SS Nord Soldbuch

[HPL2008]

This is interesting

That's the standard form documenting his taking the service oath.

I think this is a copy of his application letter/CV ?

His CV, yes. In addition to the biographical data I had posted above, it tells us that he went to school for eight years and then became a farmhand at 15 years of age (which was not unusual in those days). His parents had run their inn at Gnadendorf since 1939.

Johann was once a member of the Hitler Youth, but left it in 1939, because at that time there were "no particular activities" in the local HJ and for a lack of spare time due to his full-time job as a farmhand.

The final sentence of the CV is interesting, as it is a request to join the police (rather than the SS).

[HistoryMan]

That's the standard form documenting his taking the service oath.




His CV, yes. In addition to the biographical data I had posted above, it tells us that he went to school for eight years and then became a farmhand at 15 years of age (which was not unusual in those days). His parents had run their inn at Gnadendorf since 1939.

Johann was once a member of the Hitler Youth, but left it in 1939, because at that time there were "no particular activities" in the local HJ and for a lack of spare time due to his full-time job as a farmhand.

The final sentence of the CV is interesting, as it is a request to join the police (rather than the SS).

Thanks again for the information HPL, I do wonder if the Inn is still there !

I am assuming he survived the war ????

Cheers

[Paul D]

Not on the VB database so it appears he survived !

[HistoryMan]

Not on the VB database so it appears he survived !

Is it possible this guy was involved in the latter stages of the Battle of the Bulge, or in particular, Unternehmen Nordwind further south ?

Cheers