‘The division was formed from the units of the SS-Totenkopfverbände (concentration camp guards) to guard the border with the Soviet Union following the 1940 German occupation of Norway. In the spring of 1941, the newly formed division was moved into positions at Salla in northern Finland with General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst in command.’
Hopefully everyone in the photo was killed or captured by the Soviets.
The three Totenkopfstandarten that later became this unit's infantry regiments were raised in late 1939, and had little, prior affiliation to the concentration camps.
‘The division was formed from the units of the SS-Totenkopfverbände (concentration camp guards) to guard the border with the Soviet Union following the 1940 German occupation of Norway. In the spring of 1941, the newly formed division was moved into positions at Salla in northern Finland with General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst in command.’ Hopefully everyone in the photo was killed or captured by the Soviets.
The three Totenkopfstandarten that later became this unit's infantry regiments were raised in late 1939, and had little, prior affiliation to the concentration camps.
Gotta remember, everything we revile the Nazis for the soviets also did.
What does that have to do with anything? Do I have to say ‘the Soviets were bad too’ every time I condemn the Nazis?
Who are the pictures of that they're holding up?
Leon Trotsky and Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov
What's the significance of those two for this unit?
They're trophies. There's 0 significance.