1. The Schutzstaffel was a key parliamentary organisation under the rule of Adolf Hitler and Himmler in the Nazi party, Nazi Germany. The party formed in April 4, 1923. At the start, it was a small guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz made up of volunteers to safeguard party meetings in Munich.
2. Between 1925 and 1929 the SS leaders were Schreck, Joseph Berchtold, who changed the title of the office to Reichsfuher. I n time, Joseph Berchold became overly frustrated with the opposition party (the SA) and handed his leadership to Erhard Haiden. Under Haiden’s rule a strict code of conduct was placed in.
3. During that time the SS was a small group and not an elite organization. The membership was declining from 1000 to 280 and was not competing …show more content…
Heinrich Himmler joined the party in 1925 and became Reichsfuher in 1929 which enabled the party to progress. The party grew under Himmler’s rule from a small to one of the most important units in Nazi Germany.
5. The two lightning bolts represent the Shutzstaffel and had a meaning of victory. The two lightning strikes were adapted as the emblem in 1933 by a graphic designer named Walter Heck. The emblem became so typeset that an extra key was added to German typewriters so you were able to type it with a single keystroke.
6. The SS grew in numbers after Himmler’s rule from 1000 in 1929, 3,000 in 1930, 30,000 in 1932 and 52,000. By the end of 1933, after the rise of Hitler and his Nazi party, the numbers of members of the SS were 200,000. Over ruling the SA which had no command over SS units. The SS were altered into a professional and disciplinary parliamentary force. Later on, both Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Muller were introduced and given significant responsibilities in the SS.
7. Pre-war Himmler introduced a 5-year enrolment procedure and signed up men of the Aryan race and tested on their stand on moral, racial and physical grounds. If you were racially and physically ready for the SS, they would be sworn in with an oath of alliance to Adolf Hitler and put into different groups of the
2. Between 1925 and 1929 the SS leaders were Schreck, Joseph Berchtold, who changed the title of the office to Reichsfuher. I n time, Joseph Berchold became overly frustrated with the opposition party (the SA) and handed his leadership to Erhard Haiden. Under Haiden’s rule a strict code of conduct was placed in.
3. During that time the SS was a small group and not an elite organization. The membership was declining from 1000 to 280 and was not competing …show more content…
Heinrich Himmler joined the party in 1925 and became Reichsfuher in 1929 which enabled the party to progress. The party grew under Himmler’s rule from a small to one of the most important units in Nazi Germany.
5. The two lightning bolts represent the Shutzstaffel and had a meaning of victory. The two lightning strikes were adapted as the emblem in 1933 by a graphic designer named Walter Heck. The emblem became so typeset that an extra key was added to German typewriters so you were able to type it with a single keystroke.
6. The SS grew in numbers after Himmler’s rule from 1000 in 1929, 3,000 in 1930, 30,000 in 1932 and 52,000. By the end of 1933, after the rise of Hitler and his Nazi party, the numbers of members of the SS were 200,000. Over ruling the SA which had no command over SS units. The SS were altered into a professional and disciplinary parliamentary force. Later on, both Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Muller were introduced and given significant responsibilities in the SS.
7. Pre-war Himmler introduced a 5-year enrolment procedure and signed up men of the Aryan race and tested on their stand on moral, racial and physical grounds. If you were racially and physically ready for the SS, they would be sworn in with an oath of alliance to Adolf Hitler and put into different groups of the