Does anyone happen to have any specific knowledge of what SS-Totenkopfstandarte 6 would have actually been doing while they were garrisoned in Prague? I'm sure they had some standard guard duties, and I understand normal barracks duties, but what were they guarding? Were there other SS facilities in Prague at the time I don't know about? Were they simply a 'presence?'
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6.SS-TK, Prague
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I think there was a Waffen-SS field hospital ("Lazarett') in Prague and also in the Czech city of Olmutz. My Dad (2 Coy, I Btn, SS-Panzergrenadier Rgt 1, "LAH") was sent there after being wounded in Greece, 1941. He is second from the right.Tom Houlihan wrote:Were there other SS facilities in Prague at the time I don't know about?
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Danke! That is good to know about the Lazarett, but you made me realize I wasn't specific enough.
I'm researching 6.SS-TK prior to 1940. They were stationed in Prague, but I haven't been able to figure out what they were guarding!
Good information, though!
I'm researching 6.SS-TK prior to 1940. They were stationed in Prague, but I haven't been able to figure out what they were guarding!
Good information, though!
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Hello,
TK Standarte was used to guard official non military buildings, also for security matters alongside orpo battalions.
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TK Standarte was used to guard official non military buildings, also for security matters alongside orpo battalions.
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Bernhard voss former c.o. of TK Standarte 6 was sentenced to death and hanged for the shooting of czech studients at ruzin near prag on16 november 39
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