Waffen-SS
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The Waffen-SS was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both German-oc
SS Division Das Reich, Soviet Union, 1942
Parade for the third anniversary of the LSSAH on the barracks' grounds with Sepp Dietrich at the lectern, May 1935
The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler on parade in Berlin, 1938
Members of the Einsatzgruppen murdering Polish civilians in Kórnik shortly after the outbreak of World War II in Europe
Heinrich Himmler
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Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician, police administrator, and military leader. He was the fourth and longest-serving Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel, serving from 1929 to 1945. H
Waffen-SS
…Forces"), with some units being subordinated to the Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS (lit. 'Command Staff Reich Leader-SS') directly under Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler's control. It was disbanded in May 1945. The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II. Combining combat and police…
Himmler in 1942
Himmler as a child
Himmler in 1929
Himmler and Rudolf Hess in 1936, viewing a scale model of Dachau concentration camp