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Robin Lumsden

Author of Himmler's Black Order 1923-45

15 Works 269 Members 5 Reviews

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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom

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This book starts off by giving a general outline of the origins of the SS with several photographic illustrations from the 1920s and 1930s. This includes letter-headed documents and identity documents.it moves on to discuss the function of the Allgemeine-SS and their association with the police and conditions of service and their later role up to 1945. The book then moves on to discuss specific items of regalia, such as the Totenkopf, runes, uniforms (including a price list from 1938), ranks show more and titles, daggers, swords, rings, flags and banners. It then moves on to discuss the Waffen-SS looking at much the same information with the addition of headgear, field tunics, camouflage etc. It gives an account of the history of insignia production, colours and design in great detail breaking down collar, shoulder, arm and cuff items with excellent photographs of examples. It then details SS branches from occupied territories such as Norway and Denmark covering the same fields as previously mentioned. There are also examples of several posters prompting enlistment in languages other than German. All in all, think this is an excellent summing up with detailed illustration. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of the SS or for someone needing detailed visual cues for descriptive purposes. show less
La vera storia delle ss è molto più complessa di quanto l'opinione comune possa immaginare: è un racconto fatto di intrighi e nepotismi, presunti richiami filosofici e significati simbolici. È la storia di un' organizzazione guidata da un uomo convinto di essere la reincarnazione del re sassone Enrico I, fondatore dell'Impero Germanico; di efferati criminali che riuscirono a farsi nominare primi ministri e funzionari di polizia; la storia di opere caritatevoli e stermini di massa show more eseguiti dallo stesso palazzo; e di generali che guidavano eserciti immensi in devastanti campagne di conquista. Questo volume ricostruisce nel dettaglio l'origine, lo sviluppo e la organizzazione delle ss, soffermandosi sugli effetti ad ampio raggio che esse ebbero sulla polizia, sulle politiche razziali, sulla storia, l'educazione. l'economia e la società della Germania. show less

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15
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ISBNs
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