It was disbanded in 1992 at the federal level, but local groups, along with the organisation's monthly periodical, continued to exist at least into the 2000s. [28] With the invasion of Poland, the Totenkopfverbände troops were called on to carry out so-called "police and security measures" in rear areas. [87] Due to the efforts of Himmler and Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser, the new commander of the SS Panzer Corps, the three SS Panzergrenadier divisions Leibstandarte, Das Reich, and Totenkopf were to be formed with a full regiment of tanks rather than only a battalion. The 1 SS Leibstandarte arrived towards the end of the month with lead elements becoming embroiled in the British offensive Operation Epsom. The 1 SS Infantry and 2 SS Infantry Brigades, which had been formed from surplus concentration camp guards of the SS-TV, and the SS Cavalry Brigade moved into the Soviet Union behind the advancing armies. Condition: in good used condition, only some yellowing of the top and side edges. It arrived in Włocławek on 22 September 1939 and embarked on a four-day "Jewish action" that included the burning of synagogues and the execution en masse of the leaders of the Jewish community. Their remains were found by Allied troops two months later. [64] A sufficient number of volunteers came forward requiring the SS to open a new training camp just for foreign volunteers at Sennheim in Alsace-Lorraine.[64]. They were determined to be exempt. The book explores the background to the unit's formation, including its origins the SS-VT division, the men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division throughout its war service, and its organisation. On 10 June, they committed the Distomo massacre, when over a period of two hours they went door to door and massacred Greek civilians, reportedly in revenge for a Greek Resistance attack. SS-Das Reich, the third in a series of books on the divisions of the Waffen-SS, is an in-depth examination of the second Waffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-Das Reich. Explore {{searchView.params.phrase}} by colour family {{familyColorButtonText(colorFamily.name)}} Campaign againt soviet union : The commander of Waffen-SS division 'Das Reich', Paul Hauser, mounting to his command post vehicle after having... Les ruines … All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. The 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) was formed from the Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling. [154] Bittrich's II SS Panzer Corps had pulled out to the west that evening to avoid encirclement. By 19 September, all Italian forces in the Po River plain had been disarmed, but the OKW received reports that elements of the Italian Fourth Army were regrouping in Piedmont, near the French border. For 48 hours they fought for control of the heights, often engaging in hand-to-hand combat, eventually gaining control with the capture of Height 997, which opened the pass and allowed the German Army to advance into the Greek interior. The division left behind its armour and equipment, which was given to Das Reich and Totenkopf. A parallel attack by the Red Army against the new 6th Army on the Mius river south of Kharkov necessitated the withdrawal of reserve forces held to exploit any success on the southern shoulder of Kursk. Himmlers Waffen-SS gilt noch immer als Elitetruppe des Dritten Reiches, besonders effizient und gefürchtet beim Feind. SS Division Nord, which was in northern Finland, took part in Operation Arctic Fox with the Finnish Army and fought at the battle of Salla, where against strong Soviet forces they suffered 300 killed and 400 wounded in the first two days of the invasion. "Their military capabilities were employed instead in terrorizing the civilian population through acts that included hunting down straggling Polish soldiers, confiscating agricultural produce and livestock, and torturing and murdering large numbers of Polish political leaders, aristocrats, businessmen, priests, intellectuals, and Jews. This guard element was selected from the already existing Sturmabteilung, or SA, but more commonly known as the Brownshirts. [22], In 1934, Himmler set stringent requirements for recruits. Auflage. "[59], Himmler gained approval for the Waffen-SS to form its own high command, the Kommandoamt der Waffen-SS within the SS-Führungshauptamt, which was created in August 1940. [203][204], HIAG's historical revisionism encompassed multi-prong propaganda efforts, including periodicals, books and public speeches, alongside a publishing house that served as a platform for its publicity aims. Buy Divisionen der Waffen-SS im Einsatz: Leibstandarte, das Reich, Totenkopf, Wiking, Kavallerie-Division, HJ-Division, die europäischen Freiwilligen : eine Bilddokumentation mit Fotos der Kriegsberichter by Herbert Walther (1985-01-01) by (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. [19], In September 1934, Hitler authorised the formation of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party and approved the formation of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT), a special service troop under Hitler's overall command. [117] The SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 101 arrived next to protect the left wing of the I SS Panzer Corps. 