"Latvian SS in Pomerania" Topic

"In July 1944, 15 Waffen SS Grenadier Division (Latvian No. 1) [15 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische no. 1)] participated in heavy fighting near Ostrow and lost its fighting capacity. Staff of three infantry regiments and divisional units were evacuated by sea on the SS Military Boot Camp Contact Us"West Prussia" (Truppen Ubungsplatz "Westprussen") between Koscierzyna and entities. 19th Meanwhile Division was cut off with the German army in Courland, in the northern part of Latvia, where he struggled to 11 May 1945.Proving "West Prussia" included a large ANDREW'S E-STORE part of the county Chojnice and Kościerski. With his land – north and west of the Brus – completely or partially displaced people living in 40 different towns (villages, settlements, settlement). The total area of polygon was approximately 70,000 hectares in the municipalities of Lipnica, Forestry (completely found in the area of military training), Brusy (about 50%) and Lipusz. The most deserted villages were: Główczewice, High Zaborska, Kaszuba Rolbik, Big and Small Chełmy, Forestry, Woods. This is where it was decided to put the remains of the Latvian Waffen-SS in order to play it and make new volunteers. The range in Dziemianach and high Zaborska there were a total of 1,600 Latvians, who replaced the French volunteers of 33 Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS "Charlemagne". One of the Frenchmen, Christian de la MAZIERE, as he recalled his followers: "we also met the Latvian SS, who had just reassembled. They were great soldiers, extremely fierce. They hated the Soviets, who in 1940, shortly after the war, the Finnish mastered their homeland. They thought the Germans as liberators. "…"
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My hometown had a large emigre population of Latvians and Estonians. As I got to know some through chess club one was missing his thumb and I asked Anton how it happened. He hesitated but eventually said fighting Russians. He never confirmed it, but hinted he was part of the SS formation. May he rest in peace.