Female Auxiliary Photographs

[Geoff Walden]

SS Fernschreiberin in FHA Berlin

("Der Freiwillige," January 1975)

[Heimatschuss]

Very nice Geoff,

here are some pictures of something not so nice: Captivity!

All from http://www.corbis.com

Best regards
Torsten

[Heimatschuss]

Some fine portraits.

Can't say much about the first one, the second one is presumably a Flakwaffenhelferin because of the uniform.

Sources:
Upper pic: http://www.ebay.de auction 230040238925
Lower pic: http://www.ebay.de auction 170038547956

[Heimatschuss]

Two samples of the grey work dress that was introduced during the war.

Sources:
Upper pic: http://www.ebay.de (old auction)
Lower pic: http://www.ebay.de auction 230039539671

[Heimatschuss]

AAARRGGHH!!!!

Look at this!!! What a security nightmare!!!

Helferinnen playing around on the rifle range and an extra cool guy (notice sunglasses) 'supervising' the whole thing.
I bet he's a lieutenant! That geek is aparently suffering from a severe case of pheromone poisoning.

[Heimatschuss]

Well, so much for security drill for today.

Of course I noticed that the Helferinnen are using a pneumatic rifle (at least I pray they do) but even that's sufficient to ruin your target's eye.
The photos are not connected. The upper one is from Winniza (Ukraine) where the Führerhauptquartier (plus lots of other offices) was situated in summer 1942. The lower one it from Belgium.

Sources:
Upper pic: http://www.ebay.de (auction 230039541471)
Lower pic: http://www.ebay.de (old auction)

Best regards
Torsten

[Vikki]

Some fine portraits.

Can't say much about the first one ....

She's Luftwaffe---No wreath around the Swastika on the cap eagle. And the eagle is on the cap rather than on the turnback.

The second photo is notable too in that the cockade is on the woman's cap.

Great photos, Torsten!

~Vikki

[Vikki]

But this one.....

[Grave of Elfriede Pohl.jpg]

.....is fantastic!!!


~Vikki

[Vesper]

SS Fernschreiberin in FHA Berlin

("Der Freiwillige," January 1975)

Aaah she is quite beautiful!

Such is the strange & sad romance of history.


~Vesper

[sylvieK4]

Here are two from ebay...1. Luftschutz, 2. Luftwaffe

1.


2.

[Vesper]

SS Fernschreiberin in FHA Berlin

("Der Freiwillige," January 1975)

Is there any more information about this girl? I'm very curious as to what became of her, I wonder if she made it out of Berlin before the end?

BTW, all the other photos are great too!

Regards,

~Vesper

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

recently I found this nice group of auxiliaries.

The lady on the left is a Führerin rank (leader, roughly equivalent to NCOs and officers). Note the collar piping and the aluminium pip on the collar. But she's missing any insignia on the lower sleeves. According to Davis' book on Luftwaffe uniforms any female holder of a service command position was entitled to one or two strips of aluminium cloth there. Am I correct to infer from this that she is a Heimleiterin (head of a Helferinnen home)?
She also seems to sport a small decoration on the left breast. Perhaps a Kriegsverdienstkreuz (KVK, war merit cross)?

The girl on the right with the two chevrons is an Oberhelferin (senior auxiliary) from the Flugmeldedienst (plane spotter service).
This branch also comprised the whole intruder tracking organization.

The picture must be from 1944 (or later) because of the jackets the girls (except the Führerin) are wearing.

The Luftwaffe guy on the right is a Oberfeldwebel (staff sergeant). Don't mess with him (or his girls).

Source:
http://www.ebay.com Item number: 300042638952

Best regards
Torsten

[ancasta]

Actually the above photo was taken before 1944, as the new-style M44 was issued to the ladies after February 1944. Love to know what the woman on the right is thinking though in the above photo

[ancasta]

Got some more pics though:

[ancasta]

You may also like to look at this article about a female nachtrichten prisoner at Arnhem. Love to find out what happened to her in the end:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~witie/Female%20POW.htm