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30-08-2024
2 letters from Flemish Waffen SS volunteer – Sturmbrigade Langemarck – Hugo Servaes – Killed in action in Jampol 'March 1944'.
Hugo Servaes was born on 24.08.1925 in Campenhout. As a young idealist, he joined the Flemish collaboration organization DeVlag – Deutsch-Vlämische Arbeitsgemeinschaft and volunteered for the Freiwilligen Legion Flandern in april 1942. Hugo was involved in some of the most intense and brutal combat situations of the eastern front and fell on 4.03.1944 in Jampol, Ukraine at the age of 18 years old. Hugo wrote many letters during his years in the Waffen SS. Below are two letters sent from Senheim in January 1943.
Two letter envelopes sent to Flemish Waffen SS volunteer – Legion Flandern – Alfons van Dyck
Oberscharführer Van Dijck Alfons
Alfons van Dijck was born on 16.10.1923 in Aartselaar, survived the war and died peacefully on 13.12.2000 in Sint-Niklaas. After his death, his ashes were scattered at the Schoonselhof cemetery in Antwerp. Alfons joined the Waffen SS on 23.05.1941 and climbed to the rank of Oberscharführer. He served with several units, including the 6th company of the SS Freiwilligen Standarte "Nordwest," the SS Freiwilligen Legion "Flandern," the first battalion of the 4th Company of the 6th SS Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade "Langemarck," and the 27th SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Division "Langemarck. Alfons was wounded twice during the war: once in 1942 and again on 26.02.1944 in Jampol, Ukraine. For his service, he received several decorations, including the Iron Cross Second Class on 26.04.1944, and the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, a badge for wounded soldiers.
Flemish Waffen SS letter 19.06.1944 Ansbach
A letter from Gustaaf Aerts from France 1943
A letter from Flemish NSKK Volunteer – Gustaaf Aerts (17–8–43) – Feldpostnr: L 44897/A7 –
NSKK Regiment 3.
Gustaaf Aerts was born on 01.07.1908, in Ramsel, and died on 12.03.1985, in Schriek. He served in the NSKK Regiment 3. He was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months. Staatsblad SB1950/06037.
A letter from a Flemish NSKK Volunteer in Diest (Belgium) February 4, 1944.
During the war, the citadel of Diest was used by the Germans as a training school for the NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps). Flemish, Dutch, and even French volunteers were trained there as truck drivers.
Two letters from Leo, a Flemish OT (Organisation Todt) member in the Caucasus – Baustab Speer Ostbau OT
This unit on the Eastern Front had the primary function of planning and executing construction projects for both military and civilian infrastructure. These activities included the construction and maintenance of roads, railways, airfields, and fortifications, which were essential for the German war efforts on the Eastern Front. (In the second letter, it is mentioned that he is in the Caucasus.)