When men were called into hitlers army how were they notified?
They weren’t necessarily “called up” or notified. There were no telegrams and there was no letter in most cases. Perhaps those in a “reserve” status in the mid-1930s may have received some notification, but most were selected or drafted and told to report to a central area for transport to training with little to no notice. In many cases, each town had a group of men that would sort through the group of war aged eligible men and select who would serve in the military and who would stay. Think of the scene from Mel Gibson’s “the Patriot” where men lined up at a table to sign up. They were given a few hours to say goodbye and off they went. Early in the Nazi regime, only a small percentage was pulled into the military. Town elders protected their village from losing too many men as it was a detriment to the villages. If all the men were gone, who would work the fields, who would work the shops, and who would work the factories? All were jobs traditionally held by men. As war loomed in Eu
