Collection GB 1556 WL 780 - Waffen SS recruitment office: recruitment from higher and technical schools

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GB 1556 WL 780

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Waffen SS recruitment office: recruitment from higher and technical schools

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  • 1941 (Creation)

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1 item

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The Waffen-SS was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. In contrast to the Wehrmacht, Germany's regular army, the Waffen-SS was an elite combat unit composed of volunteer troops with particularly strong personal commitments to Nazi ideology.

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GB 1556 WL 780 1941 collection 1 item Waffen SS Fulda-Werra regional recruitment office

The Waffen-SS was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. In contrast to the Wehrmacht, Germany's regular army, the Waffen-SS was an elite combat unit composed of volunteer troops with particularly strong personal commitments to Nazi ideology.

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Letter from the Waffen SS Fulda-Werra regional recruitment office to the regional chief administrators seeking permission to recruit from the higher and technical schools, 16 Jan 1941.

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

German

A number of names in the document have been blotted out.

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Mar 2008 Europe Germany Hessen Nazism Personnel management Political doctrines Recruitment SS x Schutzstaffel Third Reich Totalitarianism Western Europe Organization and administration Health services administration Public administration Government

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Jewish Central Information Office

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Letter from the Waffen SS Fulda-Werra regional recruitment office to the regional chief administrators seeking permission to recruit from the higher and technical schools, 16 Jan 1941.

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Open

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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German

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Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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