Flakhelfer Ranks

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I saw in in your other thread. Highly interesting but I have to admit that I also have never heard of it. To eliminate these white spots of history requires a lot of hard and precise work but demands the highest respect. I wish you the energy and a lucky hand regarding the sources!
 
Hi Jean Francois, you're right, it is a highly interesting topic, and a tragic one too.
Unfortunately I don't know any books about Flakhelfer in French ...

I have tested Nicolaisen's "Gruppenfeuer". I took a Luftwaffenhelferzeugnis (school report) of a boy from Sigmaringen (Wurttemberg, until 1945 belonging to Prussia), attending the Staatliche Oberschule für Jungen (State secondary school for boys), serving as Luftwaffenhelfer from 16 September 1943 to (at least) July 1944.
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Nicolaisen states the following:
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(Second sentence: On 1 December 1943, 20 Luftwaffenhelfer of Oberschule Sigmaringen had been deployed in Stuttgart-Stammheim.)

Now we can check the backside of the Zeugnis, is the location Stuttgart?

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Yes, he is right ...
 

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Yes Wim, he did:

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References are: 129) BA/R21/525, Bl. 465,
130) BA/R21/527, Bl. 192
The Napola students, Saarmünder Straße 23, Potsdam, were also planned for Stettin-Pölitz in 1943.
 

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So the facts do match? What an impressive ensemble of buildings (especially after the reconstruction)!
 
Here some Luftwaffenhelfer from the Grosses Militär-Waisenhaus.
I must have others, but can't find them.
Note there are no indications, which tell us they are Luftwaffenhelfer.
They in fact were so-called "Transportbegleiter der Luftwaffe". The
first GMW-boys send to serve as Luftwaffenhelfer were sent to Stettin
in February 1943. It is known from correspondence from that year.

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There is a large, interesting article about the Waisenhaus, published
in the "Military Advisor" from winter 2001/2002 (vol.13, number 1).
The entire magazine was dedicated to the Waisenhaus with 33 pages.
 

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Thanks Wim, very interesting.
I'd like to read this article and will try to get a copy.

Hardly anyone knows those small groups beyond Luftwaffen- and Marinehelfer as the Transporthelfer you mentioned, a very coveted position. They escorted material by train or by plane (!), mostly wearing HJ uniform (sometimes even with a handgun) and provided with special ID cards, or did messaging services.
There were the Forschungshelfer (scientific research helper, after November 1944) - having at least a "gut" (mark B) in science subjects for being trained to become "Forschungsnachwuchs Großdeutschland" at a special school in Wurttemberg which started on 1 March 1945 - a bit late ...
The Fronthelfer for "Operation Bartold" are another example, lead by the NSDAP in the Breslau area between August and December 1944. The aim: to establish a line of defense. Their unform: heeresgrau (grey), without Tressen (laces) but also without the HJ armband. They had always to stay in there, and could "enjoy" a censorship of letters.
Forget anything? Maybe the HJ-Schnellkommandos, a type of police helpers (runners).

(Maybe this thread meanwhile should be moved to 1939-45, Garry :bounce:?)
 
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I do not know the situation at Bender Publishing, as there the magazine with the article
about the Waisenhaus was released. Due to the death of my friend mr. Bender, all things
are vague and information is hard to get. I do not know what is happening with ordered
books and such.
I do not know if I do have a spare sample of the magazine. From many I do have them
when an article of mine is published, but I had to send magazines to the old Waisenhaus
comrads I knew in those days. I think most of them will be dead by now! All ends one
day!

Another one: the kids of the family (Geschwister) Schmid in 1943. The oldest boy Hellmut
is ready to go fot his new function of Luftwaffenhelfer. Note the various worn uniforms.

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Very well done! They were certainly very grateful for the magazine and enjoyed it.
Another fascinating picture you are showing here. And the Waisenhaus had their own shoulderstraps, wow ...
Thank you for presenting this interesting and rather unknown topic Wim.
 
Strange thing - when following the link I get this error message: no matches.
 
I don't know what the problem is.

But try Advanced Search

First search: type waisenhaus in searchfield Keyword(s) and Wilhelm Saris in searchfield User Name

Second search: type waisenhaus in searchfield Keyword(s)

Hope this works.
 
Yes, if you follow Henrik's tips you'll see the following results:

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Hello
I just made all the pages of the forum
and I can't find an example of the photo
before making the purchase I need your opinion thank you
Jean Francois
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Hi Jean Francois,

kriegsfreiwilliger (red twisted cord) Mannschaftsführer (one aluminium pip) as mentioned in Post # 16, existing until July 1944 (thanks Wim).
Nice pieces.
 
Hello Jack
thanks for your reply, I'm reassuring
because I had never seen this rank in flakhelfer
I'd make a picture of my collection on flakhefer
Jean Francois
 
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