The Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's S.S.Swearing eternal allegiance to Hitler, Germany's SS was the terror of Europe, infiltrating every aspect of German life and responsible for the deaths of millions. This gripping history recounts the true story of the SS, and details the chaotic political conditions that allowed it to assume and exercise power. |
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Abwehr Adolf Hitler Allgemeine-SS Army arrest Bavarian became Bennecke Berger Berlin Bormann Broszat Buchheim Central Archives Chancellery concentration camps Corps Court criminal Daluege Diels Dietrich Division East Eichmann Eicke Einsatzgruppe enemy fact Felix Steiner force Foreign Ministry formations Fritsch Führer Gauleiter German Gestapo Goebbels Göring Gruppenführer Hauptamt Hausser head Heinrich Himmler Heydrich Hilberg HSSPF Ibid IMT Vol Jewish Jews July June Kersten Krausnick Kripo later Leibstandarte military Minister Müller Munich murder National-Socialist Nazi NSDAP Obergruppenführer officers Ohlendorf op cit Ordnungspolizei organisation Party Poland Polish Political Police Polizei prisoners putsch racial realised recruiting regime Reichsführer Reichsführer-SS Reichswehr Reitlinger RFSS Microfilm Ribbentrop Röhm Röhm's RSHA Russian Sauer and Schulz Schellenberg Schwarze Korps SD's secret senior Sicherheitspolizei soldiers Soviet SS Commanders SS Headquarters SS leaders SS-Gruppenführer staff Standartenführer Steiner Stennes took Verbal information Verfügungstruppe Waffen-SS Wehrmacht Werner Best Wolff