2. Fighting alongside the Luftwaffe's Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring, they annihilated the Soviet 3rd Tank Corps. [67][68], The Leibstandarte had now crossed into Greece, and on 10 April engaged the 6th Australian Division in the Battle of the Klidi Pass. [167] The break out started at 2300 hours on 1 May. Das Reic… Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities. Among later Waffen-SS generals, approximately six out of ten had a "university entrance qualification (Abitur), and no less than one-fifth a university degree". [48], The three SS divisions and the Leibstandarte spent the winter of 1939 and the spring of 1940 training and preparing for the coming war in the west. The Der Führer Regiment was reduced to 35 men out of the 2,000 that had started the campaign in June. Auf S. 41 ist ein SPW zu sehen, der laut Bildunterschrift (die auch noch mitten in das Bild hineingedruckt ist) zur Division "Das Reich" gehört. Their objective was the elimination of the partisan-controlled Supreme Headquarters and the capture of Tito. Realizing the threat, Wilhelm Bittrich, commander of II SS Panzer Corps, ordered Hohenstaufen and Frundsberg to ready themselves for combat. It fought a series of skirmishes before Germania advanced into the Dutch province of Zeeland on 14 May. Both had been formed in June 1944 from staff and students at the SS-Junkerschule. [93], The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was a Jewish insurgency that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto from 19 April to 16 May, an effort to prevent the transportation of the remaining population of the ghetto to Treblinka extermination camp. The 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) was created in 1943, using compulsory military service in the Ostland. The Red Army's 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts encircled the pocket. By the end of the year, the Waffen-SS had increased in size from eight divisions and some brigades to 16 divisions. Many members of it and the SS-Totenkopfverbände subsequently became members of the Waffen-SS, forming the initial core of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division. Kundenrezensionen. [186], During the Nuremberg Trials, the Waffen-SS was declared a criminal organisation for its major involvement in war crimes and for being an "integral part" of the SS. [13][14][15], The origins of the Waffen-SS can be traced back to the selection of a group of 120 SS men on 17 March 1933 by Sepp Dietrich to form the Sonderkommando Berlin. For the Battle of Kursk, the SS Panzer Corps was renamed the II SS Panzer Corps and was part of the 4th Panzer Army. The counts of indictment related to the massacre of more than 300 American prisoners in the vicinity of Malmedy, between 16 December 1944 and 13 January 1945, and the massacre of 100 Belgian civilians mainly in the vicinity of Stavelot. But this organization's service was short-lived, and soon replaced by the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler, comprised of … [1] Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities. The Allgemeine SS was responsible for the administration of both the concentration and extermination camps. [122] The division had close to 20,000 men and 150 tanks before the campaign started, and was now reduced to 300 men and 10 tanks.