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6.4.1943, T-580/347/#2; HJ Gebiet Schwaben, “Schulabschluss der Freiwilligen der Division HJ,” Rundschreiben 15/43 (16.6.1943), T-580/349/#5; RJF to Leaders of Regions, "Lehrabschlussprüfung der Freiwilligen der SS-Division HJ," 22.5.1943, T- 84/241/6599907-9; Berger to Himmler, 27.5.1943, T-175/108/2631243-4. 10 HJ Gebiet Schwaben, "Vordringliche Werbung für die Waffen-SS (Neue Division)," Gebietsrundschreiben 5/43 (26.2.1943), T-580/349/#5. Recruiting reports of HJ Banne 312, 476, 492, 495, and 315 on T-580/348/#2/2. 11 HJ Gebiet Schwaben, "Untersuchungstermine," n.d., T-580/347/#2; HJ Bann Augsburg to Ergänzungsstelle Süd, "Werbung und Musterung für die HJ Division," 27.4.1943; SS Ergänzungsstelle Süd, “Division HJ,” 4.5.1943, T-580/347/#2; Correspondence of Hauptgefolgschaftsführer Mathes of HJ Bann Sonthofen, March and April, 1943, T- 580/348/#2/2. 12 Victor Brandl to RJF, “Sonderlehrgang HJ Division,” 8.3.1943; Voigtländer to Gebietsführer Schwaben, “HJ Division,” 17.3.1943; Schlünder to Gebietsführer Schwaben, “Einberufung der Freiwilligen für die HJ Division in die WEL,” Streng vertraulich, 1.4.1943; Schlünder to Leaders of Regions, “Einberufung,” Streng Vertraulich, 9.4.1943; Axmann to Leaders of Regions, "HJ Division, Einberufung zum RAD," 20.4.1943; Ziegler to SS Ergänzungsstelle Süd, "Lehrgang für Freiwilligen der HJ Division," 4.5.1943, T-580/347/#2. Brandl, a wounded army veteran, became wartime chief of the premilitary and physical training bureau of HJ Region Swabia on 10.11.1942. As a lieutenant in the reserve and HJ Stammführer he worked with Oberst von Pechmann of the Stellvertretendes Generalkommando of Wehrkeis VII, headquartered in Munich. He was in charge of call-ups for the Premilitary Training Camps at this time and later transferred to Hauptabteilung V and promoted to Oberstammführer. Hauptbannführer Voigtländer was head of the Hauptabteilung Motor HJ in Amt Wehrertüchtigung, part of Hauptamt II in the Reichsjugendführung in Berlin. 13 HJ Gebiet Schwaben, “Nachwerbung für die HJ Division," 28.4.1943; RJF to Führer der Gebiete, "Nachwerbung für die HJ Division," 15.5.1943; Reports of Bann Dillingen, Wertach, Allgau and WEL Harburg, May 1943; Brandl to RJF, “Betr. HJ Division,” 5.6.1943; T- 580/347/#2. Report from the Leader of HJ Gebiet Baden/Alsace, 22.3.1943, T- 175/159/2690436. This Region had recruited 2,502 Waffen-SS candidates by this time, including HJ Division volunteers then still being sought. See also Schlünder to Führer der Gebiete, "Betr. HJ Division," 5.6.1943; Brandl to RJF, "HJ Division,” 16.6.1943, T- 580/347/#2; HJ Gebiet Baden, Sonderrundschreiben, 22.7.1943, T-81/99/115688; HJ Bann Karlsruhe, "Einberufung zur HJ Division," 23.7.1943, T-81/99/115721; WEL Harburg, "Freiwillige für die HJ Division," 25.7.1943, T-580/348/#2/2; HJ Gebiet Baden, "HJ-Division," Sonderrundschreiben, 28.7.1943, T-81/100/1 15747; HJ Bann Zabern to HJ Gebiet Baden, "Betr. HJ Division," 2.8.1943, T-81/99/115718; HJ Bann Augsburg, "Betr. HJ-Division," 10.8.1943, T-580/347/#2. 14 Stellv. Generalkommando V, “Werbung für die Waffen-SS,” Geheim, 30.3.1943, T- 175/70/2586789; Ergänzungsstelle Südwest, "Sonderfall Amt B1," Geheim, 30.4.1943, T- 175/70/2586784-7; Berger to Himmler, Geheim, "Werbung für die Waffen-SS," 7.5.1943, T-175/70/2586783. See also SS-Personalhauptamt to OKW, Geheim, "Werbung für die Waffen-SS," 25.5.1943, T-175/70/2586774-5. 15 “Panzermeyer” (Kurt Meyer), Grenadiere ( München, 1965), 206. 12. SS Panzer Division ‘Hitler-Jugend’, “Meldungen von Männern die sich nicht freiwillig zur Hitler-Jugend Division meldeten,” 19.11.1943, T-354/154/3798021. For examples of non-voluntary enlistment see letter of SS-Recruiting Station South to sixteen-year-old Bernhard Ressl of Buchloe near Kaufbeuren, 27.4.1943, T-611/2/426 I; and B.J.S. MacDonald, The Trial of Kurt Meyer (Toronto, 1954), 106-7. 16 Axmann to Leaders of Regions, “Sicherung des Unterführernachwuchses für die HJ Division,” 9.3.1943, T-580/347/#2; HJ Gebiet Baden, Rundschreiben, 11.3.1943, T- 81/99/115705-6; Schlünder to HJ Gebiet Schwaben, 17.3.1943; Hauptbannführer Walter 28
