Nationalsozialistische Schwesternschaft

[Gwar]

Hello, my thoughts for purchasing this photograph were purely to have a visual reference of the NSV Broach in wear, however, when I scanned the photo at 1200 DPI I was quite surprised to see the wording NS Schwesternschaft, some history;


In 1934, Erich Hilgenfeldt (1897–1945), the ambitious head of the National Socialist People’s Welfare Association (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt), founded the National Socialist (NS) Sisterhood (Nationalsozialistische Schwesternschaft) to create an elite group that would work for the goals of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP)


I hope this helps for a future thread reference, G

[BlackCat1982]

Well spotted Gwar, I wonder how many of us might have passed this picture by without taking a closer look at that detail.

[Kleinepanzerfaust]

Hi
Good job !
Regards

[Reinhard2]

The NS Schwesternschaft acted only at party and SS sites and the women had to be members of the NSDAP.

[Gwar]

Reinhard2, often, the worst things happen under good intentions, if you would read some period newspapers you may see what they wished to be, not what they had become. G

[Reinhard2]

I committed an error. The NS-Schwester only had to prove their Arian ancestry and had to serve before in the BDM or the female RAD. But they worked with priority in SS-VT and TK hospitals (even Dachau), mother or baby homes of the SS, NPEAs and Ordensburgen, which the Freien Schwestern normally didn't.

[Pauls1970]

Very interesting picture & thread & a part of TR history I had not considered before
Paul

[Gwar]

Another find.. G