Per Pedersen Tjøstland
Per Asbjørn Pedersen Tjøstland (27 February 1918 – 14 December 2004), né Per Asbjørn Pedersen, was a Norwegian Nazi activist and SS volunteer. As editor of the Norwegian SS newspaper ''Germaneren'', he belonged to the radical and anti-capitalist wing of Nazism, and was a proponent of "a total revolution" and racial war. SS volunteer In 1941, he was among the first Norwegians to volunteer for service with the SS, where he held the rank of Rottenführer, and by his own admission took part in massacres of Jews on the Eastern Front. Nazi writer and editor in Norway After returning to Norway in 1943, he became deputy editor and then, in 1944, editor of the newspaper ''Germaneren'', the official publication of Germanske SS Norge. Tjøstland belonged to a radical and anti-capitalistic Nazi faction that supported Pan-Germanism. His newspaper was, to the extent permitted by the circumstances, openly critical of the ruling Norwegian fascist party Nasjonal Samling for not being sup ...
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Rottenführer
''Rottenführer'' (, ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in the year 1932. The rank of ''Rottenführer'' was used by several Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) and was senior to the paramilitary rank of '' Sturmmann''. The insignia for ''Rottenführer'' consisted of two double silver stripes on a bare collar patch. On field grey SS uniforms, the sleeve chevrons of an '' Obergefreiter'' (senior lance-corporal) were also worn. Creation ''Rottenführer'' was first established in 1932 as an SA rank due to an expansion of the organisation requiring a greater number of enlisted positions. Since early SS ranks were identical to the ranks of the SA, ''Rottenführer'' became an SS rank at the same time. ''Rottenführer'' was the first SS and SA position to have command over other paramilitary troops. They commanded a ''rotte'' (, equal to a squad or section) usually numbering no more than five to sev ...
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