pure hell for the prisoners, although some of the SS-men could be bribed. A former prisoner declared: (Translated from Dutch: L. de Jong, part 8, p. 609)

'We were on good terms with some of those guys. We were not allowed to smoke, but we did. We gave an SS-mann a couple of cigarettes and then he would keep watch. When a German SS-mann approached he warned: 'Guys, one of those bastards is approaching', then we were warned again. Those SS guys took advantage from everything they could.' (Translated from Dutch: L. de Jong, part 8, p. 609) The SS-men's need for cigarettes could also mean that more of the prisoners were killed or wounded. Whoever came too close to the fence risked getting shot by one of the guards outside the camp, while the responsible SS-mann could count on a reward for preventing an attempt to 'escape'. The SS-mann often received extra liquor and cigarettes and sometimes even got three days leave as a reward. However, if the officers ever found out what had really happened, the responsible SS-mann faced severe punishment. In some cases an imprisonment in Dachau was even sentenced.

Apparently the need for alcohol had not disappeared on August 11th 1944 when volunteers were needed to shoot 38 people in the camp Vught as a number of Dutch 'Nordwest' SS-men volunteered in exchange for cigarettes and a bottle of gin. Incidents like this gave 'Nordwest' a very bad name even within the SS itself, and the arrogance and incompetence of Helle and his staff strengthened this negative image even further.

In November 1944 the Batallion was used in a large-scale razzia in the Noord-Oostpolder. After this, the SS-Wachbataillon 'Nordwest' was incorporated in the 84.Regiment of SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Brigade 'Landstorm Nederland'. Unfortunately the crimes went on, as men of the 84.Regiment shot dozens of Dutch civilians who were caught in Sperrgebiet (forbidden areas) without any hesitation.


Structure:




Totale strength: atleast 1200



Kommandeur: Ostubaf. Paul Helle
Adjudant: Ustuf. Albert Naumann
IVb: Ostuf. Dr. Gerard Dijkema
Jagdkommando (also known as Spielmannszug): SS-Uscha. Sackel
1.Kompanie: Hstuf. Ludwig Henrig, Ostuf. Wilhelm Fernau, Ostuf. Johannes Bronkhorst, sestioncommander Roskam
2.Kompanie: Hstuf. Friedrich Ziegler
3.Kompanie: Ostuf. Karl Hink
4.Kompanie: Hstuf. Ernst Bartsch (also second commander)
5.Kompanie: ? Kühne
6.Kompanie: Ostuf. Wilhelm Fernau
Schwere Kompanie: Hptschf. Einenkel
unknown: Ustuf. Paul Scheers





DAVID