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Strafvollzugslager der SS und Polizei: Himmler´S Wartime Institutions for the Detention of Waffen-Ss and Polize
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Paperback. Fearing that his SS and Police convicts National Socialist spirit was irrevocably damaged in civil and military gaols, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, Heinrich Himmler, commanded the HA SS-Gericht in the spring of 1940 to establish a Waffen-SS prison within the environs of the dreaded KL Dachau. Here, he incarcerated the malodourous elements of the SS. Num Pages: 576 pages, 36 black and white photographs and 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 166 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Strafvollzugslager der SS- und Polizei: Himmler's Wartime Institutions for the Detention of Waffen-SS and Polizei Criminals is a book that Heinrich Himmler would not have wished written. Preferring that this corner of the SS history remained forever in the shadows, the existence of the SS penal system had the potential to besmirch his entire organisation. In an effort to disguise the true extent of criminality within the ranks of the Waffen-SS, the Reichsfuhrer-SS temporarily expelled those SS men incarcerated in the Strafvollzugslager der SS- und Polizei, giving the appearance that Hitler's bodyguard did not suffer the scourge of serious criminality. ... Read more
Strafvollzugslager der SS- und Polizei: Himmler's Wartime Institutions for the Detention of Waffen-SS and Polizei Criminals is a book that Heinrich Himmler would not have wished written. Preferring that this corner of the SS history remained forever in the shadows, the existence of the SS penal system had the potential to besmirch his entire organisation. In an effort to disguise the true extent of criminality within the ranks of the Waffen-SS, the Reichsfuhrer-SS temporarily expelled those SS men incarcerated in the Strafvollzugslager der SS- und Polizei, giving the appearance that Hitler's bodyguard did not suffer the scourge of serious criminality. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781555606
SKU
V9781781555606
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About Insight Guides
Stuart Emmett was born in London and is a retired businessman and freelance historian who has previously published numerous articles on military history in specialist military modelling magazines. Embarking on a decade-long examination of the wartime HA SS-Gericht, his journey to present the history of this intensely secretive organisation has taken him to a multitude of worldwide archives and he ... Read more
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