Waffen-SS; Lot with 1 propaganda brochure and 4 issues of
1. Europa maakt front – [without pagination], [without publisher], [without year] – stapled – 24 pp. without pagination – 13 x 13 cm – K-number: 199.In good condition. With perforation holes.2. H.W. van Etten - Storm SS: weekblad der Germaansche SS in Nederland – Amsterdam, Storm, January nd volume, no. pp. – K-number: 113. In reasonable condition. Folds, tears on the folds and user damage (with several repairs).3. H.W. van Etten - Storm SS: weekblad der Germaansche SS in Nederland – Amsterdam, Storm, March nd volume, no. 48) – 8 pp. – K-number: 113. In good condition. Folds.4. H.W. van Etten - Storm SS: weekblad der Germaansche SS in Nederland – Amsterdam, Storm, March nd volume, no. 50) – 8 pp. – K-number: 113. In good condition. Folds, minor user damage.5. H.W. van Etten - Storm SS: weekblad der Germaansche SS in Nederland – Amsterdam, Storm, June th volume, no. pp. – K-number: 113. In bad to reasonable condition. Folds, tears in the folds, faded and user damage.Registered shipping.(Total of 5.)¶ The Dutch SS was founded on September . The name changed to ‘Germaansche SS in Nederland’ on November . As the Dutch SS was to become an elite unit, not everyone could join. Selections took place based on race, attitude towards life, personality and physical condition.The importance of having a branch of Himmler’s SS in The Netherlands rested on four considerations. Firstly was that the SS wanted a prominent position in the occupied countries. Secondly the SS considered the foundation of the Dutch SS of great importance for the recruitment of volunteers for the Waffen-SS. The third consideration was to ‘push’ Mussert towards the wished for great-German thought. And the fourth consideration was the fact that the foundation of the Dutch SS had important propaganda value.Mussert was informed in June of an order by Hitler to recruit Dutchmen for the ‘Wiking’ division of the Waffen-SS. The Dutch would get their own Standarte ‘Westland’.In first instance Mussert refused his cooperation, though after a while he did make concessions to avoid to bring his own position in danger. In order to save his position, Mussert agreed in September with the foundation of the Dutch SS as a variant of the Allgemeine SS. And so was the Dutch SS founded by Mussert on September , formally as a sub-division (Afdeling XI) of the NSB. Henk Feldmeijer was appointed as ‘Voorman’, who in daily practice didn’t take much notice of Mussert and his NSB. Feldmeijer tried to hook up more and more with the German Allgemeine (political) SS. On November the name was changed to ‘Germaansche SS in Nederland’. This name-change emphasised that the Dutch aspect was no longer the most important, though the “Germaansche” was. They had approx. members and was foremost a political formation in addition to being a recruitment pool for the Waffen-SS. The Dutch SS were dressed in a black uniform, that was based on that of the German SS. Towards the end of , the ‘Germaansche SS in Nederland’ virtually only existed on paper because of the change of tides in the war for the Germans and their followers.The lot contains 4 copies of the weekly Storm of the ‘Germaansche SS in Nederland’. In addition a brochure to encourage Dutchmen to join the Waffen-SS. Read More