Abstract
Part I Ideology: background - revolutionizing the conservative Weltanschaung the concept of Orden in the SS historical models and self-image enemy stereotypes. Part 2 Organization: the beginnings (1933-1934) at dagger's edge with the Wehrmacht the expansion of the SS militarized formations (1935-1938) the decree of 17 August 1938 and its consequences the formation of the Waffen-SS. Part 3 Training and indoctrination: selection methods and career models the Junker Cadet Schools problems of military and mental standardization organization of ideological indoctrination. Part 4 Social Composition: level of development and internal structure of the Officer Corps by mid-1944 social origins and professional careers political aspects of career attitudes. Part 5 Expansion elite of mass army - the structural crisis of the Waffen-SS. Future opportunities provided by expansion.
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