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Hi I do not have much information on Wilhelm Theodorus Zwagers. Would Amsterdam be correct for his place of birth?? Other than that he was as you say he was a artist or Zeichner. And was a member of the Waffen SS Kriegsberichter unit SS Standarte Kurt Eggers. He was with the Stab of the unit in earl...

Hi alan A little bit more information to go with what john and marc have posted. The king tigers are indeed sPzAbt 503 but the footage is from 1944 when the unit was re-building and training in Late august-early september 1944 prior to being sent to Hungary. There are numerous still photos taken aro...

Hi fridgeman Thanks for the reply. It does sound more likely as you say that it was more puishment for missing the start of the course,i wonder how frequently this did happen. I found this information in another thread by mark rikmenspoel with information on The ss school Prosetzchnitz. "the SS...

Hi fridgeman Thanks for the translation. So looks like he did not become an officer because he missed the start of the course , and was not allowed to complete the course? And was then transferred to the , 11. Kriegs-Reserveführungsanwärter-Lehrgang (Wartime Reserve Command trainee) what exactly is ...

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A little more information concerning SS KB Eugen Nonnenmacher and the 3rd Germanic Lehrgang at Bad Tolz.
My german is not the best can anyone please give a translation.
Thanks

Andy Found

Hi Michael Second time lucky !!, i typed this up the other day but when i came to preview it, i was logged out and it disapeared. The confusion with the SS KB Zuges and the SS Kriegsberichter Kompanies stems from, what was actually planned, what was actually available to form the various units, and...

Hi Michael Second time lucky !!, i typed this up the other day but when i came to preview it, i was logged out and it disapeared. The confusion with the SS KB Zuges and the SS Kriegsberichter Kompanies stems from, what was actually planned, what was actually available to form the various units, and ...

Hi All You must mean the Dutch SS Kriegsberichter Gerrit Christian van Rietschote who was born in Amsterdam in 26.11.1913. He was a wortberichter with SS KB Zug/Trupp Freiwillige Legion Nederland . Not sure exactly when he died but it was around the second half of 1943. If you have any other informa...

Hi Jamie

Thanks for the quick response,i did suspect 18th SS but nice to be sure.

thanks

Andy

Hi Guys

Does anybody know to which unit this SS Feldpost number 16 441 belongs??
It is an SS-KB Zug but i am not sure as to which unit it belongs.
The date is 1944 ,i cannot be any more exact than that.

thanks

Andy Found