Tartar self defence companies in the Crimea ?

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Re: Tartar self defence companies in the Crimea ?

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Post by clement » 23 Jul 2015, 13:35

Semenov ,you mean ärmelabzeichen,Ok one version of the Idel Ural armpatch was oval too.
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Re: Tartar self defence companies in the Crimea ?

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Post by Semenov » 23 Jul 2015, 21:21

Krim tatarians didn't wears Idel-Ural badge. Also this badge was worn in Wehrmacht, not indigenous police unit


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Re: Tartar self defence companies in the Crimea ?

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Post by dont tell them pike » 25 Jul 2015, 10:56

The only bit of info I have seen is from "Partisan warfare 1941-45" , Nigel Thomas , that mentions - in 1942 the SD organised Crimean Tartars into
8 highly effective "Tartar self defence companies" for anti partisan operations in the Crimea. Nothing about uniforms or insignia.

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Re: Tartar self defence companies in the Crimea ?

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Post by GregSingh » 01 Mar 2016, 02:57

According to the newspaper Idel-Ural, 21 Jul 2015 Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1981-059-12 photo shows parade of Tatar Legion in front of Gen. von Heigendorf. Newspaper is in Tatar language, but not in Crimean Tatar, which apparently is quite different. Anyway Idel-Ural seemed to use only Tatar Legion or Terek-tatar Legion name, never Crimean one.

In 1943 commander of Tatar Legion was Major von Seckendorf.

Lot's of photos (low quality) by Uffz. Philipps; and tons of info like names of companies commanders, speeches, etc.
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Idel-Ural, 5-Sep-43 issue
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5-Sep-43 issue, first page article

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