Need help wit photo Wimmen in Uniforms with Helmets

[CVRC]

Hello

Can anyone help with this photo.What kind of organization or unit is this.All wimmen in some kind of overalls and few with helmets.Any clue what this could be.

Regards
Dejan

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[Larry deZeng]

Course of Instruction 28
Infirmary XIV

So these are probably reservists or volunteers being trained to work as medical aides, ambulance attendants, etc. That's about all I can mine out of it without more information.

--Larry

[CVRC]

Hello

Thanks for ifo.If you look at helmets they have some kind of badge or decal at the front.Maybe is that the clue to what unit or organization they belong.Who knows.

Regards
Dejan

[Anthony T]

Looks to be early RLB decals?....Just a guess.

[Gerdan]

I agree with Anthony. It seems to be the early RLB - Reichs Luftschutz Bund

emblem on the helmet, also the dark overalls could be RLB.

In the beginning (RLB stated in 1933) they trained girls and women.



Gerdan

[Larry deZeng]

Then where does the term Revier come from? That was not an RLB term, I don't believe. Although during the DR period it could also mean precinct or district, that was always (to the best of my knowledge) in conjunction with the Polizei; e.g., Polizei-Revier Dortmund-Süd, Polizei-Revier Stuttgart-West, etc. So perhaps the RLB used it, too? On the other hand, its use in the Wehrmacht was as a medical infirmary; e.g., Fliegerhorst-Revier, Standort-Revier, Ortskommandantur-Revier, etc.

So does someone have an organizational breakdown for the RLB to confirm its use of the word Revier for precinct or district? Was it used by other NSDAP-related para-military organizations in the context of precinct or district?

--Larry

[Gerdan]

They had also Luftschutz - Reviere and Reviere for the fire brigades in the cities.

If you google "Luftschutz Revier" you will find a lot of clues.

Gerdan

[CVRC]

Thanks guys for all interesting infos.

This could be distric in todays Austria or at the time of third reich Steiermark,Unter Steirmark or Karenten.

Regards
Dejan

[Larry deZeng]

They had also Luftschutz - Reviere and Reviere for the fire brigades in the cities.
If you google "Luftschutz Revier" you will find a lot of clues.
Gerdan

Yes, Gerdan, I see now. This appears to be an old discussion. I am not the only one who has been a bit confused by the use of "Revier" in the context of the Luftschutz organization. For me, it was a matter of never having seen it used by or in connection with the RLB, about which I know very little. So, this morning I check my references, mainly Brian L. Davis - Uniforms and Insignia of the Luftwaffe, vol. 2, pp.18-33, and Roger James Bender - Air Organizations of the Third Reich, pp.169-81, and found a lot of good material. Of particular interest is a two-page spread in Bender of the various helmets worn by the RLB: a special transition helmet for trainees, plus Russian, French, Dutch, Czech, regular Wehrmacht, and the special and unique Luftschutz helmut. This is why the girls in the photo appear to have different helmets on.

--Larry

[Gerdan]

Hi Larry,
based on your immense private library you have the chance to proove all these

questions and answers of us dealing with "Revier".

So the result is, that theses women to be seen on the picture are in a training

camp/school of the Reichs Luftschutz Bund in the early time of it's beginning.

Gerdan

[Larry deZeng]

Hi Larry,
based on your immense private library you have the chance to proove all these
questions and answers of us dealing with "Revier".
So the result is, that theses women to be seen on the picture are in a training
camp/school of the Reichs Luftschutz Bund in the early time of it's beginning.
Gerdan

Yes, that seems to be the answer, except that the sign says 1939. The RLB was first set up in 1933.

--Larry

[Gerdan]

When these women started their training in 1939 they all did not

know how to act in case of real emergency. It was only a "dry run" they practised.

The reality during the later bomb nights in 1944/45 was very far away from all

their imaginations.

Gerdan

[Larry deZeng]

When these women started their training in 1939 they all did not know how to act in case of real emergency. It was only a "dry run" they practised. The reality during the later bomb nights in 1944/45 was very far away from all their imaginations.
Gerdan

Yes, that's true, Gerdan. And let's hope when the real test of their training and devotion began, they did their jobs well and saved many lives. And let's hope that none of them had to face the hell of Hamburg, Köln, Pforzheim or Dresden.

--Larry