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The aim here is to compile lists of all known Wehrertüchtigungslager (HJ pre-military training camps) for the HJ. This thread includes a complete list as at 29.5.1943 and a list of known Reichsausbildungslager (this list is not dated but has been culled from various sources). The last list compiles WEL opened after May 1943.

If anyone comes across or has any additions for the list please add them!



Reichsausbildungslager:

NameNotes
I Greibensee
II Germeter
III Eningen
IV Stegskopf (Prinz Eugen)
V Bistritz am Hostein.
VI Dessau
Reichsausbildunglager I des HJ Streifendienstes FreusburgAlso acted as a WEL from 1943
Reichsausbildunglager II des HJ Streifendienstes Eipel/Böhmen u. MährenCreated Nov 1943
Reichsausbildunglager III des HJ Streifendienstes Birgsau/Obersdorf
Reichsausbildungslager II (Nachrichten-HJ) Metz
Reichsausbildungslager der germanischen Jugend Heiligenstadt
Reichsausbildungslager Fladungen/Rhön.In existence 1944
Reichsausbildungslager Nachrichtenschule Halle/SaaleIn existence 1944






WEL in existence in 1942 (ongoing list):

Nr.LocationWehrkreisNotes
I (1/5)UhlingenHJ-Gebiet Pommern

I

Kirchberg/Hunsrück

HJ-Gebiet Moselland

I

Hochlandlager/Königsdorf

HJ-Gebiet Hochland

I

Dörrenbach

HJ-Gebiet 25 Westmark

II

Hochlandlager/Königsdorf

HJ-Gebiet Hochland

Opened May 1942

II

Asbach/Westerwald

HJ-Gebiet Moselland

II

Schillbach

HJ-Gebiet Sachsen



II
Heyhof, Bergzabern
HJ-Gebiet 25 Westmark

III

Ansemburg/Luxemburg

HJ-Gebiet Moselland

III

Dettendorf

HJ-Gebiet Hochland

The first courses were held here in August 1942

III

Buchschwabach

HJ-Gebiet Franken


WEL Dahlen

HJ-Gebiet Sachsen

IV

Neukirch/Valtenbach

HJ-Gebiet Sachsen
IV
WEL Kohlscheid
HJ-Gebiet Westfalen


WEL Hauenstein

HJ-Gebiet Baden


WEL Faak

HJ-Gebiet Kärnten


WEL Hämelheide

HJ-Gebiet Niedersachsen
Opened 1942

WEL Derneburg
HJ-Gebiet Niedersachsen
Opened 1942






WEL as at 29th of May 1943:

WEL Nr. Location Wehrkreis Notes
1Schippenbeil/Ostpreußen NordostI
2Hochwalde III SpreeIII
3Glöwen/Westprignitz SpreeIII
4Raudten, Kreis Lüben/Schlesien SüdostVIII
5Goddentow near Lauenburg OstseeII
6Kaiserhain Nordsee
7Nordholz, Kreis Wesermünde NordseeX
8Härmelheide near Eystrup, Kreis Nienburg MitteXI
9Oer near Recklinghausen WestV
10Himmrich, Kreis Geilenkirchen, b.Aachen WestV
11Mausbach near Stolberg WestVI
12Kirchberg/Mosel RheinXII
13Emmerichhain/Westerwald RheinXII
14Homberg near Kassel Fulda-WerraIX
15Külso near Wittenberg ElbeIV
16Neukirchen/Erzgebirge ElbeIV
17Ranis/Thüringen Fulda-WerraIX
18Eschenbach near Grafenwöhr MainIX
19Königsdorf near Bad Tölz SüdVII
20Kuchberg near Geisslingen SüdwestV
21Hauenstein near Annweiler SüdwestV
22Gutenthau near Bayreuth MainXIII
23Beese, Kreis Salzweder, Altmark MitteIX
24Waren/Müritz , Mecklenburg OstseeII
25Dörrenbach near Bergzabern RheinXII
26Wenzendorf near Tostedt NordseeX
27Neustift near Rohrendorf DonauXVII
28Reichenau DonauXVII
29Kammerschärfling DonauXVII
30St.Ruprecht AlpenlandXVIII
31Not listed.
32St.Gilgen AlpenlandXVIII
33From 01.08.1943: SS-Ausbildungskommando Wehrertüchtigungslager (included alpine training) Rautz, Arlberg AlpenlandXVIII
34Malsbenden WestVI
35Dubenetz, Kreis Trautenau, Sudetengau SüdostVIII
36Harburg near Donauwörth SüdVII
37Nielsbuben WeichselXX
38Bergstadt near Birnbaum WartheXXI
39Fladungen II (Rhön) MainXIII
40Bad Königsdorf, Kreis Rybnik, Oberschlesien SüdostVIII
45Franzenthal near Jablonetz an der Isar DonauXVII

Germanische Jugend G 1
Stegekopf (Prinz Eugen), Westerwald Rhein
XII

Germanische Jugend G 2
Heiligenstadt, Thüringen Fulda-Werra
IX

Germanische Jugend G 3 Wehrertüchtigungslager Millstättersee near Spittal, Kärnten. Alpenland1XVIII

1 For dutch, flemish, walloon, norwegian and danish youth. See this clip: 1943-04-xx - Descheg-Monatsschau Nr. 14 (21m 25s, 720x544)). This WEL may also be referred to as "Seeboden" or "Seeblick" in some sources.





