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My uncle's ID Tag shows him as a member of 4. Ersatz-Kompanie SS-Standarte "Deutschland" SS-Verfuegungstruppe. His eventual assignment was with 6. Kompanie "Der Fuehrer". I'm thinking the Ersatz Units were like the Replacement Training Units in the US Military. Can anyone provide...

My uncle is buried in the large German military cemetery just outside of Kharkov. My wife and I went there to visit four or five years ago. The Volksbund provided us with the burial information. The cemetery was still relatively new when we visited. My understanding is that approximately 30,000 Germ...

Hello John, I just wanted to let you know the mystery has been solved. My uncle entered service as a member of SS-Standarte "Deutschland", of the Verfuegungstruppe, which soon became "Das Reich". He served as a member of the 4. SS-Panzergrenadierregiment, "Der Fuehrer. A fol...

Hello, My uncle was a member of SS-Panzergrenadierregiment 4, "Der Fuehrer". I'm trying to get a sense of his military timeline. He turned 18 in March 1941. He was in the NSDAP Arbeitsdienst at that time. Would he have been called up upon reaching his eighteenth birthday? What type of trai...

Thank you for your response, John. I'm in complete agreement with your take on the matter. When I received the initial response from the Dienststelle back in 2006, I blew it off as not being credible. Reading I have done since that time has caused me to reassess, particularly as I've become a little...

Several years ago I came upon the Volksbund website, and inquired about the burial place of my uncle, who had been killed in Russia while serving with the Waffen-SS. They provided me with information provided to them by the Deutsche Dienststelle. They said he had been killed in Zolochev in June of 1...