The first book-length presentation on the social origins of the
prewar SS leadership, this volume offers a complete picture of the
men who, between 1925 and 1939, joined the vanguard of National
Socialism and rose to the rank of SS-Fhrer. Herbert Ziegler reveals
that the Black Order was composed of people from all walks of life.
Young Gymnasium and university graduates rubbed elbows with former
gardeners, mechanics, and office clerks, while "old fighters" of
the pre-1933 Nazi movement climbed the ladder of SS ranks alongside
those who did not find their enthusiasm for Hitler's new order
until after the Nazi seizure of power. Within the confines of
Heinrich Himmler's new knighthood was created a people's community
in microcosm, furnishing many a recruit a vehicle for upward social
mobility. Moving beyond earlier explanations of who provided the
support for National Socialism, Ziegler describes practices within
the SS that were akin to a democracy of personnel selection and
that resulted, by 1939, in a leadership corps characterized by
social heterogeneity rather than homogeneity. Taking advantage of
the detailed information contained in the thousands of SS personnel
files located at the Berlin Document Center, and using the tools of
statistical analysis, he also probes the connections between social
reality and the ideological credos and promises of the Third
Reich.
Originally published in 1990.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
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