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SS POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: A READING LIST
A WORLD FUTURE FUND STUDY IN DOCUMENTARY HISTORY With its control over the police, significant parts of the German armaments industry, a vast concentration and labor camp system, and even entire countries (e.g., Denmark in 1944), the SS was the organizational foundation upon which the totalitarian political system of the Third Reich rested. Located at the center of this empire was Heinrich Himmler, a man whose hold on personal political, police, and administrative power in Nazi Germany was exceeded only by that of Adolf Hitler. One cannot properly research and understand the inner workings of the Nazi state and the SS, or the racial theories on which the SS was based without studying Heinrich Himmler. From January 1929, when Hitler named him head of the then tiny SS, to the collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945, Himmler was the man who would shape the SS according to his vision of what the organization should be. It is because of Himmler's central importance to the history of Nazi Germany that we have prepared this reading list of sources on Himmler and the SS for use by researchers. This list includes published copies of Himmler's writings and speeches, official SS publications, official Nazi Party publications, the memoirs and writings of leading SS officers, and scholarly studies on the SS. Serious study of the SS remains necessary, including the philosophical origins of the organization, the quasi-religious aspects of its existence, the historical-organizational principles upon which it was based, and its function within the Nazi State. Because the SS was to a large extent the result of Himmler's vision, we have prepared this list of primary sources, and important secondary works in order to facilitate research on the SS. It is our hope that in providing these sources we may stimulate research on the SS and on the man who was its leader. Please note that while extensive, this list is not comprehensive.
We generally have not included sources on the Waffen SS because of the great
deal of work that has been carried out on that subject already. Many of
the sources listed here are difficult to find so when it has been possible we
have included the library call numbers. NOTE: A BRIEF STATEMENT OF PUBLICATIONS PRINCIPLES The World Future Fund serves as a source of documentary material, reading lists, and internet links from different points of view that we believe have historical significance. The publication of this material is in no way whatsoever an endorsement of these viewpoints by the World Future Fund, unless explicitly stated by us. As our web site makes very clear, we are totally opposed to ideas such as racism, religious intolerance, and communism. However, in order to combat such evils, it is necessary to understand them by means of the study of key documentary material. For a more detailed statement of our publications standards click here. PUBLISHED HIMMLER SPEECHES OFFICIAL SS PUBLICATIONS POSTWAR PUBLICATIONS BY FORMER NAZIS AND SS OFFICERS BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON THE SS PUBLISHED HIMMLER SPEECHES AND WRITINGS ATTRIBUTED TO HIMMLER Note: This list includes several published copies of Himmler's speeches that appeared before the collapse of Nazi Germany. These publications have been included here because they may be more accessible than archival collections of Himmler's speeches. This list can be used in conjunction with a detailed list of Himmler's speeches that we have prepared. To the best of our information this is the most complete list on the web. Heinrich Himmler, Rede des Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler anlässlich des "Tages der Freiheit" am 24. Oktober 1943 in Posen (1943). Library of Congress Call Number DD 119 .H5 (Library of Congress). Heinrich Himmler, Rede des Reichsführers SS in Dom zu Quedlinberg am 2. Juli 1936 (Berlin: Nordland Verlag, 1936). Library of Congress Call Number DD 138 .H5 (Library of Congress). Himmler Heinrich, Die Schutzstaffel als antibolschewistische Kampforganisation (München, F. Eher Nachführung, 1936). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253.6 .H5. Excerpts from this text are available in Trials of the Major War Criminals (Nuremberg: IMT, 1947), Vol. XXIX, pp. 13-15. (Nuremberg Documents Online (Collection May Be Incomplete)). Heinrich Himmler, Rassenpolitik (Berlin: SS-Hauptamt, 1942?). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253 .N324 (Library of Congress). Heinrich Himmler, Der Weg des SS-Mannes (Berlin: SS-Hauptamt, 1935). Bundesarchiv Koblenz, NS 19/512. Heinrich Himmler, Das Reich und Europa (Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1943). Library of Congress Call Number DD 93 .R37 1943 (Library of Congress). Heinrich Himmler, “Die Idee wird Gestalt,” in Das Schwarze Korps, June 19, 1935. Library of Congress, Microfilm 0596, Microfilm Reading Room, Jefferson LJ139B (Library of Congress). Heinrich Himmler, "Der politische Soldat und das tausendjährige Reich," in Das Schwarze Korps, April 1935. Library of Congress, Microfilm 0596, Microfilm Reading Room, Jefferson LJ139B (Library of Congress). Bradley F. Smith and Agnes F. Peterson, Heinrich Himmler: Geheimreden 1933 bis 1945 und andere Ansprachen (Frankfurt am Main: Propyläen Verlag, 1974). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 A34 1974 (Library of Congress). Peter Witte, et. al (Hrsg.), Der Dienstkalender Heinrich Himmlers 1941/42 (Hamburg: Christians, 1999). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 H56 1999 (Library of Congress). OFFICIAL SS AND NAZI PARTY PUBLICATIONS Werner Best, Die Deutsche Polizei (Darmstadt: L.C. Wittich, 1941). Library of Congress Call Number HV 8207 .B4 1941 (Library of Congress). Günther D’Alquen, Die SS: Geschichte, Aufgabe und Organisation der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP (Berlin: Junker und Dünnhaupt Verlag, 1939). Click here for complete text online. Richard Walter Darré, Neuadel aus Blut und Boden (München: Lehmann Verlag, 1935). Library of Congress Call Number CS 617 .D3 1939 (Library of Congress). Richard Walter Darré, Das Bauerntum als Lebensquelle der nordischen Rasse (Munich: Lehmann, 1937). Library of Congress Call Number GN 549 .T4 D3 1937 (Library of Congress). Das Schwarze Korps. Zeitung der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, 1-11 (1935-1945). Complete collections are available at the library of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM Library) and the Library of Congress, Microfilm 0596, Microfilm Reading Room, Jefferson LJ139B (Library of Congress). Die Schutzstaffel: Lieber Tot als Sklav (December, 1926). NARA, RG 242, T-580, Roll 87, Folder 425. Reinhard Heydrich, Wandlungen unseres Kampfes (München, 1935). Library of Congress Call Number DD253.6 .H5 1936 (Library of Congress). Click here for complete text online. NSDAP, Der 5. Reichsbauerntag Goslar: 25-28 November 1937 (Berlin: Reichsnährstand Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1937) Library of Congress Call Number S 231 .C5 1937 Third Reich Collection. (Library of Congress) Himmler appears to have spoken annually at this rally for German farmers. See our Himmler Speech List. Also see Axel Friedrichs, Deutschlands Weg zur Freiheit 1935 (Berlin: Junker und Dünnhaupt, 1937). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253 .A1 D6 Bd. 3. (Library of Congress). NSDAP, Nationalpolitischer Lehrgang der Wehrmacht vom 15. bis 23. Januar 1937 (Berlin: Berliner Börsen-Zeitung Druckerei und Verlag, 1937). Library of Congress Microfilm 91/4954 (D) (Library of Congress). Contains the January 1937 Himmler speech "Wesen und Aufgabe der SS und Polizei." Reichsorganisationsleiter der NSDAP (Hrsg.), "Die Schutzstaffeln der NSDAP," in Organisationsbuch der NSDAP (München, 1943). This document describes the purpose, membership selection system, and organization of the SS as of 1943. in Trials of the Major War Criminals (Nuremberg: IMT, 1947), Vol. XXXI, pp. 42-51. (Nuremberg Documents Online (Collection May Be Incomplete)). SS-Leithefte. 11 vols. 1935-1945. One volume from 1943 available at the library of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM Library). SS-Hauptamt (Hrsg.), Grenzkampf Ost (Berlin 1943). Bundesarchiv Koblenz, ZSg. 3/vorl. 941. SS-Hauptamt (Hrsg), Lehrplan für zwölfwöchige Schulung (Berlin, no date). SS-Hauptamt (Hrsg.), Der Weg der NSDAP: Entstehung, Kampf und Sieg (Berlin: 194?). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253 .N327 (Library of Congress). SS-Hauptamt (Hrsg.), Die SS- und Polizeigerichtsbarkeit (Leipzig: F.A. Wordel, 1944). Library of Congress Call Number LAW <Europe West Germany 4 Schutzstaffel 1944> (Library of Congress). SS-Hauptamt (Hrsg.), “Lehrplan für die weltanschauliche Erziehung in der SS und Polizei 1943-44.” Available in Hans-Adolf Jacobsen and Werner Jochmann (Hrsg.), Ausgewählte Dokumente zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus 1933-1945 (Bielefeld: Verlag Neue Gesellschaft, 1961). Library of Congress Call Number DD 256.5 .J248 (Library of Congress). Hans Volz, Von der Grossmacht zur Weltmacht (Berlin: Junker und Dünnhaupt, 1937). