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Here we have another amazing SS photo album that came out of a world renowned collection we have been helping liquidate. This is a fantastic and incredibly rare photo album to an early member of the 1st SS-Totenkopfverband “Oberbayern.” This album has some incredible shots of the early training days at Dachau, as well as some shots from the early invasion of Poland, as well as soldiers in camoflauge. There are several popular SS related postcards as well. This album is placed in the rare SS black photo album cover with the “Erinnerungen an Meine Dienstzeit SS- Totenkopfverband “Oberbayern” which translates to (Memories of My Service in SS-Totenkopfverband “Oberbayern”.) These album covers alone are incredibly rare and very displayable on their own merits.
The 1st TK-Standarte ‘Oberbayern’. Formed 1937 at Dachau. During the Polish invasion conducted so-called “security operations” behind the lines. Which, in reality were operations of terrorizing and murdering the Polish civilian population as part of the Einsatzgruppen (death squads.) Redesigned 1st. SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment, and assigned to the Totenkopf Division. It was used for “police duties” during the invasion of Poland behind the lines of the 10. Armee between Upper Silesia and the Vistula river. These duties consisted of hunting down the remaining polish soldiers, terrorizing the civilians and murdering political leaders, priests, intellectuals and Jews.
This album is filled with 77 photos and SS post cards. Totenkopf related images like this are extremely hard to come by, especially to a n early member of the Totenkopf Division.
