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S01E05: Die Waffen-SS

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Die Waffen-SS ist bis heute ein Phänomen voller Widersprüche. Zu Kriegsbeginn bestand die Truppe aus Freiwilligen, aus handverlesenen „Militärathleten“. Das Prinzip der Freiwilligkeit rückte bald in den Hintergrund. Es entstanden Einheiten wie die SS-Division „Handschar“, eine Truppe von Moslems vom Balkan oder die SS-Division „Dirlewanger“. Diese Division bestand aus Wilddieben und Kriminellen, vereinzelt sogar aus zwangsrekrutierten politischen Häftlingen aus den Konzentrationslagern.
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Die SS

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Sie war der Inbegriff des Terrors. Sie vollzog den Massenmord. Sie verkörperte wie keine andere Organisation in Hitlers Reich den tödlichen Wahn vom Herrenmenschen. SS – die beiden Buchstaben in altgermanischer Runenschrift stehen für das wohl effektivste und gefährlichste Machtinstrument der NS-Diktatur.

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