
Story of the SS
''The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don''t ask for their love - only for their fear.''
-Heinrich Himmler
The Schutzstaffel, or SS - the brutal elite of the Nazi Party - was founded by Hitler in 1925 to be his personal bodyguard. From 1929 it was headed by Heinrich Himmler, who built its numbers up from under 300 to well over a milli...
''The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don''t ask for their love - only for their fear.''
-Heinrich Himmler
The Schutzstaffel, or SS - the brutal elite of the Nazi Party - was founded by Hitler in 1925 to be his personal bodyguard. From 1929 it was headed by Heinrich Himmler, who built its numbers up from under 300 to well over a milli...