Hi Guys,
Since Lauri open the following thread:
http://www.hj-research.com/forum/f45/spanien-1042/#post8523
I haven’t stopped thinking about investigating the HJ in Spain. Unfortunately I have no clue where to start. And this weekend my girlfriend came from Munich for our last weekend in Düsseldorf. So I had no much time to look deep into this.
Leaving aside my personal life, I have started to check about the offices of the NSDAP in Spain. And hopefully, throw this first step; I will be able to find more about the HJ.
Checking other forums and also a bit in internet, I have found a map of the offices of the NSDAP in Spain, as you can see attached. So we can see the web of offices all around Spain, including Sevilla, where I am from. May has a Sevilla triangle existed?
The office in Madrid was the one operating as HQ for Spain. The next important one was the Barcelona one.
About the HJ, I have found in a newspaper from Barcelona that the HJ was recruited within the local German community or those kids from families German – Spanish (we have to agree that the picture shown in the link above can confirm that).
Unfortunately, I don’t have the number of HJ in the whole Spain, but found a newspaper (thanks to another colleague outside the forum) dated 2nd of April 1943 that there was a ceremony in Barcelona to accept new kids into the HJ and give the ID to each of them. In this ceremony, the HJ leader of Barcelona was present (Vollmer) and also the HJ leader in Spain, Ehlers.
I don’t have more than this at the moment. I will keep searching during the next few weeks. In fact, I hope to get a book or 2 about the NSDAP organization (and HJ) in Spain and Portugal.
Best Regards
Antonio
Since Lauri open the following thread:
http://www.hj-research.com/forum/f45/spanien-1042/#post8523
I haven’t stopped thinking about investigating the HJ in Spain. Unfortunately I have no clue where to start. And this weekend my girlfriend came from Munich for our last weekend in Düsseldorf. So I had no much time to look deep into this.
Leaving aside my personal life, I have started to check about the offices of the NSDAP in Spain. And hopefully, throw this first step; I will be able to find more about the HJ.
Checking other forums and also a bit in internet, I have found a map of the offices of the NSDAP in Spain, as you can see attached. So we can see the web of offices all around Spain, including Sevilla, where I am from. May has a Sevilla triangle existed?
The office in Madrid was the one operating as HQ for Spain. The next important one was the Barcelona one.
About the HJ, I have found in a newspaper from Barcelona that the HJ was recruited within the local German community or those kids from families German – Spanish (we have to agree that the picture shown in the link above can confirm that).
Unfortunately, I don’t have the number of HJ in the whole Spain, but found a newspaper (thanks to another colleague outside the forum) dated 2nd of April 1943 that there was a ceremony in Barcelona to accept new kids into the HJ and give the ID to each of them. In this ceremony, the HJ leader of Barcelona was present (Vollmer) and also the HJ leader in Spain, Ehlers.
I don’t have more than this at the moment. I will keep searching during the next few weeks. In fact, I hope to get a book or 2 about the NSDAP organization (and HJ) in Spain and Portugal.
Best Regards
Antonio
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