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===International units===
===International units===
[[File:Nazi diversity.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Diversity and inclusion: [[Muslim]] members of the Waffen SS 13th division at prayer during their training at Neuhammer, Germany, in November 1943.]]
The Waffen-SS recruited soldiers, whether of German background or not, from many different ethnic groups across Europe. The first units were made up of men who were ethic Germans from Western Europe. About 6,000 [[Norwegian]]s volunteered; most of them were assigned to divisions that included both Germans and volunteers from other countries; there were also men who were [[Danish]] (6,000), [[Flemish]] (20,000), [[Dutch]] (50,000), from Norway (6,000), and Finland (3,000); later recruits came from Hungary (20,000), Italy (15,000), Albania (7,000), Estonia (20,000), Latvia (80,000), Romania (50,000), and a number of English,<ref>https://australiarussia.com/renegades_ENFIN.htm</ref> Spanish and Soviet Union countrymen, as well.<ref>Stein (1984); McNab (2009)</ref> The SS employed 238,000 [[Ukrainian]]s.<ref name="JB2013">{{cite book | title=Holocaust in Rovno: The Massacre at Sosenki Forest, November 1941 | author=Jeffrey Burds | publisher=Springer | year=2013 | pages=24–25 | isbn=978-1137388407 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkVGAgAAQBAJ&q=238%2C000+native}}</ref>
The Waffen-SS recruited soldiers, whether of German background or not, from many different ethnic groups across Europe. The first units were made up of men who were ethic Germans from Western Europe. About 6,000 [[Norwegian]]s volunteered; most of them were assigned to divisions that included both Germans and volunteers from other countries; there were also men who were [[Danish]] (6,000), [[Flemish]] (20,000), [[Dutch]] (50,000), from Norway (6,000), and Finland (3,000); later recruits came from Hungary (20,000), Italy (15,000), Albania (7,000), Estonia (20,000), Latvia (80,000), Romania (50,000), and a number of English,<ref>https://australiarussia.com/renegades_ENFIN.htm</ref> Spanish and Soviet Union countrymen, as well.<ref>Stein (1984); McNab (2009)</ref> The SS employed 238,000 [[Ukrainian]]s.<ref name="JB2013">{{cite book | title=Holocaust in Rovno: The Massacre at Sosenki Forest, November 1941 | author=Jeffrey Burds | publisher=Springer | year=2013 | pages=24–25 | isbn=978-1137388407 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkVGAgAAQBAJ&q=238%2C000+native}}</ref>