Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. During World War II, Germanische Leitstelle was a department of the SS-Hauptamt under the command of Obergruppenf hrer Gottlob Berger . It oversaw the recruitment and propaganda offices for the Waffen SS in Oslo, Copenhagen, Brussels and The Hague.The Oslo office was established in 1941 and led by Karl Leib, the son-in-law of Gottlob Berger. It was headquartered in Drammensveien 99 until 1943, when it moved to Colbj rnsens gate 1.The Germanische Leitstelle published the Germanic Messenger (Germansk Budstikke) and SS-Heftet, which was the Norwegian edition of SS-Leitheft. It was also tasked with coordinating the scientific work of SS, and hosted the Ahnenerbe mission i Norway, led by professor dr. Hans Schwalm.