The Nazi regime utilized/deployed/propagated its insidious propaganda machine to instill within the German populace a belief in the superiority/dominance/excellence of the so-called "Aryan race." This fabricated ideal, constructed on tenuous/fragile/weak foundations of pseudoscience and racial prejudice/bigotry/intolerance, was relentlessly hammere… Read More

The Schutzstaffel, or SS, was an instrument of terror and brutality in the service of the National Socialist regime. From its humble beginnings as Hitler's personal guard, the SS quickly bloomed into a sprawling organization that controlled every sphere of life under Nazi rule. Driven by racial purity and fanatical loyalty to Hitler, the SS inflict… Read More

Within the darkest/bleakest/most insidious corners of Nazi Germany, two figures emerged as architects of unspeakable horror: Heinrich Himmler, the chillingly ambitious head of the SS, and Reinhard Heydrich, his ruthlessly efficient second-in-command. Driven by a fanatical ideology of racial purity and fueled by unbridled/frenzied/rabid hatred, they… Read More

Die deutsche Armee spielte eine komplexe Rolle im System Hitlers. Während sie seine territoriale Expansion ermöglichte, war die Verbindung der Wehrmacht mit den Verbrechen des Regimes bestritten. Die SS, als ideologische Schutzstaffel, verfolgte ein ganz anderes Ziel: Vernichtung aller Gegner des Regimes. Die Wehrmacht war trotz ihrer formalen Un… Read More

Within the darkest/bleakest/most insidious corners of Nazi Germany, two figures emerged as architects of unspeakable horror: Heinrich Himmler, the chillingly ambitious head of the SS, and Reinhard Heydrich, his ruthlessly efficient second-in-command. Driven by a fanatical ideology of racial purity and fueled by unbridled/frenzied/rabid hatred, they… Read More