Volume i Namber2 (14) May 1979 Conta: Stand at Lashne—SS “Totenkopf” la Baie, September 1941 Jothen Peper, Warir of Europe Part ‘Om the Death of Jochen Peiper Uni of the Waffen SS 1: aide ta Waffen SS Books dex to STEGRUNEN Volumes {and Sirgrunen i published and distributed by Richard Landwebr ox 70, Mit Reuben Ra Glendale OR 97442 USA SA naues fr $6.00 ‘aaues for 510.98 Tat Cans Add B® per Ise THE WAFFEN-SS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ‘SS Sturmann Felts Christen Hero ofthe Lushne Fron Daring the Lash fighting Chrisen destroyed 1 Roeslan tanks Ina 2 hour period while ctl between the Hines. In additon, ‘Chisten and fone other cilsted man eliminated. 100" Soict Stalder» over # three day period. He as the Fret cnlsted man in the Wallen SS ts receive the Ritertrewt, which wax pemomally swanded te hn ow 30 September TMI hy Adal Hider.SIEGRUNEN 14" 2 SO et man nn 8 EEC IOC ICA ee SOIC ALLIED DAY OF INFAMY: 18 MAY 1945 (On this dark day of horror, Tite's People's Army, equipped, armed and advised by the U'S..' Britain and the USSR. massacred 1.600 nated young soldiers of the 7.38: Frw.Gebiegs Div. “Prinz Eugen" at Sveti Jugoslavia. On the same day another 2,000 ‘men of "Prinz Eugen” were shot and bludgeoned to death at Krusevac, As if this wasn't enough, some 1,400 soldiers of ‘the 13.Waffen-Gebirgs Div. der SS “Handschar" were beaten, tortured and shot to death at Raamanders. And this was only the tip of the iceberg. An est ‘mated 2,000,000 people of different nation. alties would die at Tito's hands. For the ‘men of Prinz Eugen", “Handschar"" and the rest, there are no memorials, no tributes; ‘no reparations to relatives, and indeed rot one word of acknowledgment of the terrible true “*holocaust'” that befell them. The sad and sickening fact is that our government knew about and tacitly con- Goned. the slaughter, while suppressing the information. In the years since, not one U.S; President has failed to lauds the ‘monster Tio and his murderous regime. What bitter irony that our government continues to expostulate totally. hypo- critical theme of “human. rights"". while remaining a st of the post-war killers. This issue of SIEGRUNEN {respectfully dedicated to the martyred members of “Prinz Eugen and "Hand: Sschar™ let not their sacrifice bein vain! EDITORIALNOTES ‘The las issue of SIEGRUNEN has generated 4 serlee thle: "Soldiers of Europe: The SS Paneer Korps (Germanische)", which wil cover Tstories of the “Nordland”, "Nederiad’ thee European volunteer units of the Korps In considerable depth, Due fo the extreme length ‘of this series, it will probably takes couple of ‘ears to complete, It wil be accompanied by many rare phot. In addition to these artes “ind the oes mentioned last month there wall he the- Personality. Profiles and. anew sees titles Units of the Waffew SS, in which cerain Clements ate examined in some detail. The Fest, issue fa this serie, on the’ Finn Volunteer Sattaton, appears inthis Ine’ largely at the request of some of our readers. Upcoming wi ‘e's feature on the Hallam Waffen SS also re- JRE UBD IUBUBIDEDUBODNUHEEEBODU EE BOEEEIEEETUOIEEB HOBO EBEEEEEEnEE oS quested by many readers and_made posible By the help of one of SIEGRUNEN's good com ‘des. What else? The fascinating sory the ES (Einsate Staffel) a miniatare imitation of the ‘Waffen-SS setup by the Croatian German com rmanity. Also che tale of how 2, Waffen Ostut from the Ostucrtacher Walfn-Verbande det $5 {an American citizen) turned the tables on the Nidal Hunters". Other items to appene. "SS Schartueheer Siegfried Kress Escapest™. "A Frenchman in the 8S Gebirgs Div. Pris Eugen more inlervieys. and far too much to ist this tine. ‘Other news: Munin-UK has sadly given up the effort to publish am English language "Det Freiwilige” (88 vets magazine). dve to politcal pressures SK has received the fine HIAG. (et rans) Kalendar for 1979 from Munip-UK with ‘uch gratitude. ‘This features 2 olor cover Painting of SS-Ogruf. Felix Steiner tm the fed Mrith-men of the" Wiking™ Div. i & available ftom pertain