Friday, October 12, 2018

Pencil sketch of a Nazi by Dr K Prabhakar Rao


ROY COURLANDER. BRITISH NAZI. WW II

He was a British subject although lived in Newzealand. he  joined the German Waffen SS during WW II and was  part of famous  six who made a recruitment drive for BFC At best the unit could boast of 54 members from the captured British citizens during  the war. Their efforts to recruit Maoris  the native newzealanders to join BFC failed. When D day arrived in 1944, he decided to ditch alliance with Germany. He worked as radio broadcaster for Germans  and he travelled to Brussels  where joined resistance group and was wounded in combat with retreating Germans.He was later arrested after The war and tried for treason and sentenced to 15 yeras that was later reduced to 9 years.He lived up to 1972. He is said to have lived near  Auckland  and New South Wales  and took part in organised crime.

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