Showing posts with label 6 Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 6 Religion. Show all posts

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Erwin Rommel during the Funeral in Africa


A Wehrmacht Kriegspfarrer (War Chaplain) presides over the Protestant burial ceremony for Rittmeister Ulrich Otto Hoesch (born 21 April 1899), who was killed in combat during the Battle of Gazala on 7 October 1941. Standing behind him are high-ranking officers of the Panzergruppe "Afrika", from left to right: General der Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel (Befehlshaber Panzergruppe "Afrika"), Generalmajor Alfred Gause (Chef des Generalstabes Panzergruppe "Afrika"), and Oberstleutnant im Generalstab Siegfried Westphal (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier Panzergruppe "Afrika"). Everyone in this photo is wearing a tropenhelm (tropical helmet) which was usually used by German troops on the battlefields with tropical or hot climates such as North Africa and the Mediterranean.

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2012/03/album-foto-erwin-rommel-sebagai_1308.html
https://www.volksbund.de/en/erinnern-gedenken/gravesearch-online/detail/627aad983b9b8c6886125eeb8a9b7584

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Léon Degrelle Receiving Communion


Léon Degrelle and other Legion Wallonie volunteers from Wallonische-Infantrerie-Bataillon 373 receiving communion in the field. In his memoar, Degrelle wrote: "I was the first one to have Catholic chaplains in the Waffen SS. Later chaplains of all denominations were available to all those who wanted them. The Muslim SS division had its own mullahs, and the French even had a bishop."



Soldiers of the Wallonische-Infantrerie-Bataillon 373 during a Catholic mass in the field


Source :
"Epic: The Story of the Waffen SS" by Léon Degrelle
https://www.facebook.com/301896313292408/photos/a.301897439958962/1545021395646554/?type=3
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=4732&hilit=leon+degrelle
http://krigshistoria.blogspot.com/2013/05/wallonische-infanterie-bataillon-373.html