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…second, and far more ambitious, killing operation. Mobile operational units of the SS, the Einsatzgruppen of the Sipo and SD, crossed the Soviet border immediately after the battle troops. In the occupied territory of the Soviet Union, these units shot large…

…in our homes and burnt our houses and synagogues. We were hiding in the basement, when SS troops broke into our home and ravaged our belongings. I was scared to death and told my mom to hold me tight. Nobody in the room seemed to breathe and we prayed to G-d…

…, Hitler marched over 400,000 SA and SS troops into a heavily Communistic part of Germany. Bullets were exchanged, and 19 Communists were dead, along with 300 wounded. Later that month, another vote was taken. This time, Hitler won 37 percent of the vote…

…intentions. The Final Solution was the vision of Adolph Hitler, but its architects were Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler and SS Security Chief Reinhard Heydrich. Thus in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, on January 20th 1942, the Nazi death camps were…

…. This tiny group was the embryonic SS. In 1933, after the Nazi Party had taken power in Germany, increasing trouble with the SA made a showdown inevitable. As German Chancellor, the Führer could no longer afford to tolerate the disruptive Brownshirts; under…

…and they could smell burning flesh. Every couple yards there was an SS soldier with a gun. When they first arrived, some talked about revolting but we discouraged by their parents. The talk of revolt stopped. They were asked a few questions and then either directed…

…, that bullied the Communists and Democrats. Hitler recruited a handful of men to act as his bodyguards and protect him from Communist toughs, other rivals, and even the S.A. if it got out of hand. This tiny group was the embryonic SS. In 1933, after the Nazi Party…

…the S.A. if it got out of hand. This tiny group was the embryonic SS. In 1933, after the Nazi Party had taken power in Germany, increasing trouble with the SA made a showdown inevitable. As German Chancellor, the Führer could no longer afford…

…him from Communist toughs, other rivals, and even the S.A. if it got out of hand. This tiny group was the embryonic SS. In 1933, after the Nazi Party had taken power in Germany, increasing trouble with the SA made a showdown inevitable. As German…

…bodyguards and protect him from Communist toughs, other rivals, and even the S.A. if it got out of hand. This tiny group was the embryonic SS. In 1933, after the Nazi Party had taken power in Germany, increasing trouble with the SA made a showdown…