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==History==

==History==

The SS was created in 1925 after Hitler ordered a new formation of a small personal bodyguard unit of the Nazi Party. The SS was originally only a sub-branch of the [[Brownshirts|SA]]. It was a small exclusive group who only had loyalty to Adolf Hitler, not the Nazi Party or the SA. When the Nazi Party came to national power in 1933, the SS became a part of the German Government.<ref>[http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/the-nazification-of-germany/the-nazis-consolidate-power/the-role-of-the-ss-and-gestapo/#.WGUZKXpOlhE The role of the SS and Gestapo]</ref><ref>[Reinhard Heydrich: The Biography, Volume 1], p. 77</ref> In July 1934, the SS officially became as independent organization from the SA after the purge of its leadership in the [[Night of the Long Knives]].

The SS was created in 1925 after Hitler ordered a new formation of a small personal bodyguard unit of the Nazi Party. The SS was originally only a sub-branch of the [[Brownshirts|SA]]. It was a small exclusive group who only had loyalty to Adolf Hitler, not the Nazi Party or the SA. When the Nazi Party came to national power in 1933, the SS became a part of the German Government.<ref>[http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/the-nazification-of-germany/the-nazis-consolidate-power/the-role-of-the-ss-and-gestapo/#.WGUZKXpOlhE The role of the SS and Gestapo]</ref><ref>Williams (2001)</ref> In July 1934, the SS officially became as independent organization from the SA after the purge of its leadership in the [[Night of the Long Knives]].

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* Wachsmann, Nikolaus. "Looking into the Abyss: Historians and the Nazi Concentration Camps." ''European History Quarterly'' 2006; v 36; pp247+ [http://ehq.sagepub.eom/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/247 online]

* Wachsmann, Nikolaus. "Looking into the Abyss: Historians and the Nazi Concentration Camps." ''European History Quarterly'' 2006; v 36; pp247+ [http://ehq.sagepub.eom/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/247 online]

* Wegner, Bernd. ''The Waffen-SS: Organization, Ideology and Function'' (1990);

* Wegner, Bernd. ''The Waffen-SS: Organization, Ideology and Function'' (1990);

[[Category:Nazis]]

[[Category:Nazis]]