Danish SS-Untersturmführer Ellef Henry Rasmussen

Danish SS-Untersturmführer Ellef Henry Rasmussen photographed in 1944 on the Narva front, Estonia, just after graduating from SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz officer training school. Rasmussen joined Waffen-SS in 1940 and served in the Wiking Division. In 1943 he was assigned to the newly formed 11. SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, where in the final phase of the war become the commander of II./SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 Danmark. He took part many important campaigns and battles: Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union; Operation Blau, the advance into the Caucasus; Battle of Narva and Battle of Berlin. Ellef Henry Rasmussen wrote his autobiography with the help of an historian in danish Troskab - Dansk SS-frivillig E.H. Rasmussens erindringer 1940-45. He passed away in 2016.

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Danish Knight’s Cross winner SS-Obersturmführer Søren Kam

The Danish Knight’s Cross winner SS-Obersturmführer Søren Kam photographed after the presentation of the award. Kam, a veteran of the Wiking Division, won the Knight’s Cross for bravery during the Wiking’s battles in Poland’s ‘Wet Triangle’ in front of Warsaw, and was personally presented by Hitler in February 1945, thus becoming one of the three Danes to receive this award.

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The Kam brothers in the Waffen-SS

The Kam brothers in the Waffen-SS (from left to right): Poul, Søren and Erik. The Danes were photographed in 1943 and they fought in the ranks of the Wiking Division.

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Christian Frederik von Schalburg Giving a Speech in 1942

SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Frederik von Schalburg, the commanding officer of Frikorps Danmark, giving a speech in 1942. Note the Germania cuff title worn for serving in “Regiment Germania” of the Wiking Division in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa.

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Christian Frederik von Schalburg Surrounded by his Men

SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Frederik von Schalburg (center), commanding officer of Frikorps Danmark, surrounded by some of his men in 1942. In May 1942, the Danish volunteer unit was despatched to the front to support the Totenkopf Division and Heer units, which were involved in fierce defensive actions around Demyansk, south of Leningrad.

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Danish SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Frederik von Schalburg

Danish SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Frederik von Schalburg, the commanding officer of Frikorps Danmark, photographed in 1942. He joined Waffen-SS in September 1940 and served with the Wiking Division during Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Just three weeks after the outbreak of war with Soviet Union he was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class and a month later the Iron Cross First Class. Schalburg led Frikorps Danmark in the fighting in Soviet Union in the spring of 1942 until he fell on 2 June 1942 at age 36.

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Danish SS-Obersturmbannführer Knud Børge Martinsen

Danish SS-Obersturmbannführer Knud Børge Martinsen photographed in 1943. Martinsen joined Waffen-SS in May 1941, serving with Frikorps Danmark under Christian Frederich von Schalburg in Russia. After Schalburg’s death in June 1942, Martinsen took command of the unit and commanded it until March 1943. He was awarded the Infantry Assault Badge, the Wound Badge in Black and both classes of Iron Cross.

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