The 1919 Versailles Treaty mandated that Germany must have no W.W. I veterans organizations or conventions of any kind; 18 years later the Nazi leadership in Germany (ie. the Nazis) thought that was all a bunch of stuff and nonsense and so the War Veterans Associations (Kriegsopferversorgung) was formed.
Convening on July 30, 1934 – the 19th anniversary that marked the start of the war, the first official gathering of that country’s Great War veterans was held in Cologne; a reporter from the American Legion Monthly was in attendance (as was Hitler), and she had absolutely no sense of foreboding.
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WW1 German War VeteransWWi German War Veterans pdfWW1 German War Veterans onlineWW1 German War Veterans newspaper articles1934 Report on the First Convention of WW1 VeteransGerman veterans of WWIGerman veterans of WW1kriegsopferversorgung 1933German War Veterans Association gathered in Cologne Germany 1934Albert Leo Schlageter Haus WW1 German War Veteran
