CREDITS:

 

This web page has become possible due to a large number of people that have cooperated by providing information and given permission to use their material, private photos, collections, etc.  We would especially like to mention Bjørn Østring and other unnamed veterans of World War 2 for sharing their history and private photographs, Geir Brenden for extremely valuable photographic material as well as his vast knowledge on the subject.  Derek Schei for sharing photographs and his collection. Andrey Lysenko for his photos.  Tommy Natedal for photos and other valuable information.  Jonny Moen, Erik Lindberg, Kjell Aarø, Arne Håkon Thomassen, and Rene Chavez for their cooperation and enabling me to show parts of their collections.  War photographer Jonathan Alpeyrie for allowing me to show parts of his fine work.  In addition a number of other collectors and individuals who have chosen to remain anonymous.  They know who they are.

 

Following books have been used for sources:

 

· Legionsminner, Frontkjemperkontoret, 1943

· NS årbok 1944

· De Falt for Norge, Frontkjemperkontoret, 1945

· Veien mot Undergangen, Egil Ulateig, 2003

· Nordmennene på Østfronten, Egil Ulateig & Geir Brenden, 2005

· Dilemma, Knut Steenstrup, 1989

· Parti & Plakat, Tom B. Jensen & Hans Fredrik Dahl, 1988

· Den norske nasjonalsosialsmen, Dahl, Hagtvedt & Hjelsnes, 1982

· Wenn alle Bruder Schweigen, Munin verlag, 1973

· Die Leibstandarte im Bild, Rudolf Lehmann, 2005

· SS Regalia, Robin Lumsden, 1996

· SS Helmets, Michael Beaver & Kelly Hicks, 2006

· SS-Steel, Kelly Hicks, 2004

· The History of the German Steel Helmet, Ludwig Baer, 1985

· Foreign Legions of the Third Reich vol 1, David Littlejohn, 1979

· Siegrunen—Norwegian Volunteers of the Waffen-SS, Richard Landwehr, 1991

· The SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Terror, Gordon Williamson, 1994

· SS—Hell On The Eastern Front, Christopher Ailsby, 1998

· Handbook on German Military Forces, U.S. War Department, 1945

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