U.S. dealers usually at horifclly Inflated prices however "The Ast rate publishing firm of Reger Jamex Bender Is preparing, a four volume st tied Foreign Legions of ihe THird Releh™ ‘The first volume covering salunteers from Frunce Denmark, and Norway wil appear in May. These willbe very heavily illustrated in colo aad are fvallable deecy from Blames Bender Pub: lishing Co, (PO Box 23436, San Jose, CA 95123) a1 $13.95 + 75e per volume, The autor ix David Mr Bender will insure a high quality Mem at 'SR will review Volume One in the next coming out is a. paperbound, ius story of the 28S" Paver Div. “"Dss Reich from Osprey/ Vanguard te Britain with» price of either $5.98 or 38.95. More on this feat neue aswel ‘Sturmbannfuchret Walter Reder. til pri: the responsibility for the deaths of AIO cvihans {n'Northern aly during an ant partisan opera tion His real rime was that his oni the 10.55 Reece Detachment. wiped out a pro-communiat band of terrorists Rnown af the “Stella Rosa 1600 cvilans are Perhaps the real eason that Sturmbanntuchrer Red failed Yo demonstrate the proper hour! ‘remorse, was that his so-alled visti were ainy Titi as were the cvente in whic they" perished. 1 imagine K's a ithe ard 0 ict worked up over things thal meyer Yell happened unless of course you're 4 sholatnt Dutch Watfen=ss Recruiting poster. ltd, Ends and Detritus rm having trouble heeping track of everyone that Powe the soloe prints to. but i they don't each you wth this teaue they will eventually {Whey don't arm p.hy SRS, thon et me know! ‘Things are sil available: Back Ieuen #018 fall In short supply) at 31-50 each and SR Anthology Aa 327%. Two diferent W-SS cor: photos for 31.00. Wale Reder pamphlet fre fr Se Stamp or SASE (runing low). SR Anthology ions are 3 asus for $80; these somtanh «bes ofthe back sss plus new materia ‘On tap for next issue also is "Hungarian Wafen-88 Follow-up" ia which the subject is ted in some detail. The SR Directory may oF et appear inthis awe de to space liar tio, ia case dacen't here ae some ations Maitary Books Catlog—Heavy on WW2 from Soni Randi THA Greckowond Dr. wth Royalton, OF 4129 “Michael Wittmann (SS-Ostu) fll olor 27° x 3S" poster—a_‘cracherack job—avalable from Simpron’Shiverck Publications id, -PO Br 1508. eas ID ASTON for SAH 4 SOc ponte WANTED: Waffen-SS -Wemittt phn Wat meet ll reasonable fers Raber Sih or 8 27902S.U.-Forense,AZ 85232,SIBGRUNEN 14 SORE EOC I I AAI SE I a Armshield of the Finnish Volunteers. UNITS OF THE WAFFEN.SS #1 The Finnish SS Volunteer Battalion {he Finnsches-Freiwiligen-Bataillon. der Watten-S$ was a joint Einnish-German crvation-undertaken fn the Spring of 194) Tho man responsible in. lanpe par for this vas, Obergruppenfuehrer “Gotlob. Berger, invcharge of WSS recruiting. The Finnish recruits were not “mercenaries” a5" has shen. been alleged. Volunteers Were. ac ‘opted after"a rigorous seletiin” process «hich involved 3 hoard of Finnish ekamners nl Waffen: $8 Doctors, Only Finish il tats’ personnel, and preferably those with ‘onbat experince: were. picked. Had the selection satdards fot buen so high. un wibiedly” a Finnish 38. Ret. or Brigade ‘ould have been formed, Stipulation Yr ths eof the Finn solamtcers were made by the government of Finland. They were as Tellows: 1. No oath at Toyaliy 0 Adolf Hitler was 16 be swore slthough an oath binding the Finns tthe tery f "the "Supreme "Commander iii) of the’ German Armed Foees sted. 2. Finns were ta be deployed cle against Soviet troops on the Easfera Frool.d, No Plan yhunteers would be required to serve more than. 12, months at n sireich in-the WSS lre-enlistment was ict upto the indiidah. 