waffen ss volunteer

Especially at Army Group Center under Schörner, during the last stage of WW2, this was a normal picture. Who does not want to continue fighting in the senseless battle or was suspected to desertion after scattered, was immediately hanged or shot. Here a German Major on 8th April 1945.  texag57 

End of the War

Postcard 'photo of the entrance to Radolfzell Barracks, 1940, home barracks of the SS-VT Standarte &quot;Germania&quot;.  The Barracks had been renamed in honour of its former commander, SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Heinrich Koeppen, killed in action in Poland, 15 September, 1939.  Best regards, JR.