SS Corporal Leo R., in civilian life, an assistant teacher in a large Silesian city, died in a military hospital as a result of wounds suffered on the Eastern Front. He left behind a kind of “last testament”, a letter to his family, which he had written on the day he joined the Waffen-SS. This letter shows a deep insight into the view of life of an exemplary National Socialist, educator and soldier. It belongs to the eternal testaments of faith of our time, which will have an exemplary effect on future generations and show and explain to them the deeds of their fathers.
If I should remain on the field of battle or return in a condition where I am incapable of reason, then may this last testament serve as a summary for my family and clan.
I do not want conflict to arise because of material things. Later there will be a Germanic right, in which the heart also does the right thing. That is already a guideline. I want, regarding all questions of world view or ideology, for things to go as my wife and I agreed. I especially wish no interference in the ideological education of the children. We all stand in the great hand of faith we have and will continue to try to form. The life of our people is holy to us. We want to follow the wonderful rule, to be one people, that is the religion of our time.
I want my relatives to have some token to remember me by. In our clan, the heart is so strong, so that a just measure will naturally be found.
I wish from my entire heart for my wife to remarry, if she believes she has found a new life-comrade. Knowing her, I know that the children will also find a good fate.
I request of the friends of our clan, be godparents of the children and the friends of the family… that they fulfil the law of true friendship, which makes one happy and giving.
I wish that my children recognize their mother as their most precious treasure, who gave them life. Aside from that, the folk should be law and guideline. They should always be simple, loyal and true.
I thank my wife. Words are too small. She may know that my heart is moved when I think of the wonderful depth she has given to my life. I also hope that fate will allow her to have that which has been denied me. May concern and pain quickly go away. May she think of me with a joyous pride. She gave more.
Dear wife! Ponder our time together and go with full strength into the future. If there is holy salvation, then it is provided with my heart’s blood.
Hold the ancestors in reverence. Be true to the folk. May our people find a happy future.
I also thank my parents, who often had to suffer because of me. May they know all this happened while I was struggling to clarify the deeper aspects of my existence. My love will always belong to them.
May you all feel how I give you my hand, so that your strength will grow and you will be happy. Believe me, my heart’s desire is always to see you happy, so be it.
On the eve of the journey on which I’m allowed to join the long columns of those for whom only the deed counts.
Leo R.
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