The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the Standarten of the SS-TV. Its name, Totenkopf, is German for "death's
Motorized troops during Operation Barbarossa, September 1941
Motorized infantry on their way to Leningrad, 1941
1943 Photograph of Jewish prisoners in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
British prisoners of war with a Pz.Kpfw Ib German tank in Calais in May, 1940
Le Paradis massacre
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The Le Paradis massacre was a World War II war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein. It took place on 27 May 194
3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
…militias that had committed war crimes in Poland. The division became notorious for its brutality, and committed numerous war crimes, including the Le Paradis and Chasselay massacres. The remnants of the division surrendered on 9 May 1945 to American forces in Czechoslovakia. The SS Division Totenkopf was…
Le Paradis Massacre site
The farmhouse where the survivors of the Royal Norfolks surrendered
A memorial to the Le Paradis massacre was dedicated on 13 July 2021 at Norwich Cathedral by HRH The Princess Royal. The inscription reads: 'to the memory of the 97 soldiers who died in the massacre on 27 May 1940 at Le Paradis, Northern France [badge of the Royal Norfolk Regiment] These soldiers were drawn from the 2nd Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment, 1st Battalion The Royal Scots and other British Expeditionary Force units'.
Front view of the Curiohaus in Rotherbaum, Hamburg