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Film scene from "Men without a Fatherland"

The UFA film "Men Without a Fatherland" from 1937 is about the Freikorps "Iron Division", a volunteer unit consisting of Germans and Baltic Germans fighting for the newly founded Baltic states against the Soviet Red Army. The skulls on their steel helmets are typical for the soldiers of the Freikorps. The Iron Division fought in the Baltic States in 1919.

Film scene from "Men without a Fatherland"

Ruediger von der Goltz and Prince Bermondt-Awaloff, 1919

The supreme commander of all German troops in the Baltic States, General Rudiger von der Goltz (left, with spiked helmet), and Prince Pavel Rafalovich Bermont-Avalov (right, in Cossack uniform), commander of the so-called West Russian Liberation Army, on their horses at a military review of the Iron Division in Mitau (Latvian: Jelgava).

Freikorps "Iron Division" in the Baltics, 1919

The Freikorps "Iron Division", consisting of Germans and Baltic Germans under the command of Josef Bischoff, holds an equestrian celebration in front of the commander-in-chief of the German troops in the Baltics, General Ruediger von der Goltz (center, with spiked helmet) and the commander-in-chief of the West Russian Liberation Army (right of von der Goltz, with Cossack hat).

Freikorps "Iron Division" in the Baltics, 1919

A defensive position to secure the ordnance of the Freikorps "Iron Division", a volunteer organization made up of Germans and Baltic Germans participating in the Baltic independence war. The picture was made during the advance from Mitau to Riga.

Freikorps "Iron Division" in the Baltics, 1919

Units of the Freikorps "Iron Division" in front of the wooden bridge in Riga just before the invasion of the city in May 1919. The Freikorps consisting of German and Baltic Germans fought with Latvian and Estonian soldiers against the Red Army and their Baltic allies.

Traces of the last fights around Reval, 1919

Two men look at a destroyed and tilted gun in the port of Reval. Estonian, German and Baltic-German associations, including the Freikorps "Iron Division", successfully defended the Estonian capital against the Bolshevik Red Army and the allied Latvian Red Shooters. In the background is a war ship.

Captured Bolshevik in the Baltics, 1919

A captured Bolshevik is led away by two German soldiers of a Freikorps unit in the Lithuanian Schaulen. The left Soldier wears a skull insignia on the field cap, believed to be the badge of the Freikorps "Iron Division".

German support for the Baltic States, 1919

Members of Freikorps Bruessow, that was formed in January 1919, are waiting for their departure from the Berlin train station in the direction of the Baltic States and say goodbye to their wives.

Freikorps "Iron Division" in the Baltics, 1919

Reinforcements of the Freikorps "Iron Division", a volunteer organization consisting of German and Baltic German volunteers in the fight against the Bolshevik Red Army meet before Riga.

Freikorps "Iron Division" in the Baltics, 1919

A fighting position of the Freikorps "Iron Division" at Olai (Latvian: Olaine), a suburb of Riga. The "Iron Division" was a volunteer organization made up of Germans and Baltic Germans participating in the Baltic independence war.

Aerial view of the airfield of the Sachsenberg squadron, 1919

The Air Force unit Kampfgeschwader Sachsenberg under the command of lieutenant Gotthard Sachsenberg provided air support to the German and Baltic troops prior to the conquest of Riga. Here is an aerial photo of the airfield of the squadron.

Freikorps "Iron Division" in the Baltics, 1919

Replacement units of the Freikorps "Iron Division" meet in front of the Kommandantur building in Mitau (Latvian: Jelgava).

Patrol of the Latvian Red Army in the Baltics, 1919

Four mounted soldiers of the Bolshevik Red Army patrol between Bausk and Riga during the Latvian War of Independence. According to the original picture text, three of them were shot from an airplane.

Freikorps "Iron Division" in the Baltics, 1919

Units of the "Iron Division", a voluntary association of Germans and Baltic Germans in the Baltic independence wars, marching on the way to Riga on the way at Eckau (Latvian: Lecava).

Schlachtstaffel Sachsenberg, 1919

During the conquest of Riga in May 1919 by Latviv, Baltic-German and German troops, the aerial unit "Kampfgeschwader Sachsenberg" under the command of lieutenant Gotthard Sachsenberg supported the Baltic-German forces in the forefield of the fighting. Six pilots of the squadron are posing in front of a car.

Consultation of German officers in the Baltics, 1919

The military leaders of the Free Corps "Iron Division" and the Baltic Landeswehr consult one last time before the attack on Riga. Among them was the commander-in-chief, Major Alfred Fletcher and Hans Baron Manteuffel-Szoege, the commander of the battalion that fell during the storming of the Citadel in Riga.

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