 Unterscharführer (Sergeant) Josef Leitgeb, also a training officer at Hülchrath, was second-in-command.Ilse Hirsch, a 23-year-old Nazi youth leader, a Hauptgruppenführerin (Captain) in the BDM (League of German Girls) was supposed to provide supplies but turned out to play an important part in the operation.Wenzel also picked a Werwolf trainee from Hülchrath to accompany them, 16-year-old Erich Morgenschweiss.