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tfhTheading "identifying scars or wounds 11 , "right arm amputated").The resulting shortage of personnel forced the SK organizationto look for replacements among the foreign groups. In the EGW,for instance, most of the foreign SK personnel was recruited fromamong the French, Dutch and Flemish nationals, and came from theranks of the collaborationists. Men accepted for the SK weretrained for a period of six weeks or (in a short 3 weeks course)in special SK camps such as the ones at EICHKAMP near BERLIN, at theOT Reichslehrlager (Reich Training Gamp) JttEISACH, or at ST. CIXJUD nearPARIS. The training consists of courses in Nazi indoctrination, andin the handling of AA guns and searchlight batteries, and small armssuch as the MG (machine-gun) and the MP (automatic pistol). Evenafter the completion of their schooling and between duty assignments,the SK has to follow a daily routine practice in the use of theseweapons. The SK is divided into units as follows:a) SK-Kameradschaft. A unit of about 8-12 men under a Kamerad­3chaftsfahrer with the rank of from SK-Rottenftthrer to SK-Truppftthrer. The unit is given the narne of its Kameradschaftsfflhrer.b) SK-Zug. Composed of 3 - 6 Kameradschaften or of about 35 - 60men under a Zugftthrer with the rank of from SK-Truppfuhrer toSK-HauptruppfOhrer. The platoons are numbered consecutivelywithin each Bereitschaft. (See c) below).c) SK-Bereitaohaft. Composed of 2 - 3 SK-ZQge or of about120-150 men under a Bereitschaftsftthrer with the rank of fromOT Frontftthrer to OT Oberfrontftthrer. The Bereitschaftreceives a number of men chosen by the Abteilungsfllhrer(see d) below) and is usually attached to an OT sector onOBL level. Some Bereitschaften include, according to need,a NachrJchtenkameradschaft (Communications Unit) composedof a Funker (Radio Man), Blinker, (Light Signals Operator),Fernsprecher (Telephonist). Meldehund (Messenger Dog) andBrieftaube (Carrier Pigeon;.d) SK-Abteilunff. A unit under the leadership of an Abteilungsftthrerwith the rank of from OT Hauptfrontftlhrer to OTStabsfrontfQhrer. It is attached to an Einsatzgruppe, and itconsists of as many Bereitschaften as are needed in theEinsatzgruppe* In some areas, such as in Southern Russia,more than one SK-Abteilung was attached to an Einsatzgruppe.SK-Abt. 11 was attached to Einsatzgruppe West or SK-Abt. 21to EG- Wiking. In Southern Russia SK-Abt. 72 was 'attached toEG Russland-Sttd. Enlarging the example, SK-Bereitschaft11/5 stands for the 5th Bereitschaft of the 11th Abt. Thisparticular Bereitschaft was working for the Einsatz (formerlyOBL) ROUEN in 1944, and superseded, in that sector, the24th Hundertschaft of the Schutzkorps, evidently an olderorganization which has been dissolved towards the end of 1943.The Schutzkommandofahrung which forms part of the Frontftthrung atOTZ (now Amt Bau-OTZ) BERLDMLs the highest SK authority. TheSchutzkommandoftthrer is also head of the Ersatzabt, (SK ReplacementUnit), Wachabt (Special Guard Duty Unit), BERLIN, and Transport-SK,employed in Germany.SK units are billeted, fed and paid by the OBLHQ to which theyare attached. Weapons are received directly from the SchUtzkommandoftthrungin Berlin; munitions and personnel equipment are, however,distributed by the various Einsatzgruppen.For the SK-ranks see Table Ilia.Two other special units, (Sonderkommandos) which belong to theSecurity Service, were organized out of the existing Schutzkommando for