SS ELITE

Opera in tre volumi che presenta una breve biografia di tutti gli alti ufficiali delle SS. Centinaia di foto in bianco e nero in ogni volume.

• An astonishing piece of research and the author’s life’s work
• Part three of a three-part series
• Superbly illustrated with 510 unpublished mono photographs

 In the turbulent times of the post-First World War era, new political parties emerged frequently in Germany, many with opposing extremist policies. The Communist movement grew out of the Socialist working classes using the Russian Bolshevik Party as a template. In direct opposition, the new National Socialist German Workers’ Party under the leadership of Adolf Hitler occupied the extreme right-wing position. Head-on conflict was inevitable and both parties organised violent demonstrations against the other.

Hitler recognised that he was physically vulnerable and ordered the formation of his own protection squad, made up of loyal men who would not shirk from a fight. From the rudimentary ranks of Hitler’s select few grew the infant SS, a modern praetorian guard, which developed over the years into a massive and efficient military style force with tentacles spreading into all elements of everyday life in Nazi Germany. To administer this organisation, Hitler appointed leaders upon whom he could rely. Many names remain obscure, but this book highlights who they all were and how they appeared.

Featured in this volume are:

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Hans Friedrich Karl Franz Kammler

Jürgen Christof Albrecht Axel von Kamptz

Karl Otto Kurt Kaufmann

Georg Heinrich Keppler

Wilhelm Karl Keppler

Dietrich Klagges

Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

Kurt Friedrich Julius Knoblauch

Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Koppe

Paul Körner

Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger

Walter Krüger

Hans Heinrich Lammers

Hartmann Lauterbacher

Werner Karl Adolf Otto Lorenz

Benno Franz Theodor Martin

Karl Theodor Alexander Heinrich von Maur

Emil Mazuw

Wilhelm Murr

Constantin Freiherr von Neurath

Carl Albrecht Oberg

Günther Pancke

Karl Paul Pfeffer-Wildenbruch

Artur Martin Phleps

Oswald Ludwig Pohl

Hans Adolf Paul Prützmann

Ernst Rudolf Querner