Feldgendarmerie / SS-Police set

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 01:55 PM

This Wehrpass was issued in August 1942 to Hans Stolz who, as the WEhrpass photo shows, was a civilian Policeman at the time.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 05-01-2012 01:55 PM

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**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 01:57 PM

He enters the Wehrmacht and is processed through Feldgendarmerie Ersatz Abteilung 3 in Neustadt

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 01:57 PM

The Ersatz Abteilung is the only unit shown for him.

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 01:59 PM

He undertakes a training course to be a Feldgendarmerie officer.

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 02:00 PM

And on completion of his training, is commissioned as Leutnant der Feldgendarmerie.

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 02:02 PM

However, no sonner has he completed his training, than he is released from the Wehrmacht and posted to Polizei Verwaltung in Kiel.

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 02:03 PM

Then we have his SS-Polizei Soldbuch. The photo and the SS runes having been removed/defaced.

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 02:04 PM

This book is only issued in 1944.

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 02:07 PM

And shows several awards, KVK2 with Swords, EK2, EK1 Wound Badge and Infantry Assault Badge with a late pencil entry for the Wound Badge in Silver. So, between leaving the Feldgendarmerie in 1942, and the issue of the SS-Polizei Soldbuch in 1944 he was rather busy.

**Redcap** · 05-01-2012, 02:16 PM

There may well be a good reason why the documents for the intervening years have gone missing. At the same time these books were sold, his award documents were sold off separately. They show he served in III./ SS-Polizei Regiment 9 and I./SS-Polizei Regiment 16. Both these units were part of Polizei Kampfgruppe Jeckeln. Jeckeln, being SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln, the Einsatzgruppe commander responsible for many atrocities during his "police" actions.

As I was told by one of the top researchers on the subject of the Eisnatzgruppen, this guy Stolz even if he didn't pull the trigger himself in "questionable activities", certainly knew who did!

Perhaps the Soldbuch-Dienstpass listing his service with Jeckeln were deliberately disposed of by him at the wars end , to avoid drawing attention to his activities.