Europäische Freiwillige
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Europäische Freiwillige is a German term meaning 'European Volunteers'. It was used to describe non-German Europeans (neither Reichsdeutsche or Volksdeutsche) who volunteered to fight for the Third Reich during World War Two. Largely from occupied countries but also from co-belligerent and neutral nations, they fought in the Waffen-SS as well as in the Wehrmacht.
Non-German volunteers also participated in the Holocaust, the slaughter of around 6 million Jews of Europe, such as the Arajs Commando.
[edit] Books
- Hilberg, Raul. Perpetrators Victims Bystanders, Harper Collins, New York, 1993
- Porat, Dina. "The Holocaust in Lithuania – Some Unique Aspects". In The Final Solution – Origins and Implementation, David Cesarani (ed.), Routledge, London 1996
- Browning, Christopher R. Ordinary Men, HarperCollins, New York, 1993
- Peter Strassner, Europäische Freiwillige - Die Gesichte der 5. SS-Panzerdivision Wiking ("European Volunteers: The Faces of the 5th SS-Panzer Division Wiking") (Osnabrück, 1986)
- W. Tieke, Einsatz für Europa: Europäische Freiwillige im Zweiten Weltkrieg auf Deutscher Seite ("Employment for Europe: European Volunteers in the Second World War on the German Side").
- Heinz Ertel, Europäische Freiwillige im Bild ("European Volunteers in Pictures") re-released as Europäische Freiwillige der Waffen-SS im Bild (by Nation Europa).
- Europas Freiwillige der Waffen-SS ("Europe's Volunteers of the Waffen-SS") by Patrick Agte (Munin Verlag, Osnabrück, 2000, ISBN 3980721507) contains biographies of Europäische Freiwillige of the Waffen-SS who were awarded the Knight's Cross, the German Cross in Gold, the Honor Roll Clasp & the Close Combat Clasp in Gold. Includes Sections on Waffen-SS volunteers from Belgium (Flanders), Belgium (Wallonia), Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Hungary, Estonia, and Latvia.
[edit] External links
- Volunteer auxiliaries in Nazi Germany from Deathcamps.org
- Danish volunteers in the Waffen SS (PDF)
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