Aage Mariegaard

About Aage’s handwritten memoirs

Here we present some memoirs written immediately after the war in exercise books by a Frikorps soldier who, out of consideration for his relatives, we will refer to as Aage.

Frikorps during march training
For readability, these memoirs have been divided into several smaller sections.

The memoirs were apparently never completed, and there are clear gaps in the narrative—especially towards the end. Nevertheless, they provide a vivid picture of life in the Frikorps during its short existence.

In this photograph, Aage is seen on the right-hand side of the image, bareheaded, with his helmet in his belt and his left forearm resting on the machine gun.

Erik Petersen

Departure from Treskow
It was a night at the beginning of May 1942.I was standing guard at a lonely post in the headquarters...
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Commanders and Organisation
C. F. von Schalburg was the commander of Frikorps Danmark’s four companies, one headquarters company,...
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By train to Posen
It was therefore with somewhat melancholic thoughts that, at around 9 o’clock in the morning, we drove...
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Arrived in Posen
We now unloaded our many packs in the building assigned to us, and afterwards we were called to a meal.It...
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Auntie Ju
The next day at midday we boarded about 50 JU 52s, with 15 to 18 men in each aircraft. The rest were...
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At the Front
It was now dusk, and we could not see very much, but it was easy to see that we were now out in the outer...
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Listening Post in the Forest
Listening post in the forestOur duty as guard personnel was not uninteresting, since the forests reached...
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In Contact with the Enemy
Only on one of these patrols (of those I took part in) did we come into direct contact with the enemy.It...
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Losnitzy Observations
While we were stationed at Losnizy, we had a curious experience with some Russian prisoners.One day,...
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To the Main Line of Resistance
One morning, I believe it was 23 May 1942, things finally became serious.At least for some of us, for...
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