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5 days ago · foreign volunteers and conscripts. During World War II, the Waffen-SS recruited significant numbers of non-Germans, both as volunteers and conscripts. In total some 500,000 non-Germans and ethnic Germans from outside Germany, mostly from German-occupied Europe, were recruited between 1940 and 1945. [1]
2 days ago · Glossary of Nazi Germany. This is a list of words, terms, concepts and slogans of Nazi Germany used in the historiography covering the Nazi regime. Some words were coined by Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Party members. Other words and concepts were borrowed and appropriated, and other terms were already in use during the Weimar Republic.
May 26, 2024 · One of the most powerful members of Hitler‘s inner circle was Heinrich Himmler, who became head of the SS (Schutzstaffel) in 1929. Under Himmler‘s leadership, the SS grew from a small bodyguard unit to a massive organization that controlled the concentration camps and carried out the "Final Solution" – the systematic murder of six million European Jews.
May 27, 2024 · 親衛隊 （しんえいたい、 独 ：Schutzstaffel 発音 [ヘルプ/ファイル] 、シュッツシュタッフェル、略号： SS ）は、 ドイツ の政党、 国民社会主義ドイツ労働者党 の組織であり、主に 第一次世界大戦 時の将校や指揮官などの退役軍人が高官を務めた。. ドイツ語 ...
2 days ago · Themes. Nazi propaganda promoted Nazi ideology by demonising the enemies of the Nazi Party, notably Jews and communists, but also capitalists [1] and intellectuals. It promoted the values asserted by the Nazis, including heroic death, Führerprinzip (leader principle), Volksgemeinschaft (people's community), Blut und Boden (blood and soil), and ...
May 25, 2024 · The Reichstag building in flames on the night of February 27, 1933. Source: Smithsonian Magazine On March 23, 1933, Adolf Hitler managed to secure the passage of the so-called Enabling Act, a law allowing him to issue decrees without the previous approval of the parliament and the president. Having finally obtained virtually absolute powers, Hitler began the Gleichschaltung (coordination), a ...
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May 23, 2024 · The SA or assault troops were the first, commanded most notably by Ernst Röhm. However, the SA challenged the authority of the German army, and they were not totally committed to Hitler. In 1934, the SA was superceded by the SS, a paramilitary force which was fanatically loyal to Hitler. The SS had a number of branches which were active all ...
