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| | ::::::By 1942, when the Holocaust ("Final Solution") was implemented as government policy, all able-bodied men were serving in either the Wehrmacht or SS. The SA by that time was just a bunch of old fat local party hacks. | | ::::::By 1942, when the Holocaust ("Final Solution") was implemented as government policy, all able-bodied men were serving in either the Wehrmacht or SS. The SA by that time was just a bunch of old fat local party hacks. |
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| − | ::::::The SS was created in 1927 as Hitler's personal bodyguard, recruited from the SA with 100 members. When the Nazi Party assumed power in 1933, it was split off from the SA completely, had about 15,000 members, took over local the German police forces, and created the Gestapo. By 1945, it had about 1 million members from nearly 2 dozen nationalities. | + | ::::::The SS was created in 1927 as Hitler's personal bodyguard, recruited from the SA with 100 members. When the Nazi Party assumed power in 1933, it was split off from the SA completely, had about 15,000 members, took over the local German police forces, and created the Gestapo. By 1945, it had about 1 million members from nearly 2 dozen nationalities. (See Heinrich Hohne, ''The Order Under the Totenkopf'') |
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| | ::::::Yes, the SA was primarily responsible for [[Kristallnacht]] in 1938, but that was at least three and half years before the Holocaust. | | ::::::Yes, the SA was primarily responsible for [[Kristallnacht]] in 1938, but that was at least three and half years before the Holocaust. |
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| | :::::::::::::::I said find a high level or low-level communist involved in the planning and implementation of the Holocaust, not a dead low level ex-communist chauffer. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 02:31, October 29, 2023 (EDT) | | :::::::::::::::I said find a high level or low-level communist involved in the planning and implementation of the Holocaust, not a dead low level ex-communist chauffer. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 02:31, October 29, 2023 (EDT) |
| | ::::::::::::::::Nope, you didn't specify the "planning and implementation of the Holocaust" part. All you said in that sentence, and I quote, was: "Then you need to find some high-level (or even low level) communists in the [[SS]], as well." Too bad. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>Rev. 22:13</sup>]]''''' Sunday, 02:32, October 29, 2023 (EDT) | | ::::::::::::::::Nope, you didn't specify the "planning and implementation of the Holocaust" part. All you said in that sentence, and I quote, was: "Then you need to find some high-level (or even low level) communists in the [[SS]], as well." Too bad. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>Rev. 22:13</sup>]]''''' Sunday, 02:32, October 29, 2023 (EDT) |
| − | :::::::::::::::::I said, "You need to read up on the [[Wannsee Conference]] (which occurred in 1942)...Then...", "Then" meaning next in order of time, not some dead guy from 6 years earlier). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 02:47, October 29, 2023 (EDT) | + | :::::::::::::::::I said, "You need to read up on the [[Wannsee Conference]] (which occurred in 1942)...Then...", "Then" meaning next in order of time, not some dead guy from 6 years earlier. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 02:47, October 29, 2023 (EDT) |
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| | ==Heads up== | | ==Heads up== |