The Waffen-SS was the armed branch of the SS (Schutzstaffel), which was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party created to protect Adolf Hitler. The Waffen-SS fought alongside the regular army in World War II on both the Russian Front and the Western Front. It grew from three regiments to a force of over 38 [...]
Sepp Dietrich
May 29, 2009 by
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (1892–1966) was a German Waffen-SS general, an commander of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, and one of the closest men to Adolf Hitler. For his wartime services, he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds and obtained several others military decorations as well. Sepp [...]
Schutzstaffel SS
May 28, 2009 by
The Schutzstaffel, or SS, was a major Nazi paramilitary organization created within the Nazi Party during the Third Reich. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit in the SA to a powerful independent force that served first as the Führer’s "Praetorian Guard," a force which fielded almost a million men, providing protection for the [...]
Heinrich Himmler
May 27, 2009 by
Heinrich Himmler (1900– 1945) was a very imporntant political figure in Nazi Germany and chief of the Schutzstaffel, or SS. Not only did he oversee all police and security forces, which included the Gestapo, but also supervised the concentration camps where the Jews and other minorities were eliminated during the Third Reich period. Heinrich Himmler [...]
Ernst Röhm
May 26, 2009 by
Ernst Julius Röhm (1887 – 1934) was a German army officer and commander of the SA. In 1934, he was executed during the political purge known as the Night of the Long Knives. Ernst Röhm was born in Munich, Germany, on November 28, 1887. He joined the German Army in 1906. At the outbreak of [...]
Sturmabteilung (SA)
May 25, 2009 by
The Sturmabteilung, or SA, was a paramilitary organization within the Nazi Party. It played an important role in Adolf Hitler‘s rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s. Nevertheless, the Sturmabteilung was dissolved after the purge of the Night of the Long Knives of June 30, 1934, when its chief, Ernst Röhm, was assassinated by [...]
