Talk:SS blood group tattoo

Removed "Right Arm Blood Tattoo" Section For Irrelevance
The section is a lengthy quote from what appears to be a propagandist novel that otherwise is not relevant to the rest of the article. It contradicts the first source, but is only anecdotal and I'm not sure if it's a first hand account. I think it's interesting but, as I said, lacking any further meaning when paired with the article. The tone of the novel sounds like it's pro-Nazi propaganda, or sympathetic, so without further verification from outside sources, or reasoned reference elsewhere n the article, I don't think the sourced book is a legit "encyclopedic" source. I've been away from wiki edit culture and I don't care for it, so I'm sorry if I made a bold move, but deal with it. Wiki hates long quotes, particularly if they are not quote-formatted and provide no relevant info for the article, and are not from a proper source. If more outside info was brought in about the right arm tattoo, as opposed to the left arm, some mention of sources that cite this as truth--right arms were tattooed, not left, or both were--, and the book was cited for this mention, but not quoted at length about teeth and bloodlines (that's maybe for a larger "SS" article), then it would be fine. But as-is it looks more like Nazi-idolizing vandalism than Wiki-worthy sourcing. Dried cherry (talk) 19:48, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Did they use positive and negative signs (+/-) after the letter(s)?
Or is the same thing as the rhesus factor, which means they weren't used?Critic9328 (talk) 16:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes
so the effect was that an o+ looked like an ankh or the symbol for female or venus.
 * +- are rh symbols. AB+ means AB rh+ but source says rh was not used. 194.30.179.66 (talk) 09:57, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Picture
Does anybody have access to an image of one? That, or an illustration in this article would be very instructive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reb42 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


 * There's a decent photo at https://www.coenraadrood.org/en/amsterdam/checking-for-the-ss-tattoo-under-the-arm of an American soldier examining a German's left arm but I didn't see a contact email to ask for permission to republish it. Historian932 (talk) 05:03, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Incomplete
This was not just an SS practice - it was also very popular here in America. Many parents tattooed their children with their blood type. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BronwynRae (talk • contribs) 00:00, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * This article is only about the SS practice, so mentioning contemporary or historical groups that also did this is irrelevant. If there's another page about other blood type tattoos it might be worth linking to it in "see also". Otherwise this page is only incomplete for not having enough detail on SS blood type tattoos. Dried cherry (talk) 19:23, 19 July 2012 (UTC)


 * A short mention of the practice elsewhere might be worthwhile, especially if it can be shown that the Germans adopted the practice from elsewhere.Historian932 (talk) 04:57, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Pretty good idea
Leaving aside nazis this is not such a bad idea. I'm considering getting it done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.121.65.26 (talk) 14:38, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Not only SS
Blood grouping was not only intended for SS, but also for some police units and also non -fighting units such as firefighters.The background was that this would be treated preferred when wounded.A blood grouping does not necessarily say 100% that this person was in a criminal organization like the SS. 185.69.245.74 (talk) 07:28, 31 December 2022 (UTC)