Legion Speer

[Henrik Andersson]

Have found an organization unknown to me. Legion Speer.A kind of equivalent to German NSKK but for foreign volunteers. But from which countries did the so-called volunteers come?

[Alex Dekker]

Legion Speer (later merged with Legion Todt) was indeed part of the NSKK. Dutchmen joined in, though most of them were forced: Being transported to Deventer (eastern Netherlands) and/or Berlin and then to a SPeer-unit. NSKK Speer (as I like to call it) was active allover Europe. I found a handfull Dutchmen operating in Finland and Norway, a few in Yugoslavia and a few of tem in Poland. French, Flemish, Danes, Russians (though as Hiwi I guess), Walloons and Estonians served in NSKK Speer.

I must add NSKK Speer was never a full part of the original NSKK. Korpsführer Kraus never had any authority over it, Willi Nagel (a personal friend of Albert Speer) was in charge.