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Re: White SS uniform in wear
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d'alquen
The pictures of the KL Commandant are of Arthur Roedl. They come from a Julfest album compiled during his service in Gross-Rosen. To put the pictures in context I have attached the frontispiece to the album.
It seems, from photographic evidence, to have become the fashion for camp commandants to sport white jackets as a mark of superiority. Pictures of Stangl, Koch all show them wearing this style of tunic within the camps. I will let others speculate on the psychological background to this.
Although my interests are primarily in the pre-war years I do have some photos of the white tunic during the war and will locate and post them.
d'Alquen
Thank you for adding a name and further info to the pictures I posted. Your work of sharing here is greatly appreciated.
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Re: White SS uniform in wear
Thank you very much to for these fascinating pictures and information regarding of the white style tunic. It seems that the wear of the white tunic during the second world war was more common than I first considered, especially for the Heer and even in the Waffen-SS, and the shots of Bittrich are wonderful!
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Re: White SS uniform in wear
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Jonathan Wenberg
Thank you very much to for these fascinating pictures and information regarding of the white style tunic. It seems that the wear of the white tunic during the second world war was more common than I first considered, especially for the Heer and even in the Waffen-SS, and the shots of Bittrich are wonderful!
You will find your queries here elicit a pretty sage and informed answer from the pillars of this community.
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Re: White SS uniform in wear
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jHAM
Here is one more from the same series I posted earlier.
Attachment 455205
As F-B said there are more photos and info on the white ss uniform on this outstanding site. But you must extend some type of effort to find what you seek and that is a barrier to most.
The material here is spread around in a way that is sort of vexing, really. However, if you look closely, there is much material here and it sticks out in the Google search thingy, too.
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Re: White SS uniform in wear
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sam1chlt
I opened an admiring thread on this material elsewhere. Very fine caps of great rarity.
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Re: White SS uniform in wear
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Re: White SS uniform in wear
Greetings. A brief note for those interested. A summer SS tunic is available for sale on Bill Shea's site. This pics are very interesting and a fascinating story attached. Regards, Paul
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Re: White SS uniform in wear
Here is a photo of Karl Koch a commandant of Buchenwald. Thanks to d'alquen for sharing his observations about the style choices of these men.
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