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Screen print nazi WWII
Waffen-SS recruitment poster from Nazi Germany, dating to around 1940-1944. The poster was designed by artist and illustrator Hans Herbert Schweitzer, known by the pseudonym "Mjölnir".
Poster Details
Organization: The poster advertises for the Waffen-SS, the armed military branch of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS).
Target Audience: The text, in German, translates to "Admission after the completed 17th year of age" and "Shorter or longer service obligation". This indicates it was a propaganda effort targeting young men for service.
Recruitment Offices: The bottom of the poster lists specific recruitment offices:
Nordwest (Northwest): Ergänzungsamt der Waffen-SS, Ergänzungsstelle Nordwest.
For Holland: Den Haag, Stadhouderslaan 132.
For Flanders: Antwerpen, Koningin Elisabethlei 22.
Context: Recruitment efforts like this were often aimed at "Germanic" volunteers from occupied or neutral nations, such as the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium), to fight on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union.
This poster is an example of Nazi propaganda used to acquire personnel for a key part of the Nazi regime that was responsible for implementing racial policies and controlling the concentration camp system. |
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