Bataillon der Waffen-SS z.b.V.

[C.G.]

Can someone shed some light on this unit?
I have different information:
1) It worked alongside with Sonderkommando Künsberg of German Foreign Office in confiscating libraries and archives.
2) It was responsible for murdering jews in the Minsk area in 1942-1943.
Were they the same unit?
Were there connections with Kommandostab RFSS in the summer of 1941?
Thank you for your help,
Best regards
C.G.

[Rob - WSSOB]

There is a little information at http://www.wssob.com/000sdkzbv.html based on the following sources:

The Rape of Europa - Lynn Nicholas - Vintage Books - 1995
Himmler's Calvary: The Equestrian SS 1930-45 - Paul J. Wilson - Schiffer - 2000
Die Waffen-SS und Polizei 1939-45 - Kurt Mehner - Militar Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall - 1995

[C.G.]

Thank you for your answer. Still I don't know if the battallion zbV which worked with Künsberg was the same tha in 1942 was involved in mass executions in Heeresgruppe Nord area around Minsk. The source I have is "Meine Ehre heisst treue. Kriegstagebuch des Kommandostabes RFSS ..., 1965 (it contains facsimile repros of originaldocuments, some of which are the sources I mean).
The unit indicated is:
1. Komp./Batl. d.Waffen-SS zbV
CO SS-Ostf. Rosenow
SS-Ustf. Störtz
Thanks again.
C.G.

[lennardg]

z.b.V could mean "Zur Besonderes Verfügung", meaning something like : "for special purposes" or "for special deployment" not much, but maybe it helps.