civilians. On 30 September 1939, the Heimwehr became part of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, forming the cadre of its artillery regiment. Commanders SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Friedemann Götze Battle formation Military staff (SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Friedemann Goetze; III./4. SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Ostmark") I. Rifle company (SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl Thier; 2. SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Brandenburg") II. Rifle company (SS-Obersturmführer Willy Bredemeier; 2. SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Brandenburg") III. Rifle company (SS-Hauptsturmführer George Braun; 2. SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Brandenburg") IV. Rifle company (SS-Hauptsturmführer Erich Urbanietz; 3. Totenkopfstandarte "Thüringen") V. Rifle company (SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Baier, 6. SS-Standarte of the Allgemeine SS) 13. Infantry company (SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Schulz; Stammabteilung 6 from the Allgemeine SS) 14. Antitank defense company (SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Steiner; SD Main office) 15. Antitank defense company (SS-Obersturmführer Otto Leiner; 10. Standarte of the Allgemeine SS) The SS Wachsturmbann "Eimann" The SS Wachsturmbann "Eimann" was set up in early June 1939 in Danzig by then SS-Sturmbannführer Kurt Eimann and was considered as an armed reserve of the Danzig SS-Standarte 36. It was used also in the Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) areas of the pre-war Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship, in order to induce ethnic Germans to join the SS, particularly the Totenkopfverbände. The SS Wachsturmbann Eimann committed a number of massacres in the region between Kartuzy and Wejherowo from 13 September 1939. Most of the people murdered were Jews. The SS Wachsturmbann Eimann was disbanded in January 1940, with its members being transferred to the Totenkopf division. Commanders SS-Sturmbannführer Kurt Eimann Battle formation Command I. Squadron (one hundred men) II. Squadron III. Squadron IV. Squadron Truck squadron After the "reunification of Danzig with the German Reich," the Wachsturmbann "Eimann" provided the staff for the newly established concentration camp Stutthof near Danzig. The Nazi government also employed it for "special police tasks" in the new Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen, which means it was used to persecute and imprison Polish Jews. References Bibliography Military history of Germany during World War II Military units and formations of the Waffen-SS Military units and formations established in 1939 Military units and formations disestablished in 1939