The defeat of Wilhelmine Germany and the origins of the National Socialist Party
The rebirth of national socialism and the creation of the SS
Dachau and the establishment of the concentration camps
The central organisation of the SS
The Race and Settlement Office
The SD - the intelligence and security wing of the SS
Euthanasia and the beginning of mass murder
Militarising the "political soldiers"
Expansion of the militarised SS
The invasion of poland and the special task groups
The SS and the Polish Jews
Gottlob Berger and the creation of the Waffen-SS
Making up the numbers: foreign volunteers and criminals in the Waffen-SS
Operation Barbarossa and the first and second sweeps
Appendix: Table of comparative military ranks.