The order of the death's head the story of Hitler's SS Orden unter dem Totenkopf. English Höhne, Heinz 1926-2010 creator author text bibliography History Books. enk 2000 monographic eng ger print xii, 690 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. 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. Illustrations. Maps. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Formation of the SS -- 3. Heinrich Himmler -- 4. From Bodyguard to Party Police Force -- 5. Seizure of Power -- 6. The Rohm Putsch -- 7. The Order of the SS -- 8. Heydrich and the Gestapo -- 9. The SD -- 10. The RSHA -- 11. The SS and Foreign Policy -- 12. Racial Policy in the East -- 13. The Jewish Question -- 14. The "Final Solution" -- 15. The Impotence of Power -- 16. The Waffen-SS -- 17. The SS and German Resistance -- 18. The End -- App. 3. Table of SS Ranks -- App. 4. Partition of Poland 1939-1942 -- App. 5. The Fate of German Jewry -- App. 6. Einsatzgruppen in Occupied Russia -- App. 7. The Destruction of European Jewry -- App. 8. The Victims of the "Final Solution" -- App. 9. The Military Situation at the End of January 1945. Heinz Höhne ; translated from the German by Richard Barry. Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-672). Translation of: Der Ordern unter dem Totenkopf. e-gx--- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel History Schutzstaffel History Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel Germany Politics and government 1933-1945 National socialism Allemagne Politique et gouvernement 1933-1945 Nazisme National Socialism National socialism Politics and government Germany National socialism Germany Politics and government 1933-1945 1933-1945 fast DD253.6 .H613 2000 943.086 943.086 Classic military history 0141390123 9780141390123 2001272292 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2001272292-s.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2001272292-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2001272292-s.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2001272292-d.html TAG TAGC DLC 010926 20240808224716.1 in00004816572 eng