Garry, then quite possibly the Walther PP I showed in the earlier post was used at the new school in Suhl, as the pistol is dated from 1942. I searched Stellrecht's SS officer file but found no information on his work with the HJ. Do you have perhaps any addresses for the shooting schools in Obermaßfeld and Suhl? Often the buildings and/or shooting ranges were used in the post war period.
not exactly but looks like late 44 or early 45 his mention of dates is kind of vague so you have to go through preceding chapters to find the time line, he was @ Luftwaffe base near Kassel when called back to Wittlich by Bannführer Wendt , he made Heck Bannführer because Arthur Axmann orderd Wendt to take charge of defense of right bank of the Rhine.This is very interesting to me as I've been working on a project for a while now to research all leaders of the Banne, Untergaue etc 1933-45. There were three different Bannführer during the course of 1944 for Bann 244 with the last appointment (currently known to me anyway) being made on 26.7.1944. Heck must have been appointed after this but does he say when he was made Bannführer 244?
Also, Bannführer Wendt.. I have a few in my list with that surname. Is there any detail on where Heck was when he was promoted by Wendt?
Incidentally, there was one other 16 year-old Bannführer by the name of Edgar Gielsdorf who was Bannführer 464 from 1942 to 1943. He was appointed two weeks before his 17th birthday though so your guy beats him
Thanks in advance.
Right you are. And they kept the statue. Google Earth found the address on the other side of the street. But the building outline was obvious.
No idea why but house number 5 is actually on both sides of the street in Google Maps World. Both Gaststätte Papperla Pub (on the right in the photo) and the school on the left are both given as Frankeninsel 5.
Hello, yet in a proceeding chapter he writes he gave up command of 244 to someone after leading HJ troops to fortified line, then I think he went on a Luftwaffe mission to recover some radar, radio equipment. so that would make up 3 people as Bannführer in this time line, think you mentioned 3 people, in any case buy the books Gary! lo, maybe you will understand his timeline better than me.
Garry, so this unit was von Schirach's bodyguard? I checked the list of RSD units guarding Hitler and other party/government leaders and he was not listed. Was the Wachgefolgschaft continued as Axmann's bodyguard unit. Any specifics as to personnel, numbers, weapons, organization? When von Schirach moved to Vienna, he had no RSD unit providing security.
It is a small world in collecting, especially when you buy things and forget you have it or fail to list it in inventory lists. I was going through an "extra" books box looking for extra volumes of Ruhle's "Das Dritte Reich" for a friend, when I found this book. Sadly it is all text and no images, but it does contain a chapter on handling weapons. Red cover with no conspicuous HJ markings.
