Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-440) and index
Contents:
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
