The German Ethnic Group of Romania. The Second Assignment Source for the Waffen-SS

Abstract

An outcome of the interplay between methodical ideological indoctrination and applied war-craft schooling, the final product of the GEG training system consisted of the Waffen-SS soldier. Fully motivated, dogmatically and assiduously qualified in war-techniques, the young Volksdeutsche recruit from Romania acted as an exuberant and impetuous fighter, ready to fulfil Hitler’s orders and his Weltanschauung ideals. Considering the numbers hereafter provided by several well-known historians, the GEG in Romania was able to assemble a considerable army of recruits thoroughly prepared to perform as a politized fighting force in consonance with the Waffen-SS ethos, as it had been promoted by its ideologists and military professionals.