Wegbereiter der Shoah : die Waffen-SS, der Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS und die Judenvernichtung 1939-1945
Refutes the belief that the men of the Waffen-SS were "ordinary soldiers". They were, in fact, political soldiers; almost all had volunteered for the SS and identified with Nazi ideology. Already in 1939-40 in Poland they took part in massacres and deportations. In preparation for the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Himmler established the Kommandostab, with control over two infantry and two ...



