Nationality question SS-officers

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Mikedc
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Nationality question SS-officers

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Post by Mikedc » 22 Sep 2012, 21:53

Josef Bongen
Born 08-05-1920.
Followed from 01-04-1944 till 31-07(or 08)1944 a shortened officerscourse through the 4. Lehrgang für Germanische Offiziere at the SS-Junkerschule te Bad Tölz
Got promoted to SS-Standartenoberjunker on 30-08-1944(??)
Got promoted to SS-Untersturmführer on 09-11-1944
Source: SS-Personalveränderungsblatt 09.11.1944/page 36

Huitfield.
SS-Untersturmführer
Was in 1943 economy group's leader with Estnische SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Bataillon ‘Narwa’
Source: http://www.eestileegion.com/?home/eston ... front.html

Waffen-Hauptsturmführer(??)Gothards Kaulins
In 02-45 with a Reit- und Fahr-Lehrgang at the SS-Kavallerie-Schule in Göttingen-Weende.
Source: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/wbb ... stid=87312

Waffen-Obersturmführer(??)Friedrichs Lucis
In 02-45 with a Reit- und Fahr-Lehrgang at the SS-Kavallerie-Schule in Göttingen-Weende.
Source: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/wbb ... stid=87312
Maybe identical to Friedrichs Lucis who was born on 27-08-1911 and who died on 01-05-2003 at Roselle Park/New Jersey(USA)
Source: http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/pe ... -genealogy

Waffen-Untersturmführer(??)Artur Hugo Klaar
In 02-45 with a Reit- und Fahr-Lehrgang at the SS-Kavallerie-Schule in Göttingen-Weende.
Source: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/wbb ... stid=87312
Maybe identical to Artur Hugo Klaar who was born on 01-06-1919 in Narwa and who died on 06-11-1970 in Adelaide(Australia)
Source: Google-search

Waffen-Untersturmführer(??)Nikolaus Omelianowitsch
In 02-45 with a Reit- und Fahr-Lehrgang at the SS-Kavallerie-Schule in Göttingen-Weende.
Source: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/wbb ... stid=87312

Ove Thornberg
Born on 23-12-1921.
From 01-04-1944 till 31-07(or 08)1944 he followed a shortened officerscourse through the 4. Lehrgang für Germanische Offiziere at the SS-Junkerschule in Bad Tölz.
On 30-08-1944 he got promoted to SS-Standartenoberjunker(??)
On 09-11-1944 he got promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
Source: SS-Personalveränderungsblatt 09.11.1944/page 36


Does anyone has a clue what the nationality from these men was??
Greetings, Mike

Peeter
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Re: Nationality question SS-officers

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Post by Peeter » 25 Sep 2012, 16:03

Kaulins- latvian
Lucis- latvian
Klaar- estonian


PLom
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Re: Nationality question SS-officers

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Post by PLom » 09 Mar 2019, 04:52

Ove Thornberg was Danish

Cheers, -Peter

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