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Art is a very subjective thing. On one hand, I think it depends on the artist's intention he or she had for the piece - what's it supposed to convey? Does it have a message? Of course, if this were a painting rather than a diorama, would it be along the lines of Picasso's Guernica? Would it be bette...

most great American foods were originally imported, primarily from Germany. Hot dog sausages and hamburgers spring to mind. Actually, the American Hamburger doesn't have that much to do with Hamburg or Germans. German immigrants brought with them the ever so lovely Frikadelle, which is a large meat...

Unconventional warfare, like partisan and guerilla activity, is generally a pretty nasty affair, both in their missions and methods as well as in the psychological affects these have on the enemy they are fighting. Which is kind of the point of unconventional warfare. Of course there are different &...

I have a distant relative who supposedly served in the SS in World War II. His name is Heinrich Egner. Is there any way to find out whether he did serve in the SS, and if so, what unit he served in?

Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, I did try the Volksbund website (that was my first stop) and was unable to find any information there. I will definitely try the other link you gave me! Thanks for the help.

Thanks so much for your reply. This is very helpful to know. Do you know exactly which camps were located in that area by any chance?

This link might prove helpful when it comes to Warrant Officers in the US Army. Seems to be very informative and written much better than I could.

http://usmilitary.about.com/library/mil ... tory-2.htm

I have seen those as well and they are generally advertised as "marine HJ" pins. I am not certain what they are but I am QUITE certain they are NOT BDM.

Looking for anything to do with the BDM, both for sale and for "research" (such as scanned photos, documents, and information). The research bit is for my website at http://bdm.msshost.com and if you "donate" (ie, email me scans) I will give credit and also link you if you have a...

Thought this might be of interest to some -

http://bdm.msshost.com

I hate to be Johnny Come Lately but I figured I might as well put my two cents in on the Allied side. The Allies had several elite forces, such as the Rangers, the Canadian-American 1st Special Service Force and the OSS. "OSS" as a whole is kind of an over generalization, but rather the OS...

Freiritter, While the male HJ isn't my field of study, I can still help you a little bit. You are correct that the HJ prepared the boys for their military service. I have a chart that shows the "progress" of the German male - age 10 - entry into the Jungvolk age 14 - entry into the Hitler ...

I would translate it as follows -

"Awarded to driver Rapmund for good shooting skills by" (insert signature here)

If I'm not mistaken, in English the term is "the Romantic languages".

Hi Shadow. Maybe I can be of a little bit of help. According to http://balsi.de/Uniformen/Heer/uniformenheer.htm , officer candidates before 1934 and at the beginning of the war were Fahnenjunkers. After the beginning of the war, the Wehrmacht made some changes to its officer candidate system, and I...