New information I found out about Josef was that he was in the SA-Gruppe Nordwest Hilfswerk from 1935 until 1938 when he got moved to SA-Gruppe Hochland.
Some background on Sa-Gruppe Nordwest Hilfswerk-
Following the disband of NSDAP in Austria, a number of SA members flew in Germany to form the "Austrian Legion" (Ost. Legion)
this organisation took name of Hilfswerk Nordwest until Anschluss
With the Nordwest tab
Recent Update: Got a response back from Mike of Westmoreland and he completed my research and found over 48 pages of info and photos on Josef Kasinger! Will post the information once I get it.
Good to hear. Hope this will bring some answers to you and your family.by WillC
Good luck on your quest... I hope the info will be helpful.. G
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I have received the information from Westmoreland Research. Here's a file of all of the information. It was a pleasure working with him. https://www.hightail.com/e?phi_actio...08350200000000
Interesting. I have an M16 SA Gruppe Hochland helmet that is named. Wonder if Westomoreland Research could research my guy.
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Here's what Mike told me to summarize the files:
As you will see, your great grandfather was primarily assigned to a truck that supported a Signals Detachment. Not everyone knew how to drive a vehicle, and your great grandfather did, so this was a natural assignment, and he drove trucks for several units.
Oddly, and unknown to the Senior Archivist at NARA and to myself, there are document identifying your great grandfather to an SA Mountain Regiment in 1941. It was thought that this unit was disbanded much earlier, closer to the night of the long knives in 1934, so it was a surprise to see this. Further, your great grandfather had training in espionage and perhaps oversaw a punishment unit. There are several early autobiographies as well.
He was posted to Alpenland and this would be a natural transition to the various alpine units being raised in that area, Skanderbeg being one of them.
Everything I've learned so far and whats legible from the documents
Josef Paul Kasinger
-Sturmabteilung
-SA Grüppe Hilfswerk-Nordwest, 1/NW7 (7-18-33 to 4-5-38)
-SA Grüppe Hochland (1938)
-Waffen SS
-2./ϟϟ-Kraftf.Ers.Abt. Berlin-Lichterfelde (? to 9-10-42)
-2nd Stab. Company, Skanderbeg Division (1944)
-Medals
-SA Grüppe Hochland 1938 Wettkämpfe Badge
-SA Sports Badge
-NSDAP 1933 National Party Day Badge
-Austrian Anschluss Ribbon Bar Medal
-Ranks
-SA
-Scharführer (1935)
-Truppführer (1938)
-Waffen-ϟϟ
-Schütze (1942)
-Stabsscharführer (1944)
-Death
-Pec, Lattai Pass in Yougolsavia on Sept. 14, 1944
-Notes
-Joined Nazi party on (11-1-32)
Last edited by WillC; 04-29-2016 at 12:11 AM.
He died in early autuum 1944, about the time when Skanderberg was starting to be dissolved after increasingly bigger and oftener partisan attacks.
They had extremely hard fighting conditions over in Balkan.
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Added: You should get the book: Hitlers Jihadis- Muslim Volunteers of the Waffen SS. (Jonathan Trigg)
Last edited by TrondK; 04-28-2016 at 09:22 AM. Reason: Adding details
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