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Army of evil : a history of the SS  Cover Image Book Book

Army of evil : a history of the SS / Adrian Weale.

Weale, Adrian. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780451237910 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 0451237919 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : New American Library, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The defeat of Wilhelmine Germany and the origins of the National Socialist Party -- The rebirth of national socialism and the creation of the SS -- Heinrich Himmler -- A new broom -- Taking control -- Consolidation -- Dachau and the establishment of the concentration camps -- The central organisation of the SS -- The Race and Settlement Office -- The SD -- the intelligence and security wing of the SS -- The path to genocide -- Euthanasia and the beginning of mass murder -- Origins of the Waffen-SS -- Militarising the "political soldiers" -- Expansion of the militarised SS -- The invasion of poland and the special task groups -- The SS and the Polish Jews -- Gottlob Berger and the creation of the Waffen-SS -- Making up the numbers: foreign volunteers and criminals in the Waffen-SS -- The Waffen-SS heads east -- Operation Barbarossa and the first and second sweeps -- The Wannsee conference -- The extermination camps -- Auschwitz -- The final act -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Table of comparative military ranks.
Subject: Waffen-SS > History.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Germany.
National socialism.
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany.
Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945.

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