Danish Volunteers of the Waffen-SS: Freikorps Danmark 1941-43

Danish Volunteers of the Waffen—SS tells the story of Freikorps Danmark in pictures from 1941–1943.
Freikorps Danmark was established as a Danish corps to fight communism and, from its beginning, was controlled from Denmark, being placed under the control of the SS—Division Totenkopf and 1. SS—Brigade during its service on the Eastern Front. It was a relatively small formation, which almost entirely consisted of Danish volunteers; during their time on the Eastern Front, they suffered heavy casualties. In 1943, the High Command of the Waffen—SS decided to disband Freikorps Danmark and the personnel had to transfer to a new German division, which was directly controlled by the Waffen—SS. The source material for this book has been gathered from the photo collections of former members of the unit and includes a large number of previously unpublished images.