[122]. [188], Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany played a large role, through publications and political pressure, in the efforts to rehabilitate the reputation of the Waffen-SS, which had committed many war crimes during World War II. Many of the higher-numbered units were small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen), i.e., divisions in name only. The advent of the Warsaw Uprising brought the Soviet offensive to a halt, and relative peace fell on the front line. Instead of being censured for his act of defiance, Dietrich was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The only major force to face the attacking Red Army was the II SS Panzer Corps (2 SS Das Reich and 3 SS Totenkopf), under the command of Wilhelm Bittrich, along with ad hoc forces made up of garrison and anti-aircraft units. Das Reich lost 60% of its strength and was still to take part in the Battle of Moscow. [100] On arriving in the province of Cuneo, Peiper was met by an Italian officer who warned that his forces would attack unless Peiper's unit vacated the province immediately. Zunächst bestand sie nur aus Angehörigen der Ersatzverbände SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, wurde aber mit Freiwilligen aus allen Teilen des Deutschen Reiches aufgefüllt. [118] The end came in mid August when the German Army was encircled and trapped in the Falaise pocket, including the 1 SS Leibstandarte, 10 SS Frundsberg and 12 SS Hitlerjugend and the 17 SS Götz von Berlichingen, while the 2 SS Das Reich and the 9 SS Hohenstaufen were ordered to attack Hill 262 from the outside in order to keep the gap open. On 23 April, Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke was appointed by Hitler as Battle Commander for the centre government district (Zitadelle sector), which included the Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker. [137], During the battle, Kampfgruppe Peiper, part of the 1 SS Leibstandarte, left a path of destruction, which included Waffen-SS men murdering American POWs and unarmed Belgian civilians. The division remained in the Modlin area for the rest of the year, grouped with the 3 SS Totenkopf in the IV SS Panzer Corps. Die Ausrüstung mit Panzern hatte zu spät eingesetzt. By 1943 the Waffen-SS could not longer claim to be an "elite" fighting force. The Hungarian Third Army was besieged in Budapest along with the IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) (8 SS Florian Geyer and 22 SS Maria Theresia). Another unit involved was Otto Skorzeny's SS Panzer Brigade 150. Many of the late-formed higher-numbered units were in fact small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen), and divisions in name only. Nr. During Manstein's counteroffensive, the SS Panzer Corps, without support from the Luftwaffe or neighbouring German formations, broke through the Soviet line and advanced on Kharkov. [65], Reich was ordered to leave France and head for Romania, and the Leibstandarte was ordered to Bulgaria. [153], After Operation Spring Awakening, the 6th SS Panzer Army withdrew towards Vienna and was involved what became known as the Vienna Offensive. The battle of the Grebbeberg lasted three days and took a toll on Der Führer. [212][213], While the HIAG leadership only partially achieved the goals of legal and economic rehabilitation of Waffen-SS,[214] falling short of their "extravagant fantasies about [Waffen-SS's] past and future",[215] HIAG's propaganda efforts have led to a reshaping of the image of Waffen-SS in popular culture. Favoured tactics of the Dirlewanger men during the siege reportedly included the ubiquitous gang rape of female Poles, both women and children; playing "bayonet catch" with live babies; and torturing captives to death by hacking off their arms, dousing them with gasoline, and setting them alight to run armless and flaming down the street. [37] They also stated that the SS-VT was poorly trained and its officers unsuitable for combat command. Kommandeure, Infanterie- und Panzer-Stärke, Einsätze, besondere Hinweise und Ende. [17] On 13 April 1934, by order of Himmler, the regiment became known as the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). However, they ran into unexpectedly strong resistance by the U.S. 2nd and 99th Infantry Divisions. Items portrayed in this file depicts. By the second half of 1942, an increasing number of foreigners, many of whom were not volunteers, began entering the ranks. [81] Fegelein's final operational report dated 18 September 1941, states that they killed 14,178 Jews, 1,001 partisans, 699 Red Army soldiers, with 830 prisoners taken and losses of 17 dead, 36 wounded, and 3 missing. They assaulted the heights and drove the observers off. The Leibstandarte became notorious for torching villages without military justification. Two army corps were left holding a salient into the Soviet lines extending some 100 kilometres (62 mi). [85] Another new division was formed at the same time, when the SS Cavalry Brigade was used as the cadre in the formation of the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer. The Waffen-SS was the military branch of the Nazi Party's SS organisation. Approximately 800 Polish civilians and what the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) termed "potential resistance leaders" were killed. The Waffen-SS is defined in various German laws as "an independent organisation of the Schutzstaffel der NSDAP", "an integral arm of the German Wehrmacht", "a fully integrated component of the Reich's Security Forces", and the "body of German political fighters". [73], While the Leibstandarte and the SS divisions were fighting in the front line, behind the lines it was a different story. The Waffen-SS expanded again during 1944. Kunden, die diesen Artikel angesehen haben, haben auch angesehen . Only 170 men of the 22 SS Maria Theresia made it back to the German lines. Without any further reinforcements in men or materiel, the Waffen-SS divisions could not stop the Allied advance. [177] After the war the SS organisation as a whole was held to be a criminal organisation by the post-war German government. [37] In its defence, the SS insisted that it had been hampered by having to fight piecemeal instead of as one formation, and was improperly equipped by the army to carry out its objectives. When Hitler decided to act against the SA, the SS was put in charge of eliminating Röhm and the other high-ranking SA officers. Some Waffen-SS personnel convalesced at concentration camps, from which they were drawn, by serving guard duties. Drittes Reich: Das ungewöhnliche Schicksal einer Essenerin. Credit/Provider: Bundesarchiv: Short title: Bild 101III-Merz-028-05A: Structured data . [145], In March 1945, the X SS Corps was encircled by the 1st Guards Tank Army, 3rd Shock Army, and the Polish 1st Army in the area of Dramburg. They were followed in July by the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland created from Norwegian and Danish volunteers. [27], Hausser became the Inspector of the SS-VT in 1936. [32][72] The SS Division Wiking and the Leibstandarte were with Army Group South, heading for the Ukraine and the city of Kiev. [37][47] A number of SS medical personnel who were members of the Waffen-SS were convicted of crimes during the "Doctors' trials" in Nuremberg, held between 1946 and 1947 for the Nazi human experimentation they performed at the camps. He ordered that the SS-VT form its own divisions but that the divisions would be under army command. It was then transferred to the West and took part in the fighting in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, ending the war in Hungary and Austria. The Allied airborne operation was a failure, and Arnhem was not liberated until 14 April 1945.[127]. The final new division of late 1944 was the 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, formed from Hungarians and conscripted Volksdeutsche. The Waffen-SS units involved were the 500th SS Parachute Battalion and the 7 SS Prinz Eugen. SS-Panzer-Division "Das reich" 3. Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, started on 22 June 1941, and all the Waffen-SS formations participated (including the SS Reich, which was formally renamed to SS Das Reich by the Fall of 1941).[70]. Die Waffen-SS mußte Verluste hinnehmen, die jeder ande Werter Braunschweiger. September saw the formation of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend using volunteers from the Hitler Youth. Fritz Klingenberg, a company commander in the Reich, led his men into Belgrade, where a small group in the vanguard accepted the surrender of the city on 13 April. Created on 26 October 1944, it incorporated the I SS Panzer Corps (1 SS Leibstandarte, the 12 SS Hitlerjugend and the SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 101). In 1938, a battalion of the Leibstandarte was chosen to accompany the army troops in occupying Austria during the Anschluss, and the three regiments of the SS-VT participated in the occupation of the Sudetenland that October. 2.SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich ) was once the single largest division on Issuing Orders, almost twice as large as its closest rival, the 3 ID 3rd Armour BDE , and comprised of infantry, mechanized, medical, armoured and air support units. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. [78] The regiments worked their way from east to west through their assigned territory, and filed daily reports on the number of people killed and taken prisoner. [92] This led to four days of house-to-house fighting before Kharkov was recaptured by the SS Division Leibstandarte on 15 March. Two further attacks, Operations Konrad II and III, also failed.