from among Flemish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swiss expatriates and volunteer workers in Germany. A Danish unit in Berlin was disbanded in January 1943 amid a lack of personnel. In total, the total number of members was only 2,179 in March 1944. Postwar After the war, many Germanic SS members were tried by their respective countries for treason. Independent war crimes trials outside the jurisdiction of the Nuremberg Trials were conducted in several European countries, such as in the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark, leading to several death sentences; an example being the commander of the Schalburg Corps, K.B. Martinsen. In Norway, Lie committed suicide. See also Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts Pan-Germanism — a concept popularised before the First World War Nazi Party/Foreign Organization — the Nazi Party's foreign administration References Informational notes Citations Bibliography Nazi SS Collaborators with Nazi Germany Norway in World War II Denmark in World War II Netherlands in World War II Belgium in World War II Switzerland in World War II Collaboration with the Axis Powers