What year did Heinrich Himmler join the unit that used the concept of Wehrbauer to refer to soldiers designated as settlers for the lands conquered during the German invasions of the Soviet Union and Poland?
Wehrbauer Wehrbauer (] , "soldier peasant") was a concept used by the "Schutzstaffel" (SS) of the Nazi Party to refer to soldiers designated as settlers for the lands conquered during the German invasions of the Soviet Union and Poland.
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 "Schutzmannschaft" Battalion 118 of Ukrainische Hilfspolizei was a "Schutzmannschaft" auxiliary police battalion (Schuma) formed by the Nazis in the spring of 1942 in Kiev in "Reichskommissariat Ukraine" (now capital of sovereign Ukraine) with 500 volunteers in three companies. The battalion was split away from the Schuma Battalion 115 with 100 members of the third company of the Ukrainian-only Battalion 115 forming the first company of Battalion 118. Additional two new companies were composed of Ukrainian nationalists from Bukovyna and volunteers from the prisoners-of-war camp for the Soviets captured in Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa. The German commander of the battalion was "Sturmbannführer" Erich Körner.