German soldier in a rather private postion.

Humane need

European volunteers of the Waffen-SS swearing-in on the rapier of as officer, 1941. To the left a norwegian, to the right a dane. Not one of the 38 divisions of the Waffen-SS consisted of germans exclusively by the end of the war. The biggest group of foreign Waffen-SS members were the eatern europeans. The western european Waffen-SS consisted mainly of dutch (ca. 50000), belgians (ca. 40000) and french (ca. 20000).

Swearing-in ceremony

French volunteers for the Waffen-SS at their farewell in Paris. Their destination is a training area where they get drilled, August 1944.