SS Heimwehr Danzig - The SS Wachsturmbann "Eimann"

The SS Wachsturmbann "Eimann"

The SS Wachsturmbann "Eimann" was set up in early June 1939 in Danzig by then SS Sturmbannführer Kurt Eimann and was considered as an armed reserve of the Danzig SS-Standarte 36. It was used also in the Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) areas of the Polish Corridor, in order to induce ethnic Germans to join the SS, particularly the Totenkopfverbände. This Wachsturmbann was the first regiment of the later SS-Totenkopf-Division to have a purely military battle formation.