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From Leningrad to Berlin
Dutch volunteers in the service of the German Waffen-SS 1941-1945
by Pierik, Perry
When in June 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the elite guard division SS appealed to young men in occupied areas to join the crusade against Bolshevism by enlisting in its army unit Waffen-SS. At least 20,000 Dutchmen heeded the call. The vast majority of them served in what was first called the legion, later the brigade, and later still the ‘Nederland’ division. The main sources used for this history book are documents such as unit diaries and Berlin-generated paperwork on Dutch volunteers. The history of Dutch volunteers in the Waffen-SS forms a black, and until this book, a largely undocumented page in Dutch WWII history.
Paperback, 287 pages, Illustrated, maps, notes, bibliography, special import
USD 29.95 / CAD 39.95