Contribution And Impact Of The Ss Of Carrying Out The Holocaust

Adolph Hitler became head of Germany’s National Socialists Party in July of 1921. By 1933 the once unknown Hitler was given dictatorial power. As his power grew the new dictator grew more restrictive and power hungry. Books were burned, Jewish-owned businesses were boycotted, the Nazi Party was made the only party, and concentration camps were opened, all in the first year of Hitler’s

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Gestapo,was a German secret police force, which was created in 1933 after Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.

To introduce the Holocaust, I want to provide a brief overview of the event. The Holocaust was a large scale, state-sponsored, systematic murder of innocent Jews across Europe carried out by the German military and authorities. Germans believed that their race was superior to the Jewish race. Jews were deemed, “life unworthy of life”. (1) The Holocaust was a result of this strong German belief, which led to the attempted annihilation of the Jews. The German government called the plan to annihilate the Jewish people “The Final Solution”. Nearly six million out of the nine million European Jews were murdered in total. This means that two-thirds of the European Jewish population was wiped out in less than 10 years. Although Jews were the main target of the Nazi regime, others were viewed as inferior as well. These peoples included, Gypsies, Communists, Socialists, Jehovah 's Witnesses, some Slavic peoples, and homosexuals.

Schutzstaffel (SS) – A powerful group who helped Adolf Hitler and protected him from danger. They started off as a small group but got bigger and started many smaller groups.

Author wise geek. The author says in this article that there were certainly non-Nazi German soldiers in World War II, although many members he said were supportive of Hitler and what he was doing for Germany. Many members of the German military were not allowed to have political party affiliations, so you could say not all German soldiers were Nazis or supported them. The writer also says the armed forces in Germany, mostly made up of non-Nazi soldiers, was called in that time the Wehrmacht. It was made of of three main branches: the navy (kriegsmarine), the air force (Luftwaffe) and the army (heer). Later a forth branch, the waffen ss, fell under jurisdiction, although it was also under the Schutzstaffel or the ss better known which was controlled by the Nazi political party. Following world war one strong limits were set on the German military. The reichswehr was restricted to the amount of members it could have, and the equipment they could use. Back to to The SS. The ss was a paramilitary organization that grew to the scope of a full blown army under Hitler’s leadership, and consisted entirely of Nazi party members. So the fanatical Nazis in world war two were the main Nazi officials within the party and the ss not the regular military

Mrs Keeley ENG 111-4201L 08 April 2016 Remembering The Holocaust and its Importance In history, there has been many important events that were brought about to make the world as we know it today. One of the most important events was world war II. This was a war that had many countries battling each other to try and stop the spread of communism. However, for one country it would have an everlasting impact on their history based on the massacre that happened during that time. Adolf Hitler was a vicious leader whose political and religious views caused the deaths of over 40 million people in Germany. One of his main targets were the Jewish people of Germany. Hitler’s army known as Nazis did not like the Jewish people because they felt that the Jews were one of the reasons of stopping Germany from becoming the great nation it once was before world War I. Hitler’s conclusion, ended up brining the controversial event known as the holocaust. The holocaust is one of the deadliest human genocides in history. Hitler’s Anti-Semitism views caused a lasting effect on the Jewish religion by destroying everything they owned, torturing them through concentration camps, and the aftermath of the war.

Terror and violence were prominent factor in consolidating power for the Nazi’s in 1933, for the reason that the violence and a significant impact on political development; the negotiations between Hitler, von Papen and Hindenburg took place against the backdrop of well publicised acts of SA brutality. May 1933 saw the SA attack the trade union headquarters and disbanded it; this violence resulted in many of the SPD leaders fleeing abroad, by June the party was officially banned. Within Germany’s politically important middle class, the violence and thuggery of elements of the Nazi movement caused deep concern. The Nazis tried to balance their use of violence by attempting to ensure that the consolidation of power had the veneer of legality. The Nazi leaders were pragmatic in their understanding that their revolution had to achieve by legal means for it to be acceptable to the vast majority of the German population.

