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type: CorporateBody
sources: Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 126
has or had agent name: Volunteer helpers
history: Hilfswillige were auxiliary units of Soviet POWs, Cossack, Belorussian, Tartar, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian residents in German-occupied areas. They volunteered, or were drafted, into the Wehrmacht. The Hilfswillige were issued German uniforms and received a pay scale comparable to native Germans. They also aided the Einsatzgruppen in the murder of the Jews.
is or was subject of: gb-003348-wl1367
is or was subject of: gb-003348-wl1407
name: Hilfswillige