Just picked this SB up to a medic revieroberwachtmeister.
The interesting part is that on the 13 March '45 he joined the 5. SS und Polizei Schijäger kompanie in Norway.
This unit is in general sources referred to a SS und Polizei Schijäger bataillon 506 (mot), it consisted of 6 companies, formed in early 1945 from 3 companies of the old Norwegian SS Skijäger Btl. from the Nord division, which stayed behind in Norway when the division was transferred to the continent, as well as the 3 German polizei kradschützen companies in Southern Norway, to form a mobile unit under the Norwegian command of SS-Obersturmbannführer Egil Hoel. The 6 companies operated independently, spread around the south east of Norway to fight the ever increasing activity of the resistance. The 5 Kp. was placed at Holmestrand, to the south of Oslo and Drammen under the command of the Norwegian Obersturmführer Arnnfin Vik.
As soon as the war ended, Norwegian members of the SS were arrested immediately, so the unit itself ceased to exist. German personnel reverting to their former units, which is why we see the unit change dated 8th May 45
The interesting part is that on the 13 March '45 he joined the 5. SS und Polizei Schijäger kompanie in Norway.
This unit is in general sources referred to a SS und Polizei Schijäger bataillon 506 (mot), it consisted of 6 companies, formed in early 1945 from 3 companies of the old Norwegian SS Skijäger Btl. from the Nord division, which stayed behind in Norway when the division was transferred to the continent, as well as the 3 German polizei kradschützen companies in Southern Norway, to form a mobile unit under the Norwegian command of SS-Obersturmbannführer Egil Hoel. The 6 companies operated independently, spread around the south east of Norway to fight the ever increasing activity of the resistance. The 5 Kp. was placed at Holmestrand, to the south of Oslo and Drammen under the command of the Norwegian Obersturmführer Arnnfin Vik.
As soon as the war ended, Norwegian members of the SS were arrested immediately, so the unit itself ceased to exist. German personnel reverting to their former units, which is why we see the unit change dated 8th May 45
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