Dutch and Danish SS

German SS and Waffen-SS 1923-1945.
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I'm curious about the history of Dutch and Danish SS men. Were there many of them in service and were they good quality troops?
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Thanks, quite informative.
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Hmm, if former commanders like Felix Steiner who worked with those volunteers since 1941 were content with them I guess they were good enough.

Being a little nationalistic, Gerardus Mooyman was the first foreigner who recieved the KC :wink: , but a lot of others follow. Men like Dirk-Elsko Bruins (Dutch), Remy Schrijnen (Belgian) or Degrelle (Belgian). Showing good military skills, courage and determination for believing in their cause.
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Well, I did read some history on the Dutch SS and was impressed with what I found. Though, I find myself confused as to what nationalistic aims were served by these freiwilligen units in the W-SS. I read the story of Mooyman. Impressive.
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Hi Freiritter,

The Dutch (a variation on Deutsch) and Danes were amongst the small minority of Europeans who the Nazis considered to be as Aryan as Germans. Thus you can look for pan-Germanic motives amongst their Waffen-SS volunteers, rather than purely nationalistic ones.

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Check this site out:

http://www.waffen-ss.nl

Great resource on all the Dutch divisions and units.

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Edelweiss. wrote:Check this site out:

http://www.waffen-ss.nl

Great resource on all the Dutch divisions and units.

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That's right, although I'm also busy updating my own homepage (check sig :wink: ) and all the info, data and pics about 5.SS Wiking. Especially the 'Westland' regiment with hundreds of Dutch.
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Nice looking site!

Hope you get it up and running soon!

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Thanks, first attempt should be this comming weekend I hope :D
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Small correction. Dutch is not a variation of Deutsch, just a product of confusion. The first are Nederlanders, the second are Germans. In the U.S. some early settlers in Pennsylvania, from Germany, were called "dutch" because of the similarity in sound to english speaking people. They are now known as Pennsylvania Dutch, which should have been Pennsylvania Deutsch. The confusion has trickled down to our times. In Holland the old expression for themselves was "Diets" a "low german" expression of , you guessed it: "deutsch" . This all dating back to the times before the middle ages when Holland indeed was a part of the German influence. Confusing ain't it :D :shock: :x :wink: HN.
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