The SS: Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945

Reitlinger, Gerald

ISBN 10: 0306803518 / ISBN 13: 9780306803512

Published by Da Capo Press, 1989

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Synopsis:

The SS,short for the German Schutzstaffeln ,was a far-flung organization, of which the Gestapo was only one branch, that served as the tyrannical expression of Nazi bureaucracy, a politics of terror. Germans in high places still use the SS as a standard excuse for the acts of murder, extortion, and genocide that were facts of daily life under the Nazis. Reitlinger explores the complex social machinery that allowed the SS to operate,the administration and internal rivalries, the SS field divisions, German military intelligence, and the organization of the concentration and death camps. He shows how the SS was embedded in the basic government of the country during those years and how its members were not so much lunatic killers as loyal citizens doing the bidding of a country that had gone insane. Powerful, objective, and based on original German documents and interviews,including information from Himmler's statistician,this book rejects the SS as an alibi for a nation's responsibility in the most far-reaching racial massacre in history.

About the Author: Gerald Reitlinger (1900-1978) wrote three books on Nazi Germany, including The Final Solution and The House Built on Sand.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The SS: Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket