SS-Verfügungstruppe was formed in 1934 as combat troops for the Nazi Party. On 17 August 1938 Adolf Hitler decreed that the SS-VT was neither a part of the Ordnungspolizei nor the Wehrmacht, but milit
LSSAH troops undergo a drill inspection in Berlin, November 1938
SS-VT in full marching order, 1935
Motorcycle unit of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf in the Soviet Union, 1941
Paul Hausser, also known by his birth name Paul Falk post war, was a German general and, together with Sepp Dietrich, one of the two highest ranking commanders in the Waffen-SS. He played a key role i
Hausser in 1941
Paul Hausser (far right, in overcoat) walking up the Stairs of Death at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, April 1941