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Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-22 | Page 1 | Russian Civilians Speed Leningrad Defense; Nazis Seek Volunteers

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Date 1941-08-22
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City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Russian Civilians Speed Leningrad Defense; Nazis Seek Volunteers
Type article
Date 1941-08-22
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 1
OCR Text Russian Civilians Speed Leni Leningrad grad Defense J NazIs Seek Volunteers Germany Calls for Men of 17 to 45 For Duration of Conflict Denies Unusual Losses Force A Action tion r. r By CLINTON CLINT N B. B CONGER BER BERLIN IN Aug 22 UP UP-G UP Germany UP-Germany Germany Germany- with millions of men under arms called Friday for volunteers ers between the ages of 17 and 45 for its its' armed S S troops which are taking a prominent prominent prominent prom prom- part as shock units in bitter fighting on the Russian front Newspapers published the call for volunteers of three categories Youths and men of from 17 to 45 to enlist for the duration of the war those under 25 to be acceptable ble for lor infantry tank and signal corps service Youths and men of from 17 to 35 to enlist for lor four and one-half one years Youths and men from 17 to 23 for the normal year 12 enlistment of the s SS S men which form the elite picked corps of the nazi hierarchy hier- hier archy who always Jl hitherto have been selected with great care for height build and political and racial racial racial ra ra- ra- ra cial background Appe Appealing for youths and men mento mento mento to answer the call the the newspapers cited the proud deeds of the armed S SS S men now standing in the most forward battlefront against bolshevism Authorized nazi informants said the call for volunteers was a purely pure ly technical measure which would give youths and men who were of conscription age anyway an opportunity opportunity op op- op- op to join troops who will see plenty of battle action and who also will be used In special duties in occupied and conquered areas They denied that the call meant the S SS S r regiments had suffered eastern unusual losses on the front These s SS S regiments it has been been Indi at d arc of the he the German army originally made up of the men from Adolf Hitler's own own bodyguard regiments Informants said that normally s SS S men sign up for 12 years and that normally after the war those whose enlis enlistments had not expired would go into the police pollee The present call they said opened the possibility for men to join the corps for lor the duration of the war only It seemed likely that there might be a need for S SS S men in oc oc- Continued on Page Two Column Five GERMANS ASKED TO VOLUNTEER Continued from Page Pigs One I territories which accordIng according accord- accord Ing log t to reports from all over Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope are becoming increasingly restive Enlistment of new boys and men in the corps would re release release release re- re lease veterans for combat services A United Press dispatch from Berlin mentioned incidentally that among the death notices of soldiers and nazi troops in the the nazi party newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper was one of a man killed August 9 in an attack by Serbian gangs Such attacks are never announced Explaining the call for volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- authorized informants said that only men who had not been incorporated in the armed forces would be accepted and that men mennow men mennow mennow now in military or nazi units would not b be permitted to transfer to the theS theS thes S S corps I They said that in the S S armed units the volunteers would be an integral part of the armed forces and would receive army artily pay and food i
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