Ludwig (Stabsleiter of Gebiet Schwaben) to HJ Districts, “Sicherung...,” Streng vertraulich, 19.3.1943; Brandl to RJF, 1.4.1943; T-580/347/#2; See same folder for reports of various Banne; Axmann to Leaders of Regions, "Sicherung...," 30.3.1943; HJ Gebietsführer Ludwig Stinglewagner (Schwaben) to Leaders of HJ Districts, “Sicherung...," 31.3.1943; T- 580/347/42. See also HJ Gebiet Baden, Sondereilrundschreiben, 2.4.1943, T- 81/99/115703; RJF, "Sicherung...," 6.4.1943, T-580/347/#2. 17 Bann Kempten to Ludwig, “Sicherung des Unterführernachwuchses für die HJ Division," 8.4.1943; Bann Nördlingen to Ludwig, “Sicherung...,” 10.4.1943; T-580/348/#2/2. 18 Axmann to Leaders of Regions, “Unterführernachwuchs und Freiwillige für die HJ Division," 14.4.1943; WEL Kuchberg to HJ Gebiet Schwaben, “Unterführernachwuchs- Unterführerlehrgang...,” 16.4.1943; "Aufstellung der tatsächlichen im WEL Kuchberg," 17.4.1943; T-580/347/#2; “Unterführernachwuchs...," WEL Rundschreiben 4/43 (10.5.1943); T-580/350/#6/I. 19 Kurt Ziegler, WEL III/36, “Arbeitsbericht über den 2. Lehrgang vom 2.5.-30.5.1943, Sonderlehrgang HJ Division,” T-580/351/#7. 20 The song titles can be translated as "A young nation rises" and "The world, its rotten bones are shaking." The latter was composed by Hans Baumann, a celebrated HJ poet and songwriter who held important positions in the organization before the war, survived the war, and later won several prizes for contributions to children's literature, including one from the New York Herald Tribune. The first verse of the song: The world, its rotten bones are shaking in fear of a war with the Reds. But we (Nazis) have rushed that monster, a splendid victory is ours. We shall continue to march on, even if all be destroyed. For today Germany heeds us, tomorrow the whole world. And if the world lies in rubble from the battle That disturbs us not at all, for we'll just build it up again! Vernon L. Lidtke, "Songs and Nazis: Political Music and Social Change in Twentieth Century Germany," in Stark and Lackner, Essays on Culture and Society in Modern Germany (Arlington, Texas, 1982),193. Stachura, Nazi Youth, 212. 21 Schlünder to Stinglwagner, 10.5.1943 “Feier zur Überführung der Freiwilligen aus der HJ in die HJ Division am 30.5.1943,” WEL-Rundschreiben 4/43 (10.5.1943), T- 580/350/#6/1; "Feier zur Überführung der Freiwilligen in die HJ Division, Wildflecken, am Sonnabend, den 29. Mai 1943, 16:00 Uhr,” T/611/2/426 I; “Rede des Reichsjugendführers am 29. Mai 1943 in Wildflecken vor den Freiwilligen der Hitler Jugend,” Geheim; "Rede des RFSS am 29. Mai 1943...," Geheim, T-81/96/110517ff. 22 “Führerbefehl,” n.d. (April 1943?), T-175/108/2631252; Himmler notes, "Vortrag beim Führer am 17.6.1943," T-175/94/2615102, 2615111; SSFHA, “Aufstellung der SS Panzer Grenadier Division 'HJ',” Geheime Kommandosache, 24.6.1943, T- 175/108/2631214-5. 23 Panzermeyer, Grenadiere, 204-5; Stein, The Waffen-SS, 205-6; Ernst-Günther Krätschmer, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS (Göttingen, 1955), 22-5. (check newer edition) 24 Panzermeyer, Grenadiere, 205; Pohl to RFSS, “Verpflegung der Angehörigen der SS Pz. Gren. Div. 'HJ'," 25.6.1943, T-175/70/2586532-3. Each week they were to receive 3.5 liters of fresh milk, 1,750 grams of bread, 200 grams of meat, 140 grams of lard, 120 grams of sugar and 245 grams of “nutrients.” 25 “Führerstellungbesetzung” 31.7.1943, T-175/18/2521572, 2521760. The * indicates individuals who received the Knights Cross either before or after their assignment to the l2th SS Panzer Division. For short biographies see Krätschmer,Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen- SS. For company lists with birthdates and vocational distribution see T-354/154/3798022ff. 29
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