Who is this ss guy

[chris clark]

Ok the direct family here wish any information on

Johannes hinrich hermann Gehlken born kohleim 21.06.1925 joined age 17 1942

His wife still alive

What other information can I ask for? No service book survives

[chris clark]

He passed away November 1997

[chris clark]

Some more pictures if of interest. Was in Greece 1944 by the looks

[whatthecrunchyo]

Wow, strange. I used to own an almost exactly identical picture. It is at the exact same location but clearly different men (see how the hat is cocked and the gloves). What a crazy coincidence!! I bet these guys were buddies who took pics of each other!!

Jordan

[chris clark]

My god

[Simon H]

Ok the direct family here wish any information on

Johannes hinrich hermann Gehlken born kohleim 21.06.1925 joined age 17 1942

His wife still alive

What other information can I ask for? No service book survives

What is striking is that Vidus prospekt in Riga looks almost unchanged from the photo taken in 1943. In places the fence posts are the same!

[whatthecrunchyo]

I looked everywhere for a better pic of the picture, but no luck.

Jordan

[wehl]

tropical uniforms with cuff titles taken in Greece 1944 are from 4 ss polizei grenadier division

[chris clark]

So was it possible this guy involved in the Greece massacre? The family state when asked about Greece his answer was “we don’t talk about Greece “
More pictures soon I hope to post

[Yubari]

wow what a luck with the second soldier!

btw if that family does not want to speak about it, it does not necessary mean he must have been involved in anything bad.

However, as a SS member in late Greece it is more than possible