In 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader of a fledgling political organization called the National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party. The group promoted extreme German nationalism and anti-Semitism, and was dissatisfied with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the 1919 peace settlement that ended World War I (1914-18) and required numerous concessions and reparations from Germany. Hitler blamed Jews and Marxists for Germany’s problems and espoused the concept of an Aryan “master race.”
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By January 1932, the SS was named by hitler, the SS group reached to thousands of members.
important facts :
1.To qualify for the SS, prospective members had to prove that none of their ancestors were Jewish and agree to marry only with the consent of their superior officers.
2.Himmler was named head of Germany’s secret state police, the “Geheime Staatspolizei,” more commonly known as the “Gestapo.”
3.At the outset of World War II (1939-45), by which time SS membership numbered more than 250,000.
4.The Waffen-SS consisted of a cadre of combat troops who specialized in brutalizing and murdering individuals in territories occupied by the Nazis.
5.Another account cited Waffen-SS membership alone at between 800,000 and 910,000 in October 1944.
2.Himmler was named head of Germany’s secret state police, the “Geheime Staatspolizei,” more commonly known as the “Gestapo.”
3.At the outset of World War II (1939-45), by which time SS membership numbered more than 250,000.
4.The Waffen-SS consisted of a cadre of combat troops who specialized in brutalizing and murdering individuals in territories occupied by the Nazis.
5.Another account cited Waffen-SS membership alone at between 800,000 and 910,000 in October 1944.