4. Toe government of Finland reserved the right to widens the: Fiatish Volunteers from the font ae tw years of servic. Finns. who were not part of the. goverhinen program and. who Nad enlistea'on their wn were not subject tothe above requirements he frst transport of 116 Finns. reached S.88:Div. "Wiking" on 6 May 1941, They ‘wore followed bY 8 second group of 38? oa 15 'May. OF this foval, 70 were aetive and reserve officers in the, Bont Army and Dy" were. active NCOs. Fomy-cight other Finns were already on dy with the Division foe total of 421 Fanish“olamieeen wih ‘Wiking at the beginniny Of he Russian campaign. “These Finns ner saltered Uiretighout the ‘Divison fo learn Gorman Listes ad methods ‘On 23 May. 320 Finns Were Seite Ger sma But were mot put in the “Wiking SORTER CECE aE OEE IOIE OCI RIC SEE NK HOE EK MRD Division, ‘They were’ jomed by” forthcr Finnish contingents of 3 men on 2 June and 219 men on S June, On the 19h of June Idi, these $34 Finns became part of the newly established S5:Frw BU, "Nordost"= ‘Nordost™ underwent formation and train ing in Vienna and its order-of-batle was to include 3 motorized infantry companies and machine gun company. ‘The commander ‘was a former ‘Leibstandarte officer, SS- Hstuf, Hans Collani Early: misunderstand ‘ings plagued the new battalion, but these were overcome by August 1941 when the Germans commitied themselves fully 10 Program respecting the ‘customs. culture and rights of the’ different: nationalities intheir miliary service On 15 ‘October 1941, ~'Nordost™ as transformed into he Finn.Fro-Btl. dor WSS ata ceremony in. Grose: Born: The attache 10: Germany. Col inspected the troops and unit colors. Special insignia inthe form of = national erent armehield ‘vas issued to all members of the battalion. AA'sleeve ttle was manufactured but never Sette) Ti January 1942, officer, to. Hitler's ¥ Fequested 1 Wiking be brought togeher soon is. possible So later'in-the month, at the. Groxs-Born Training Camp. the Finn.Few.Bil. was orporated into the $5. Rgt. "Nordland Dut to heavy losses. “Nordland” was ab tw absorb the Finns by splitting up its old MLBdL. between I. and Tl, Bil. and te> fesignating the. Fina .Frw.Bil, as the new m.BH. n February 1942, the Finnish Volumtect Bul. servinge as. Til./"Nordland™. joined Wiking’"-om the Mius Front it Southers| Russia. Strength the Bul. was 1.000 men— with some German officers and a number of Swedes and Estonians, Twn hundred. Finns were kept as a reserve company under SS (Ostuf, Sehmeder with "Wiking’s” replace ‘battalion ‘A number of Finnish personnel left Wiking’ im. May-June 1942 when their enlistments expired. These losses, together with heavy. casualiiey inthe Caueausos Campaign. lowered "the manpower. in ML*Nordiand™ (9 10. 11. 12. Com: panies) 10 less that 300" effectives’ in the Fall,of, 1942. In. early 1943, the. Finnish German cornmission restored the "BU."s sirength 10, 900 men with 200 in reserve and 80 Finns with ether Divisional elements May’ 1943. the Finnish. government requested withdrawal of the Bil, from the Wallen-SS "insisting that.” its. 24" month ‘contractual biligations. were fulfilled and ha the troops were needed! in the regular Finnigh Armg. A German request Ws extend its time of duty’ as turned. dome, largely ‘political grounds, On 28° May” 1943, ‘he. Finnish Bil, was withdrawn. ftom the Front and sent home via Eston, A final ispection jparadk the Bt was held 1 Hanko, Finland. where the inapresiewed by Graf. Felix Steiner—form Wiking” CO and “row. commander of UL SSP. Korps (germ). 3 On Lt aaly 1941. after negations te Wits service Tailed. the Finnish Vol tunicer BU. Was dishiinded with the reading ‘4 proclamation of appreciation from the ‘Gorman High Command. ‘Two. hundred fifty ive Finns had been Kilied while serving ssith the unit and almost 600 were wounded ‘The survivors were semt to regular Finnish Army units. Obersturmbanatuehrer Colla the 49-S8-Frw: Ret volumteery) —and {Dutch “dm action first Finnish Waffen-SS ‘olficer (responsible for. but not command! 1 the Finnish volumicers) was $8-Ustul kala. AMicr Ini death in bate SSH Eni P he wis replied Kirkata “WhO later bee ng Finn inthe Walen-SS. with. the Fank- of Obersturmbanntuchrer. (Lt. Finnish volunteers. tobe. awanded te ferman clasp of hone and whose deeds were listed on the hone toll ofthe Germ: AAtmy: were: SS-Schut Yea Pyshtis dnd Ss-Roatentuchrer Kalleve for disnigaisne son? Degetiber BauleRag acee Cal Horn, ts Finnish $5