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The SS : a History 1919-1945

By Robert Lewis , Koehl

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2012
ISBN
978-0-7524-8689-5, 0752486896, 978-0-7524-8688-8
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
597 kB (611746 bytes)
Pages
471\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
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Description

The SS grew out of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler's obsession to prevent the treachery they believed to have caused the German defeat in the First World War. The SS was to be an elite corps of politically aware soldiers whose primary aim was to prevent the undermining of the Nazi Party by rendering its potential enemies 'harmless'. This disturbing story reveals not only the inner workings of the SS, but its paramount role in the mass murder of Europe's Jews, homosexuals and gypsies, its organisation of the death squads and the military campaigns undertaken by the Waffen SS. Read more... Abstract: This disturbing story reveals not only the inner workings of the SS, but its paramount role in the mass murder of Europe's Jews, homosexuals and gypsies, its organisation of the death squads and the military campaigns undertaken by the Waffen SS. Read more...

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