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3 unusual facts about SS Heimwehr Danzig


SS Heimwehr Danzig

The Heimwehr Danzig fought on the German side, in the process capturing the Polish post office, an event which Günter Grass dedicated a chapter of his novel The Tin Drum to.

After the "reunification of Danzig with the German Reich," the Wachsturmbann "Eimann" provided the staff for the newly established concentration camp Stutthof near Danzig.

After Poland was overrun, such militias were involved in war crimes perpetrated on Polish civilians in West Prussia.



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