S.'s Role In The Holocaust
The Role of the S.S. in the Holocaust All along people have said that Hitler did the Holocaust. This statement is not entirely true, and it was his soldiers did. They marched under the Nazi orders, and exterminated men, women, and children alike. The SS started out with humble beginnings. They were founded and started by Adolf Hitler himself. They were started with no intent to harm or kill, but to protect Hitler and his fellow party members. They had 300 members in the beginning. They were the biggest part of the Nazi Party. As Hitler worked his way up the government hierarchy, their numbers took a massive jump. From 300 to 50,000 in 1933. This was when Hitler became Germany’s new chancellor. Hitler continued to move up after
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Units were stacked all along the Polish border, and were prepared to invade with speed. Before Poland could react, brigade after brigade of soldiers trained by the SS invaded. It was an easy victory for Germany. The SS were moved against the Allied forces of the UK and France. The SS weren’t just soldiers. They had many branches of service you could enter. They had everything from foreign intelligence to people dealing with the populace directly. Those who did interact with civilians were part of a group known as the Gestapo. You wouldn’t know they were there, before you were arrested for something they saw as illegal. Soldiers from the SS were also in charge of keeping an eye on the concentration camps, and keeping them up and running. As the war raged on, the SS continued to be revered and feared. They were seen as inhumane and cold blooded killers. A war with two fronts isn’t easy. Hitler had fought the SS to a vulnerable state. Russia continued to invade and trap German forces. The SS were forced to retreat. Those who didn’t or couldn’t were either killed or captured. The concentration camps were evacuated. The soldiers forced prisoners to run in the snow and cold. These evacuations would later be known as The Death Marches from the SS literally running prisoners to death. Those who couldn’t run anymore were
Units were stacked all along the Polish border, and were prepared to invade with speed. Before Poland could react, brigade after brigade of soldiers trained by the SS invaded. It was an easy victory for Germany. The SS were moved against the Allied forces of the UK and France. The SS weren’t just soldiers. They had many branches of service you could enter. They had everything from foreign intelligence to people dealing with the populace directly. Those who did interact with civilians were part of a group known as the Gestapo. You wouldn’t know they were there, before you were arrested for something they saw as illegal. Soldiers from the SS were also in charge of keeping an eye on the concentration camps, and keeping them up and running. As the war raged on, the SS continued to be revered and feared. They were seen as inhumane and cold blooded killers. A war with two fronts isn’t easy. Hitler had fought the SS to a vulnerable state. Russia continued to invade and trap German forces. The SS were forced to retreat. Those who didn’t or couldn’t were either killed or captured. The concentration camps were evacuated. The soldiers forced prisoners to run in the snow and cold. These evacuations would later be known as The Death Marches from the SS literally running prisoners to death. Those who couldn’t run anymore were