Flemings, Join the Ranks of the Germanic SS
Poster from occupied Belgium, addressing it’s Flemish population to join the ranks of the Germanic SS. Local Schutzstaffel (SS) organizations in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway were known collectively as the Germanische SS (Germanic SS), distinguishing their populations as pureblooded Aryans. The esoteric racial doctrine of the SS considered inhabitants of northwesterly Europe a human reservoir of Germanic blood, with the understanding that racial characteristics are tied to the natural environment from where they were derived. Following this logic, the Germanic peoples were said to be imbued with a certain hardness and combat readiness due to the harsh climate of northern Europe that they evolved to inhabit, making them ideal warriors.
Flemish recruits are thought to have lived up to this belief, with Hitler himself stating of them that they “have indeed shown themselves on the Eastern Front to be more pro-German and more ruthless than the Dutch legionaries”.
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Poster from occupied Belgium, addressing it’s Flemish population to join the ranks of the Germanic SS. Local Schutzstaffel (SS) organizations in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway were known collectively as the Germanische SS (Germanic SS), distinguishing their populations as pureblooded Aryans. The esoteric racial doctrine of the SS considered inhabitants of northwesterly Europe a human reservoir of Germanic blood, with the understanding that racial characteristics are tied to the natural environment from where they were derived. Following this logic, the Germanic peoples were said to be imbued with a certain hardness and combat readiness due to the harsh climate of northern Europe that they evolved to inhabit, making them ideal warriors.
Flemish recruits are thought to have lived up to this belief, with Hitler himself stating of them that they “have indeed shown themselves on the Eastern Front to be more pro-German and more ruthless than the Dutch legionaries”.
Poster reads: Flemings, Close [Join] the Ranks of the Germanic SS
