Third Reich

The issue of the combat training system of soldiers and officers of the SS military units of Nazi Germany on the eve of and during the Second World War has been studied. The content of new training methods and their introduction into the training process of soldiers and officers of the SS, developed by F. Steiner, C. Freiherr von Montigny, P. Hausser, has been revealed. Special attention is paid to the training of officers and non-commissioned officers of the SS forces.

In the article author researched the background and motives for the establishment of the Chaplaincy service in the 14th SS-Volunteer Division «Galicia» during the Second World War and analyzed the military training of the Chaplain Corps Division. This training took place in the SS-Training Camp Sennheim (Cernay) in 1943 and consisted of a politico- ideological and military training of Ukrainian priests of the Greek Catholic Church. The article also research the status of Ukrainian chaplains in the Waffen-SS and their number — both Greek Catholic and Orthodox.

The issue of the participation of foreign citizens in the SS military groups of Nazi Germany during the Second World War has been studied. It has been shown that foreign citizens, who served in the SS forces, were conditionally divided according to racial and national principle and functional purposes.