The SS also started their own military branch within the SS that was named the Waffen-SS or an armed force of elite Germans. The original members of the Waffen-SS came from the Freikorps, Reichswehr, and many right-wing paramilitary formations. Many ex-SA members swelled the ranks of the SS after the Night of the Long Knives. Two new units were made from the influx of new members that SS-Verfügungstruppe and SS-Totenkopfverbände, which later came to be put in charge of the concentration camps. The new Waffen-SS were equipped with camouflage socks and helmet covers to help make them easily identifiable which proved to be an edge in combat. Most of the Waffen-SS received second rate weapons

Have you ever wondered whose idea it was to exterminate all the Jews, or who started the concentration camps? Heinrich Himmler, was the main one contributors of the Holocaust, he used ideas such as racism and fanatical beliefs to justify the murder of millions of victims. Himmler was considered one of the most feared Nazi’s Himmler was the head of S.S, (Hitler's Personal Guard), Leader of the Gestapo (The Secret State Police), and was the founder and officer in charge of the Nazi concentration camps. Himmler had most decisions and responsibility for deciding whether people were deemed unworthy for living under the Nazi cause. One of the most important contributors to the Nazi party and and one of Hitler’s most trusted ally was Heinrich

The SS, or Schutzstaffel, played a variety of roles before and during World War II, showing their loyalty to Hitler and patriotism. From their beginning as personal bodyguards of about eight men, to being an elite organization with police units and special forces, these “men in black” used their power to become the most powerful men in Germany. The SS proceeded with mass killings and watched over concentration camps. They did Hitler’s “dirty work.” In 1929, Heinrich Himmler took control of the SS as Reichsfuhrer. Himmler was the second most powerful man in Germany during World War II. Given overall responsibility for the security of the Nazi empire, Himmler was the key and senior Nazi official responsible for conceiving and overseeing

Stalin started the Nazi’s rise to power. In the Early to Mid 30s, Joseph Stalin wanted to provide aid to Germany. Germany had been dealing with an economic crisis and depression after WWI. After WWI Germany was forced to give up its arms, troops and military, as well as paying war reparations. Stalin began by financially aiding the fledgling Nazi party, which in turn helped their campaign; Stalin aided Hitler by funneling money into Germany, as well as giving the Germans military training. The troops that Hitler and Stalin created, would later be known as the SS. Originally thugs used by Hitler, Goebbels and Himmler to

<br>Hitler regained control of the Nazi Party upon his release in December 1924. From 1925 to 1930 Hitler built a network of local parties over most of Germany. He also organized the Schutzstaffel or the "SS", a group that performed police tasks. They carried out violent acts against Hitler's enemies. Unemployed young men who joined Hitler's groups were given food, shelter, uniforms and a sense of purpose.

The Gestapo was created in 1933 from the ranks of the Prussian political and espionage units with Nazis. On April 26 ,1933 a decree was issued making the secret police, which was quickly named the GPA. On April 22 ,1934 Reinhard Heydrich became the Gestapo chief. Heinrich Himmler was given command of the Gestapo in April 1934. On February 10 ,1936 the Nazi government made a decree that the Gestapo was not subject to judicial review. Meaning the Gestapo no longer had any restraints on violence or limits with any other activities . In 1939 the Gestapo had about 40,000 people in its ranks.At the beginning of WWII killing squads became part of the Gestapo. Near the end of 1940 the Gestapo had to start watching over the ghettos. Later

The organization Hitler was a member of was popularly known as the Nazi Party. Originally was a small group of people under the name of German workers party. Adolf Hitler attended the meetings and joined it in 1919. Soon after he became leader of the party and changed the name to National Socialist German Workers Party. Hitler increased the Nazi party’s political power steadily. Then in 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. (3)