[141]. Many Waffen-SS members and units were responsible for war crimes against civilians and allied servicemen. "[123], On the Italian Front, the 16 SS Reichsführer-SS, conducting anti-partisan operations, is remembered more for the atrocities it perpetrated than its fighting ability: it committed the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre in August 1944[124] and the Marzabotto massacre between September and October 1944.[125]. April 1979 in Wolfratshausen) war ein deutscher Offizier und Flugzeugführer.Er kommandierte ab 1932 und während des Zweiten Weltkriegs verschiedene SS-Einheiten, zuletzt als SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS das II. Sie waren seit Kriegsbeginn aufgebaut worden, weil die NSDAP das Waffenmonopol der Wehrmacht aushöhlen und zugleich eine nur dem Regime völlig ergebene Parteiarmee schaffen wollte. Driven always by the military virtues of courage, duty and loyalty, it saw action in some of the bloodiest battles of the war, in particular on the Eastern Front. [138] It is infamous for the Malmedy massacre, in which approximately 90 unarmed American prisoners of war were murdered on 17 December 1944. Media in category "2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich" The following 39 files are in this category, out of 39 total. Deshalb bin ich Anfang der 1950er in die FDP eingetreten, nachdem ich eine Rede des FDP-Bundestagsabgeordneten Erich Mende gehört … Otto Weidinger - Division Das Reich. In Finland, the 6 SS Nord had held its lines during the Soviet summer offensive until it was ordered to withdraw from Finland upon the conclusion of an armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union in September 1944. [69] This victory gained praise from the OKW: in the order of the day they were commended for their "unshakable offensive spirit" and told that "the present victory signifies for the Leibstandarte a new and imperishable page of honour in its history."[69]. [100] After the Italian surrender and collapse of 8 September 1943, the Leibstandarte was ordered to begin disarming nearby Italian units. Among the men were French, Latvian, and Scandinavian Waffen-SS troops. Hitler expressed his pleasure with the performance of the Leibstandarte in the Netherlands and France, telling them, "Henceforth it will be an honour for you, who bear my name, to lead every German attack. Using a forged paybook under the name of Sergeant Heinrich Hitzinger, he fled south on 11 May to Friedrichskoog. [45], In October 1939, the Deutschland, Germania, and Der Führer regiments were reorganised into the SS-Verfügungs-Division. [217], Waffen-SS in the Soviet Union during 1941. Wer wissen will, was "Das Reich" verbrochen hat, muss nur einmal den entsprechenden Wikipedia-Eintrag aufrufen. Later, thousands of Polish civilians were killed by the RONA SS men during the events known as the Ochota massacre; many victims were also raped. During the battle, the Dirlewanger behaved atrociously, raping, looting, and killing citizens of Warsaw regardless of whether they belonged to the Polish resistance or not; the unit commander SS-Oberführer Oskar Dirlewanger encouraged their excesses. The III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps, was pulled back to the Stargard and Stettin on the northern Oder River. [116] The next unit to arrive was the 17 SS Götz von Berlichingen on 11 June, which came into contact with the 101st Airborne Division. By the spring of 1941, the Waffen-SS consisted of the equivalent of six or seven divisions: the Reich, Totenkopf, Polizei, and Wiking Divisions and Kampfgruppe (later Division) Nord, and the Leibstandarte, 1 SS Infantry, 2 SS Infantry, and SS Cavalry Brigades. Operation Overlord, the Allied "D-Day" landings in Normandy, took place on 6 June 1944. [2], The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, and served alongside the Heer (regular army), Ordnungspolizei (uniformed police) and other security units. [121] The 12 SS Hitlerjugend had lost 94 per cent of its armour, nearly all of its artillery, and 70 per cent of its vehicles. [112], In Estonia, the Battle of Narva started in February. "[197], On 22 June 2005, the Italian military court in La Spezia found ten former Waffen-SS officers and NCOs living in Germany guilty of participation in the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre and sentenced them in absentia to life imprisonment. On Sunday 17 September 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, and the British 1st Airborne Division was dropped in Oosterbeek, to the west of Arnhem. Both Brigades were tasked to hold crossings over the Seine River allowing the army to retreat. [101] Peiper's battalion then disarmed the remaining Italian forces in the area. This meant that the SS Panzergrenadier divisions were full-strength Panzer divisions in all but name. [47] Hitler