NSKK-Hauptsturmführer Henning

[huddyhuddy]

Hello and good evening.
Wanted to share an image forma Kommandobuch, which is a first time for me.
What is the difference from a Soldbuch?
Also, is the signature here of NSKK-Hauptsturmführer Henning belonging to NSKK-Mann Georg Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr?
And what is kommnadogeld mean?

[hucks216]

I have only ever seen Kommandobuch examples for the SS and they are very rare. I have seen SS ones go for over 900 Euros but unfortunately I haven't seen one to someone in the NSKK before so can't really shed any light on it.

EDIT: Here is another NSKK example - look at the price it sold for!
Germany, SS. A Rare Kommandobuch To NSKK-Truppfuhrer of VoMi Sonderkommando “Russland”

[huddyhuddy]

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, this is the one I was sent images of and in the meantime I have done some more research and digging. This seems to be one attached to the SS or linked to the SS and the Einzatsgruppen operations in Odessa and in the area later on controlled by the Romanians - Transnistria. The other question that needs to be answered is: these special "Soldbuchs" were issued to Einzatsgruppen A, B, C, D members as well? special ID's for them alone? I suspect this could have been the case with these 4 special units...

[hucks216]

I'm not sure about the Einsatzkommando units as such but I think they certainly relate to units involved in pacification operations. Sonderkommando R seems to get mentioned a fair bit with these Kommandobuch type documents and they were involved in the Germanisation of the Ukraine.

[hucks216]

Here is something: https://www.ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/use...etin50/057.pdf

From the above: Einsatzgruppe D and Sonderkommando R’s violent campaign to murder local Jews and to expel area Slavs from rural Transnistrian communities illustrated to area
residents the possible dangers that awaited non-Germans under Nazi rule.

So they could be related to the Einsatzgruppen. With the NSKK being a National Socialist organisation it may of provided drivers and transport - just a guess but would make sense.

[huddyhuddy]

Thank you for the link, very useful and interesting!
I added images of another Kommandobuch, this one issued to a SS-Hauptsturmführer and not a NSKK member, so this strengthens my suspicion that the Einsatzgruppen members could have maybe been issued a special different type of "Soldbuch". We may need the advise of a "Soldbuch" expert here, as my knowledge on these type of documents is very very limited, sadly.