Hassebroek initially continued as a member of the Bismarckbund before switching to the Sturmabteilung as a 19-year-old, joining the Nazi Party the following year (#256,527).
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Johannes Hassebroek (11 July 1910 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt – 17 April 1977 in Westerstede) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and Nazi concentration camp commandant.
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Up to death in 1977 Hassebroek remained nostalgic for his SS days, commenting to Israeli historian Tom Segev that "our service was an overwhelming emotional experience of enormous strength. We believed not only in the same values and ideals - we believed in each other".
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Hassebroek was the son of prison guard who had joined the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten after his service in the First World War.
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