"Papa" [Eicke & Hausser]

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"Papa" [Eicke & Hausser]

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Post by Emerson Begolly » 19 Feb 2003, 01:08

Where did the "Papa" in Theodor 'Papa' Eicke and Paul 'Papa' Hausser come from? Was that a nick-name?


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Nickname.

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Post by CHRISCHA » 19 Feb 2003, 01:18

Yep, it was because of their age, (compared to SS recruits of a much younger age), and also as a mark of respect as they were looked up to fondly, although in the case of Eicke there was a very dark side.
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Post by Reader3000 » 19 Feb 2003, 14:53

Yes, I agree with CHRISCHA but it was also the fact that they cared about their men as a kind of father like figure. As the nickname means "Daddy" in English.
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Post by Emerson Begolly » 19 Feb 2003, 17:07

How old were Eicke & Hausser?

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Post by Kurt Steiner » 19 Feb 2003, 17:37

Hausser had already retired from the Reichswehr in 1932 at the age of 52!!! when at Himmler's request he was asked to set up an SS military academy. By the end of the war he held commands with Army Group C in Southern Germany & Seventh Army in Normandy.
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Post by David Thompson » 19 Feb 2003, 19:58

Eicke was born in 1892; Hausser in 1880.
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