Netherlands: Germaansche SS in Nederland (before 1942: Nederlandsche SS) Flanders (Belgium): Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen (before 1942: Algemeene SS Vlaanderen) was one of the first collaborationist formations to become part of the Germanische SS and, in 1943, became associated with the radical DeVlag political party.[citation needed] Unofficially, Himmler wanted to use the organization to penetrate occupied Belgium, which was under the control of the Wehrmacht military government, not the party or the SS.[17] The SS-Vlaanderen was also used to staff the anti-Jewish units of the German security services with auxiliary staff.[18] Norway: Germanske SS Norge (before 1942: Norges SS) was a paramilitary organization established in Norway in July 1942.