MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aWeale, Adrian.
245 10 $aArmy of evil :$ba history of the SS /$cAdrian Weale.
246 30 $aHistory of the SS
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bNAL Caliber,$c2012.
300 $axiii, 459 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 433-440) and index.
505 0 $aThe defeat of Wilhelmine Germany and the origins of the National Socialist Party -- The rebirth of national socialism and the creation of the SS -- Heinrich Himmler -- A new broom -- Taking control -- Consolidation -- Dachau and the establishment of the concentration camps -- The central organisation of the SS -- The Race and Settlement Office -- The SD - the intelligence and security wing of the SS -- The path to genocide -- Euthanasia and the beginning of mass murder -- Origins of the Waffen-SS -- Militarising the "political soldiers" -- Expansion of the militarised SS -- The invasion of poland and the special task groups -- The SS and the Polish Jews -- Gottlob Berger and the creation of the Waffen-SS -- Making up the numbers: foreign volunteers and criminals in the Waffen-SS -- The Waffen-SS heads east -- Operation Barbarossa and the first and second sweeps -- The Wannsee conference -- The extermination camps -- Auschwitz -- The final act -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Table of comparative military ranks.
610 20 $aWaffen-SS$xHistory.
610 20 $aNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.$bSchutzstaffel.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zGermany.
650 0 $aNational Socialism.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGermany.
651 0 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945.