Bratwurst Boy
3 Dec 2010
News / Victory in 'anti-Polish camps' campaign in US [170]
Well...foreigner isn't foreigner.
The narrative was that of a germanic people...Germans, those of german heritage and peoples with germanic heritage. Those could gain entry into the Waffen SS as it was seen as a truly international army where the soldiers from all over Europe shared the same heritage, values and goals.
National borders didn't meant a thing, but race and blood was everything!
In the beginning the LSSAH was of course german citizens only but during the course of the war individuals with germanic heritage who fit the high racial standards and where willing to kill and be killed for the Führer came from the conquered western and northern countries to replenish the ranks which suffered more and more from the battle losses.
But it was never to that amount as in other units. The LSSAH held after all the pride of the place of all units till the end.
Well...foreigner isn't foreigner.
The narrative was that of a germanic people...Germans, those of german heritage and peoples with germanic heritage. Those could gain entry into the Waffen SS as it was seen as a truly international army where the soldiers from all over Europe shared the same heritage, values and goals.
National borders didn't meant a thing, but race and blood was everything!
In the beginning the LSSAH was of course german citizens only but during the course of the war individuals with germanic heritage who fit the high racial standards and where willing to kill and be killed for the Führer came from the conquered western and northern countries to replenish the ranks which suffered more and more from the battle losses.
But it was never to that amount as in other units. The LSSAH held after all the pride of the place of all units till the end.