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…in to concentration camps. The SS and the Gestapo created an element of fear. These organisations were vast security networks that were run Henrich Himmler a fanatical adherent to Nazi ideals, who planned to create a race of SS warriors. The SS and Gestapo were free…

…of maltreatment, or of SS and SA men shooting prisoners whom they had a personnel grudge with. "Russian prisoners-of-war who had volunteered to work at the camp, herded a group of us together and drove us past the huts to a patch of higher ground where what looked…

…. The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei, Secret State Police), a force recruited from professional police officers, was given complete freedom to arrest anyone after February 28. The Schutzstaffel (SS, Protection Squad) served as Hitler's personal bodyguard…

…territory. The SS, under Heinrich Himmler, and the police were given the job of getting rid of the Jews. By spring 1939 250,000 people had left their native country and were forced to leave their possessions behind. I shall explain some of the events during…

…this or that. He mostly did experiments that had to do with cutting off body parts, and reattaching them to different parts of the body. <Tab/> After many years, all of the Auschwitz camps lay in ruin. Many SS troopers destroyed their own camps to hide all…

…of Amon Goeth, the monster SS guard that ran the camp at Krakow, are some of the most revealing scenes without words. One scene shows a conversation between Schindler and Goeth. Schindler is trying to explain to Goeth that true power lies in forgiving when you…

…Heydrich was not so accomplished a hypocrite as his ardently beloved SS leader. Although Heydrich preferred brutal, straightforward struggle with his foes, he was nevertheless the real ideologist of the SS....When Heydrich oppressed, he did so…

…SS funds are collected and distributed on a pay - as - you -go (PAYG) system in which Social Security taxes from individuals are immediately distributed by the means of the SS Administration as it sees best fit. This means that taxes collected…

…was appointed a research assistant at the Third Reich Institute for Heredity, Biology, and Racial Purity at the University of Frankfurt; worked with Professor Otmar Freiherr von Vershuer. (Mengele54) In May 1938 he joined the SS (Schutzstapple - elite unit which…

…about revolting but are silenced by their elders. Then, everyone is forced to march past SS officer Dr. Mengele, who uses a baton to pick out who will remain alive and who will go to the crematory. Dr. Mengele looks cruel yet intelligent, and Eliezer tells…