As this year is almost finished it is time to show your best Soldbuch or Wehrpass addition of 2016!
For me it was a very quiet year with regard to Soldbücher / Wehrpässer, though I did acquire one very nice Soldbuch which I'd like to show here.
It's a Soldbuch to a Dutchman from my hometown Groningen who joined the NSKK - WBN (NSKK Staffel des Wehrmachtsbefehlshabers in den Niederlanden) in April 1944.
The person, Frederik (Frits) van E. was born in 1922 and probably came from a national-socialist orientated family, while his girlfriend (later wife) worked as a DRK-Schwester in Austria and his father died on April 13, 1945 in Groningen while fighting for the Germans (he is even buried on the German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn).
So in April 1944 Van E. joined the NSKK and problaby got his training in Almelo or was stationed there.
The NSKK-WBN was a relatively safe organization, as the men where stationed in their own country and behind the front. They were primarily tasked with supply duties for Wehrmacht units. During the war, approx. 10.000 Dutch joined the NSKK.
However, as the front came closer, they also were endangered by allied air attacks, actions from the resistance and the allied advance, so some NSKK men received weapons.
Van E. received a rifle with 6,5 mm ammunition (probably an old Mannlicher M95 from Dutch army stocks) on 14-7-1944 and was also equipped with a complete uniform, including steel helmet, bayonet and belt with pouches.
There are reports that some NSKK units fought in the Netherlands against the allies, for example during Operation Market Garden, but very little is known about this.
It is also unknown where Van E. was during this chaotic last months of the war, but between April 14 - 19, 1945 he was in the Luftwaffen Lazarett in Amsterdam. He probably pulled back deeper in the Festung Holland because on May 20, 1945 he was in the Lager Ijmuiden, an Allied POW camp in the dunes.
After the war, many former NSKK men were convicted by Dutch courts and imprisoned. An important element for the length of the imprisonment was the fact if one did or did not carry weapons during his service.
On December 31, 1945 van E. was still in custody. It is unknown what kind of punishment he received (I still need to research this).
He died in 1988.
For me it was a very quiet year with regard to Soldbücher / Wehrpässer, though I did acquire one very nice Soldbuch which I'd like to show here.
It's a Soldbuch to a Dutchman from my hometown Groningen who joined the NSKK - WBN (NSKK Staffel des Wehrmachtsbefehlshabers in den Niederlanden) in April 1944.
The person, Frederik (Frits) van E. was born in 1922 and probably came from a national-socialist orientated family, while his girlfriend (later wife) worked as a DRK-Schwester in Austria and his father died on April 13, 1945 in Groningen while fighting for the Germans (he is even buried on the German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn).
So in April 1944 Van E. joined the NSKK and problaby got his training in Almelo or was stationed there.
The NSKK-WBN was a relatively safe organization, as the men where stationed in their own country and behind the front. They were primarily tasked with supply duties for Wehrmacht units. During the war, approx. 10.000 Dutch joined the NSKK.
However, as the front came closer, they also were endangered by allied air attacks, actions from the resistance and the allied advance, so some NSKK men received weapons.
Van E. received a rifle with 6,5 mm ammunition (probably an old Mannlicher M95 from Dutch army stocks) on 14-7-1944 and was also equipped with a complete uniform, including steel helmet, bayonet and belt with pouches.
There are reports that some NSKK units fought in the Netherlands against the allies, for example during Operation Market Garden, but very little is known about this.
It is also unknown where Van E. was during this chaotic last months of the war, but between April 14 - 19, 1945 he was in the Luftwaffen Lazarett in Amsterdam. He probably pulled back deeper in the Festung Holland because on May 20, 1945 he was in the Lager Ijmuiden, an Allied POW camp in the dunes.
After the war, many former NSKK men were convicted by Dutch courts and imprisoned. An important element for the length of the imprisonment was the fact if one did or did not carry weapons during his service.
On December 31, 1945 van E. was still in custody. It is unknown what kind of punishment he received (I still need to research this).
He died in 1988.
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