next authorised the creation of four Motorized Artillery battalions in March 1940, one for each division and the Leibstandarte. The IV SS Panzer Corps (3 SS Totenkopf and 5 SS Wiking) was ordered south to join Hermann Balck's 6th Army (Army Group Balck), which was mustering for a relief effort code named Operation Konrad. [71][74] The brigades were now used for rear area security and policing, and were no longer under army or Waffen-SS command. At the end of the battle, only 200 men of the 500th SS Parachute Battalion remained unwounded. Both divisions were placed under the command of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps on 1 February 1945. This aligned with Hitler's intentions to maintain these troops exclusively at his disposal, "neither [a part] of the army, nor of the police", according to Hitler's order of 17 August 1938. The SS Totenkopf and Polizei Divisions were held in reserve. [157] As a mark of disgrace, the Waffen-SS units involved in the battle were ordered to remove their distinctive cuff titles. - Herbert Wather - Die Waffen SS - Podzun Pallas Verlag 1994 - 240 pages - bound with dust jacket - 25 cm x 18 cm. [100] This went smoothly, with the exception of a brief skirmish with Italian troops stationed in Parma on 9 September. [62], In 1940, SS chief of staff Gottlob Berger approached Himmler with a plan to recruit volunteers in the conquered territories from the ethnic German and Germanic populations. Da ich… [190][191][192], SS Major General Heinz Lammerding, who commanded the SS Division Das Reich that perpetrated the Tulle and the Oradour-sur-Glane massacres in occupied France, died in 1971, following a successful business career in West Germany. The OKW also had to draw on some German troops from the Eastern Front to bolster the Mediterranean theatre following the Anglo-American Invasion of Sicily. Vienna fell to the Soviet forces on 13 April. Sein Streben galt, die ihm verhaßte Weimarer Republik durch das Dritte Reich zu ersetzen. The attack penetrated to a depth of 35 kilometres (22 mi) and was then stopped by the Soviet 1st Tank Army. The Waffen-SS ("Armed Protective Squadron") was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel. On 21 February 2012, The Council of Europe’s Commission against Racism and Intolerance published its report on Latvia (fourth monitoring cycle), in which it condemned commemorations of persons who fought in the Waffen-SS. [32][72] The SS Division Das Reich was with Army Group Centre and headed towards Moscow. [51], On 26 May, the German advance resumed. Sie mordete brutal, wurde gehasst und gefürchtet. Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities. Operation Nordwind was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. Seite 1 von 1 Zum Anfang Seite 1 von 1 . However, Himmler bit into a hidden cyanide pill and collapsed onto the floor. From SS-Schütze to SS-Gruppenführer every Waffen-SS soldier and officer fits into a hier… [187][184] An exception was made for conscripts who were not given a choice in joining the ranks, and had not committed "such crimes". Mitte 1944 ging er mit der geflohenen französischen Vichy-Regierung nach Sigmaringen und wurde Ende 1944 Verbindungsoffizier des AA beim flämischen und wallonischen Befreiungkomitee und den Waffen-SS-Divisionen Flandern und Wallonien. Der Weg der 2. The German offensive cost the Red Army an estimated 70,000 casualties but the house-to-house fighting in Kharkov was particularly bloody for the SS Panzer Corps, which lost approximately 44% of its strength by the time operations ended in late March. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" 2. [55][56], By 28 May, the Leibstandarte had taken the village of Wormhout, only ten miles from Dunkirk. Originally named the Verfugungs Division, its regiments fought through the campaigns in Poland, the Low Countries, and France, earning the respect of Wehrmacht leaders who originally doubted the efficacy of SS units. 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Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Narodnaya Armiya (Russian National Liberation Army),[129] which was made up of anti-Soviet Russian, Belorussian and Ukrainian collaborators,[130] were both sent to Warsaw to put down the uprising. The SS-VT managed to hold on against the British tank force, which got to within 15 feet of commander Felix Steiner's position. Am 17. January saw the 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar formed from the remnants of other units and staff from the SS-Junkerschules. In recognition of their performance, Himmler declared the unit to be fully integrated into the Waffen-SS.