Freikorps Hülsen [Hülsen Volunteer Corps]

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whole: the image is positioned in the upper left, across the centre and in the lower right. The title is separate and placed in the lower quarter, in red. The text occupies the remainder, in red and black. All set against a white background. image: a depiction of a black, red and gold banner, based on the colours of the German national flag. text: Noch ist es Zeit! Vielleicht in Kürze ist es schon zu spät - Und blinder Wahnsinn nimmt uns auch das Letzte noch: die Hoffnung! Wollt Ihr den Bolschewismus? / Dann bleibt zu Hause hinterm Ofen hocken, Doch wollt Ihr Ordnung, Ruhe, innern Frieden, - dann kommt zu uns und helft dem Vaterlande! Die Regierung braucht jeden Mann! - Kommt zum Freikorps Hülsen Mobile Löhnung. / Mk. 5.- Tageszulage. / Freie Verpflegung. / Unterkunft und Bekleidung. Familienunterstützung und Versorgungsrecht. / Vertrauensleute in allen Truppenteilen vorhanden. / 4 wöchige Kündigung. / Vollständige Militärpapiere mitbringen. / Ausweis für Militärfahrschein anfordern. / Mündliche und schriftliche Anfragen an: Werbeamt Friedberg i.H. (Schloss) Geöffnet 8.30 bis 6 Uhr, Sonntags bis 2 Uhr. - Fernruf 301. Werkstätte für neuzeitliche Werbekunst R. Th. Hauser und Co., Frankfurt a.M. [There is still time! Perhaps in a little while it will already be too late - And blind madness will take even the last thing from us: hope! Do you want Bolshevism? Then stay at home crouching behind the stove, but if you want order, tranquillity, internal peace – then join us and help the Fatherland! The government needs every man! Join the Hülsen Volunteer Corps. Mobile pay. 5 marks daily supplement. Free board. Lodging and clothing. Family support and maintenance entitlement. Union representatives available in all troop sections. 4 weeks notice. Bring full military papers with you. Enquire about identity papers for railway warrant. Enquiries in person and writing to: Friedberg in Hessen Recruiting Office (castle). Open 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays to 2 p.m. Telephone 301. Modern Publicity Art Studio, R. Th. Hauser and Co., Frankfurt on the Main.]

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The 'Freikorps' were formed in Germany in late 1918 predominantly recruiting from unsettled, often disaffected, First World War army veterans. They were also joined by students and adventure-seekers with right-wing, nationalist tendencies. Acting as an auxiliary police force they were assigned to maintain order by the new post-war republican government in Germany. Yet, many units proved little more than violent private armies, answerable to none but their commanders as they sought to crush communist-inspired civil unrest. Nevertheless the ruling SDP viewed them as a necessary evil and ordered them to suppress left-wing insurrection in Berlin, the Ruhr and Munich, as well as to fight in the disputed territory of Upper Silesia. The more moderate units were eventually merged into the newly formed 'Reichswehr' in 1920. Whereas radical elements went underground, with some taking part in the Nazi party's 'Munich Putsch' of 1923. Although the failure of the coup brought an end to the 'Freikorps' units, many of its members formed 'Sturm Abteilung' (SA) to serve under the Nazi's. Others joined veteran's organisations, such as 'Stahlhelm'.