Foreign Waffen-SS members status

[Georges JEROME]

I would like to know :

- when the ranks of Waffen Führer der SS was created for the foreign Waffen-SS members. (Erlass ?)

- They sword to Hitler as Führer not as Reichskanzlei ?

- They don't have SS number ?

- Are they tattooed with blood group

thanks


Georges

[VJK]

Hi Georges,

I can only reply regarding the Latvian Legion, but in answer to 3 of your 4 questions:

The oath sworn was:
"Ich schwöre bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid, dass och im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus dem Obersten Befehlshaber der deutschen Wehrmacht, Adolf Hitler, unbedingten Gehorsam leisten und als tapferer Soldat bereit sein will, jederzeit für diesen Eid mein Leben einzusetzen."

They had neither an SS number, nor the blood group tattoo.

Kind regards,

VJK

[Marcus]

Oaths of the foreign volunteers: http://www.axishistory.com/other-aspect ... volunteers

/Marcus

[Georges JEROME]

thank you all much appreciate.

[VJK]

Hi,

According to Silgailis, the designation from Leg. Führer was changed to Waffen Führer der SS in March 1944.

KR,

VJK

[Georges JEROME]

thank you VJK.

When Philmil lived in Toronto he was in connexion with Silgailis. I found letters in files.

[Halfdan S.]

I have recently several times found so far unknown (at least to me) ss-numbers on this page: http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/n ... umerA.html

Best
Halfdan S.