Published: 25 December 2010
Last Updated: 28 July 2013
The 34. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Landstorm Nederland was formed when SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Brigade Landstorm Nederland was upgraded to a division. It suffered heavy losses during heavy fighting in April 1945.
There was a small mutiny in the division in 1945 when four Dutch SS men in 7th Company, SS-Freiw. Rgt. 84 planned to kill their squad leader and desert to the British. Their plan was discovered and the four plotters were executed on 9 March 1945.
Lineage
Landstorm Nederland (Oct 1943 – Nov 1944)
SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade Landstorm Nederland (Nov 1944 – Feb 1945)
34. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Landstorm Nederland (Feb 1945 – May 1945)
Commanders
SS-Oberführer Martin Kohlroser (10 Feb 1945 – ? May 1945)
Chief of Staff
SS-Sturmbannführer Paul Kuhlmeyer (10 Feb 1945 – 1 Mar 1945)
SS-Hauptsturmführer Friedrich-Christian Ziegler (? Apr 1945 – ? May 1945)
Quartermaster
SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Lorenscheidt (10 Feb 1945 – 1 Mar 1945)
Honor titles
The “Landstorm Nederland” was originally a home guard unit, which the SS took over in 1943.
Order of battle
SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 83
– I./SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 83
– II./SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 83
SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 84
– I./SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 84
– II./SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 84
SS-Artillerie-Regiment 60
– s.FH-Batterie 60
– SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 60
– le.Flak-Kompanie 60
SS-Versorgungs-Regiment 60
– Transport-Kompanie 60
– Verpflegungs-Kompanie 60
– SS-Feldzeug-Kompanie 60
– SS-FeldersatzBataillon 60
– SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 60
SS-Pionier-Kompanie 60
SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 60
Werkstattkompanie
Officers serving in the Einsatzgruppen and Concentration Camps
Concentration Camps 6
(includes officers serving in the Einsatzgruppen or Concentration Camps either prior to or after service in this unit)
Insignia
The “Landstorm Nederland” cuff title was authorized for this unit.
A collar insignia with a flaming grenade was used.
Sources used
John R. Angolia – Cloth insignia of the SS
Georges M. Croisier – Waffen-SS (PDF)
Terry Goldsworthy – Valhalla’s Warriors: A history of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1941-1945
Dr. K-G Klietmann – Die Waffen-SS: eine Dokumentation
Kurt Mehner – Die Waffen-SS und Polizei 1939-1945
Marc J. Rikmenspoel – Waffen-SS Encyclopedia
Frank Thayer – SS Foreign volunteer collar insignia and their reproductions (in The Military Advisor, Vol 4 No 2)
Gordon Williamson & Thomas McGuirl – German military cuffbands 1784-present
Gordon Williamson – The Waffen-SS: 24. to 38. Divisions and Volunteer Legions
Mark C. Yerger – Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, corps and divisional leaders of a legend (2 vol)
Reference material on this unit
– None known at this time –
