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that period.
Recently, under the general policy of manpower preservation,
the employment, of trained SS Aufseherinnen . (female guards) seems
to be a universal praCtice at female" camps.
19. TV Regiments
The Totenkopfverbande were originally organised into four
Standarten, named after the areas in which they served, as
follows:-
OBERBAXERN, original home station. at DACHAU, near MUNICH
BRANDENBURG, original home station at SACESENHABS&T, near
BERLIN;
• THbRINGEN, original home station at BUCHENWALD, near WEIMAR;
OSTMARK, most of the personnel of this regiment were
recruited from among Austrian SS members.
Units bearing the name of ELBE, SACHSEN,. ORAWIENBURG and
.0STFRIESLAND have been mentionecisince-about 1938, but these names
may. designate Sturmbanne (Stubas, , or Battalions) or sub-units of
Standarten rather than regiments.
The four regiments were placed under the command of the late
SS Gruppenfthrer BIM as Inspector, and subsequently-Commander,
of Concentration Camps and Totenkopf units. Previously he had
been commandant of the ORANIENBURG camps. =RE was killed on
the Eastern Front in February, 1943.
Each StandArte was divided into Sturmbanne (battalions),
designated by Roman numerals, and these battalions into
Hundertschaften (companies), which consisted of 80 to 120 men or
more, according to requirements.
The strength of such a TV Standarte was generally greater
than that of a regiment in the 'Army. In 1936, for example, a
report on Standarte BRANDENBURG stated that it consisted apparently
of six Stutmbanne numbered I to VI, with Hundertschaften
numbered consecutively from 1 to 24.. Gaps in the company series
may have existed, however.
Each Hundertschaft was organised and armed like an ordinary
rifle company in the Regular Army.
It was planned originally that the unit to be stationed at
a concentration camp should be a SturMbann, but in practice the
actual size of the unit depends upon the size of the camp
concerned.
20. TV Functions
TV units are also organised along functional lines as follows:-
Streifendienst u. RollkommandoS (Patrols and raiding
pursuit squads) , e. g., detachments searching for escaping
prisoners. In occupied countries, HJ-Rollkommandos or HAT
Jagdkommandos are mentioned as auxiliary raiding squads and
pursuit detachments under the command of SS-TV officers.
These units are said to be composed of 15 to 16-year-old