Russians in the Waffen-SS
Rolf Michaelis - Russians in the Waffen-SS
Schiffer Publishing | 2009 | ISBN: 0764333488 | English | 128 pages | PDF | 52.83 MB
Schiffer Publishing | 2009 | ISBN: 0764333488 | English | 128 pages | PDF | 52.83 MB
From summer 1941, some 100,000 Russians served in the German Wehrmacht, mostly as so called Schutzmannschaften under the command of the German Police (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer) in the eastern occupied areas. The most famous unit was the Brigade Kaminski, established by Bronislav Kaminski in the summer of 1941. In 1944 it became the Waffen-Sturmbrigade der SS "Rona" later the 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Rona" (russische Nr.1). A second division was later established from various Schutzmannschafts-Bataillonen and was designated 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr.2).