Potential Waffen SS
Hello all, a friend of mine from Canada believes his grandfather was in the Waffen SS but unfortunately has no relatives living who can answer his questions. This group has helped me previously with another friend of mine and I am hoping someone here will be able to fill in the blanks or find something more than what we have so far. Attached is the only picture of his wartime service records we have. Any help would be hugely appreciated and thanks in advance! 
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I looked into your question and tried to find something about this kind of passport on the German internet. It may not have anything to do with the Waffen SS. Do you have a photo of the cover of this booklet ??
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Can you also take a closer picture of it? It's very small, but when I enlarge it, the resolution becomes very bad.
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Hello and thanks for the interest, I will attach a few closer images but sadly only this page exists, including the picture on the backside and his signature. Through my journey to discover info about it I understand this is simply a Wehrpass and represents his initial service in the German Heer.
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I am not a specialist but I found 2 links which might help you:
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/6901539/a-short-manual-on-how-to-fill-out-your-soldbuch
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i am also not a specialist on military questions. However, I don't see anything in this document that identifies the person as member of the armed SS.
Here are my thoughts on the information found on that page:
- The Wehrnummer is probably a number assigned by the local conscription office. i would call it conscription number, but I am not sure if that's the best translation.
- name of the card holder Rudolf Ochmann
- "Nummer des Arbeitsbuchs" refers to another document each working person carried, the so-called Arbeitsbuch, which contained employment information
- "Nummer der Erkennungsmarke" means "number of the identity (dog) tag". Here are some pictures https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkennungsmarke . the crossed-out #932 was probably the number in question. written above it ist "Stb" which could be "Stammbuch" , the recruitment register, so a reference to that record.
- place and date this document was issued
The Stammbuch would probably contain his service record, which would tell where he served.
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Might I throw in a comment that does not directly address your questions but might prove interesting, if not valuable in your and other's research.
It was NOT the case that all Germans were members of the Nazi party as many people erroneously believe. If one was in the Wehrmacht (the army), he did nto have to be a party members. Waffen SS, absolutely. In the general public, ony members of certain occupations, e.g. government officials, were required to be members. In the general populace, there were certainly advantages to joining, but not everyone chose to do so.
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As I understand it, his "Erkennungsmarke" claims that he used to be in the I.R. 410 / 2 which I understand to be Infanterieregiment 410.
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