WEL created (or noted in a primary source) subsequent to the 1943 list:

WEL Nr.
Location
Wehrkreis
Notes

SS-Ausbildungskommando
Kiew Ergänzungsamt Russia-south
Wehrertüchtigungslager VD 1
For volksdeutsche ukranian youth29.08.1943

SS-Ausbildungskommando
Neukuhren/Samland, Ostpreußen Nordost (I)
Wehrertüchtigungslager VD 2
For estonian and lithuanian volksdeutsche youth05.09.1943

SS-Ausbildungskommando
Eisentratten near Gmünd Alpenland (XVIII)
Wehrertüchtigungslager VD 3
For slovakian and Banat volksdeutsche youth

WEL I Lauben Marine-HJ Wehrertüchtigungslager was attended by this boy (Zempelburg has been struck through)
In existence Aug 1943

WEL 3, Vogelsang I, Gebiet 11 Köln-Aachen
In existence 24.7.1943

Marine-HJ WEL Attersee (alt: "Kammersee") in HJ-Gebiet 29 Oberdonau.
In existence June 1944

Motor-HJ Wehrertüchtigungslager Lichtenstein/Sachsen
In existence Sept 1944

Marine-HJ Wehrertüchtigungslager Köge (Zeeland, near Copenhagen)
In existence 15.3.44. 1945 Reference here

Wehrertüchtugungslager Vallø (Vallö) in Denmark

In existence 1945

WEL Offz.Bew. (Offiziersbewerber/Officer applicants) Bracht, Gebiet 14 Kurhessen

Link1 Link 2 In existence 1944

WEL Bernau. Reference: (Gebietsbefehl Baden dated 1.3.1945)

In existence 1945

WEL Urloffen. Reference: (Gebietsbefehl Baden dated 1.3.1945)

In existence 1945

WEL Radolfzell. Reference: (Gebietsbefehl Baden dated 1.3.1945)

In existence 1945

WEL Niefern. Reference: (Gebietsbefehl Baden dated 1.3.1945)

In existence 1945

WEL Eilfingen. Reference: (Gebietsbefehl Baden dated 1.3.1945)

In existence 1945

WEL Ortenberg. Reference: (Gebietsbefehl Baden dated 1.3.1945)

In existence 1945

WEL Triberg. Reference: (Gebietsbefehl Baden dated 1.3.1945)

In existence 1945

WEL Deutsch Krone, (HJ-Gebiet Pommern - offered special training for Motor-HJ members and applicants for motorised units)
In existence June 1943

WEL Lauenburg, (HJ-Gebiet Pommern - for SS applicants and SRD members)
In existence Nov 1943

WEL Lauenburg, (HJ-Gebiet Pommern - for Marine-HJ and Kriegsmarine applicants)
In existence Nov 1943

WEL Westfalenhof, (HJ-Gebiet Pommern - for aircraft recognition and radio training for Flieger-HJ and Luftwaffe applicants)
In existence Nov 1943

WEL Bublitz, (HJ-Gebiet Pommern - for Nachrichten-HJ and army/airforce signals unit applicants)
In existence Nov 1943

WEL Kreuzeck, HJ-Gebiet Pommern (for for Gebirgsjäger applicants)
In existence Nov 1943

WEL Vorchdorf HJ-Gebiet 29 Oberdonau
In existence Apr 1944

WEL I (HJ-Gebiet Moselland) Adenau/Eiffel
In existence 1944

WEL II (HJ-Gebiet Moselland) Asbach/Westerwald
In existence 1944

WEL III (HJ-Gebiet Moselland) Ansemburg/Luxemburg
In existence 1944

WEL IV (HJ-Gebiet Moselland) Am Asterstein, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein
In existence 1944

WEL Marine-HJ (HJ-Gebiet Moselland) Trier
In existence 1944

WEL Marine-HJ (HJ-Gebiet Moselland) Wiltingen/Saar
In existence 1944

WEL Hauenstein (HJ-Gebiet Baden)
In existence 1942

WEL III Hagenbach (HJ-Gebiet 25 Westmark)
In existence 1943

WEL IV Ludwigswinkel (HJ-Gebiet 25 Westmark)

WEL V Büchelberg (HJ-Gebiet 25 Westmark)

WEL VI Büchelberg (HJ-Gebiet 25 Westmark)

WEL Augustdorf (HJ Gebiet 9 Westfalen-Nord)

