num_pages: 786
description: "A monumental achievement." (The New York Times Book Review)The SS was the terror of Europe. Swearing eternal allegiance to Adolf Hitler, it infiltrated every aspect of German life and was responsible for the deaths of millions. This gripping history recounts the strange and, at times, absurd true story of Hitler's SS. It exposes an organization that was not directed by some devilishly efficient system but was the product of accident, inevitability, and the random convergence of criminals, social climbers, and romantics. Above all, this eye-opening book describes in fascinating detail the chaotic political conditions that allowed the SS-despite rivalries and bizarre conditions-to assume and exercise unaccountable power. Author Heinz Hshne, a journalist specializing in Nazi and intelligence history, washead of the Foreign News Department at Der Spiegel . He has authored several books.
language: English
title: The Order of the Death's Head
titlecomplete: The Order of the Death's Head
genres: War, Politics, European History, Nonfiction, Military History, Holocaust, Germany, Military Fiction, History, World War II
ratings_count: 702
places: Germany
publisher: Ballantine Books