This is a phrase from a wartime propaganda poster from the Netherlands, all the online translators don't return a very sensical (if thats a word!) answer. Any help?
"voor uw eer en geweten op! tegen het bolsjewisme"
Were all those the German's considered 'Volksdeutsch' conscripted into service? Are there any examples of them volunteering? Or, even, any people who considered themselves nominally German but who weren't considered so by Nazi authorities, and who enlisted?
Can anyone who has read these books tell me if they would be good for a research piece on volunteer motivations? I've read many books which go into detail about combat performance, post-war treatment etc. but i'm more interested in investigating the variations in reasons why people chose to don Germ...
(I'm afriad I haven't read each and every post which precedes this, so just tell me if im repeating anything and I'll go back and find the relevant parts) How far do you think economic concerns influenced peoples decisions to volunteer for military service with the Germans? Even before the war unemp...
Hi Jon, I've read both of your books and found them extremely lucid and readable accounts of each formation history - with useful provision of a contemporary context (which many books lack). Is it possible that you remember where you found your accounts of Berlin youngsters fighting during the last ...
I read recently that there were some elements of the European Catholic church (the account I read was about France) which actively condoned military collaboration with Germany. I believe it was basically along the lines of "go and fight for Germany against Russia, because if Russia wins then communi...