Opened July 1943

WEL Münster-Kasewinkel (HJ Gebiet 9 Westfalen-Nord)

Opened July 1943

WEL VI Kaplaniehof über Bergzabern (Gebiet 25 Saarpfalz)

In existence 1944
 
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Wehrertuchtigungslager

Hi Gary,
The one I went to in Dec1943/Jan 1944 was in Austria, and if I remember it well, was called Millstattersee. There was another nearby, i think called Seebliek. The closest city nearby was Spittal (or so)
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Many thanks Haen :thumb: I've added that one to the list (Seeblick was the G3 Germanische Jugend camp)



Have you seen this Descheg clip at all? A part of it deals with the Wehrertüchtigungslager Millstättersee (Footage of the Lager begins at 2:38):

[video]http://reichsarchiv.com/Filme/04_Wochenschauen/1943-04-xx-Descheg-Monatsschau-Nr.-14.php[/video]
 

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Teilnahmebescheinigung

I wonder if there ar more of these floating around or in archives.
Would LOVE to get my hands on a copy of mine.
And . . .thanks Garry. I had not seen that clip; The "Jeugdstormers" however short exposed look good, don't they.
I am glad to be able to piece together some parts of my past through this forum.
HN
 

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Wehrertüchtigungslager in Denmark:

Koege (Zeeland, near Copenhagen)

Marine-HJ: Bornholm

Source:
Kriegstagebuch
Der Abt. Ia des Befehlshabers der deutschen Truppen in Dänemark.

15.3.44:
Vom Höheren Kommando Kopenhagen für das Wehrertüchtigungslager Köge beantragte Waffen
konnten nicht zur Verfugung gestellt werden.

2.11.44:
Seit dem Aufruf des Volkssturms ist die Verlegung der Wehrertüchtigungslager der H.J. im
Einsatzfall nicht mehr notwendig. Die Angehörigen bis Jahrgang 28 können zum Kampf
eingesetzt werden. Die Landesgruppenleitung verlegt die Wehrertüchtigungslager, um die
Jungen im Einsatzfall besser einsetzen zu können.

Von der Insel Bornholm ist das Wehrertüchtigungslager der Marine-H.J. zu verlegen.
Entsprechende Anweisung ergeht an Admiral Skagerrak.
 

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Part of a K-Schein from Wehrertüchtigungslager 3 für Volksdeutsche Jugend, Gebiet Kärnten. Is a young Dutch.

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Thanks Lauri. I've linked to your post from the main list.
 

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I've added the HJ Reichsausbildungslager to the list in post #1. Please add any that you know of!
 

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Marine-HJ Wehrertüchtigungslager I Lauben 1943

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There was also a WE-Lager in Heks, Belgium, But I don't have much information about this WE-Lager.
 

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Sorry for this late response Michael. Thanks for that info. If any documents/further information turn up we can definitely add that one to the list :thumb:



Added Wehrertüchtigungslager 3, Vogelsang I, Gebiet 11 Köln-Aachen to list in post #1:

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Hi Garry,


The Wehrertüchtigungslager Millstättersee that you have added seems to be the same camp as WEL Seeblick.

The only mention of the Milstätter-camp in this forum seems to be the movie, you refer to (which can now be seen here: https://archive.org/details/1943-04-xx-Descheg-Monatsschau-Nr.14) ...but the same clip was used for the week-review movie here: http://archive.org/details/1943-05-19-Die-Deutsche-Wochenschau-663 ... where the location is called Seebooden (eg, where Seeblick was located ...).

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Many thanks Frederick. I have updated post #1 with that information.

Welcome to the forum by the way!
 

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I don't know if this info is relevant in this thread, but: The Seeblick/Seeboden camp seems to have been transformed from a work camp for the Wolfsberg Tunnel: it has the same name and possible same (exact) position, according to the accessible image-sources.
The tunnel-project was postponed due to the war, around 1941, and the tunnel partly transformed to an underground Messerschmitt factory (!), according to local history-sources: http://www.seeboden.at/fileadmin/dateien/Chronik/Der_Wolfsbergtunnel/Der_Wolfsbergtunnel.pdf
 

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After my idea there were differend camps
see documents (24 7 1944) of a Dutch boy in training again sports camp
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Sorry for my late reply - but I can't see any documentation for more than one camp in the documents, which by no doubt still is fantastic documentation (!). The first one seems to be a kind of report from a combat-exercise of some kind ... the first map shows the position of the WE Lager (in fact one of the positions I suspected after some research in pictures from the area: https://www.google.dk/maps/place/98...2!3m1!1s0x4770bcc1b4259e57:0x46b943e54675bd3b). The other map is positions of a prisoner camp and a airplane factory, possibly just to the west of the first one, where the stream splits into three ...
 

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R.A.L. I Germ. Jugend. ( Reichsausbildungslager 1 Germanische Jugend )

The cufftitle has a collector friend of mine in his collection.
Can one tell where the camp was just me? I can not find a city under Greibensee.

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