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253 .A1 D6 Bd. 5 1942 (Library of Congress). Contains the January 15, 1937 Himmler speech given on the "Day of the German Police." POSTWAR PUBLICATIONS BY FORMER HIMMLER CONFIDANTS AND SS OFFICERS Josef Ackermann, Heinrich Himmler als Ideologue (Göttingen: Müsterschmidt, 1970). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 B74 A65 (Library of Congress). Adolf Hitler, "Geheimgehaltene Rede Adolf Hitlers vor dem politischen Führernachwuchs auf der Ordensburg Sonthofen," in Hans-Adolf Jacobsen and Werner Jochmann (Hrsg.), Ausgewählte Dokumente zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus 1933-1945 (Bielefeld: Verlag Neue Gesellschaft, 1961). Library of Congress Call Number DD 256.5 .J248 (Library of Congress). Felix Kersten, The Kersten Memoirs, 1940-1945. Trans. C. Fitzgibbon and James Oliver. (New York, Macmillan, 1957). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 K413 1957 (Library of Congress). Kersten was Himmler's masseur and had direct access to the SS chief. Walter Schellenberg, The Labyrinth: Memoirs of Walter Schellenberg, Hitler's Chief of Counterintelligence. Trans. Louis Hagen (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .S338 A3 2000 (Library of Congress). Shlomo Aronson, Beginnings of The Gestapo system: The Bavarian Model in 1933 (Jerusalem: Israel Universities Press, 1969) Library of Congress Call Number DD 256.5 .A75 (Library of Congress). Shlomo Aronson, Reinhard Heydrich und die Frühgeschichte von Gestapo und SD (Stuttgart: Deutsche-Verlags Anstalt, 1971). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H42 A7 1971 (Library of Congress). Richard Breitman, The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and The Final Solution (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1991). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 B74 1991 (Library of Congress). George C. Browder, Foundations of The Nazi Police State: The Formation of The Sipo and SD (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1990). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253.6 .B78 1990 (Library of Congress). Hans Buchheim, "Die SS in der Verfassung des Dritten Reiches," in Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2/2 (1955), pp. 127-157. Wolfgang Dierker, Himmlers Glaubenskrieger: Der Sicherheitsdienst der SS und seine Religionspolitik, 1933-1941 (Paderborn: Schöningh, 2002). Library of Congress Call Number BR 856 .D564 2002 Willi Frischauer, Himmler: The Evil Genius of The Third Reich (London: Odhams Press, 1953). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 F7 1953 (Library of Congress). Heinz Höhne, The Order of The Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS. Trans. Richard Barry (New York: Penguin Books, 2000). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253.6 .H613 2000 (Library of Congress). Ihor Kamenetsky, Secret Nazi Plans for Eastern Europe: A Study of Lebensraum Policies (New York: Bookman Associates, 1961). Library of Congress Call Number D 802.P6 K22 (Library of Congress). Peter-Ferdinand Koch (Hrsg.), Himmlers graue Eminenz: Oswald Pohl und das Wirtschaftsverwaltungshauptamt der SS (Hamburg: Facta Oblita, 1988). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .P58 H55 1988 (Library of Congress). Robert L. Koehl, The Black Corps: The Structure and Power Struggles of The Nazi SS (Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, 1983). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253.6 .K63 1983 (Library of Congress). Helmut Krausnick, et al., Anatomy of The SS State. Trans. Richard Barry, Marian Jackson, and Dorothy Long (New York: Walker, 1968). Library of Congress Call Number DD 256.5 .I52513 1968 (Library of Congress). Helmut Krausnick and Hans-Heinrich Wilhelm, Die Truppe des Weltanschauungskrieges: Die Einsatzgruppen der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD 1938-1942 (Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1981). Library of Congress Call Number D 810 .S7 K73 1981 (Library of Congress). Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel, Heinrich Himmler (London: Heinemann, 1965). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 M3 1965 (Library of Congress). Gail H. Nelson, "The Molding of Personality: SS Indoctrination and Training Techniques" (M.A. Thesis, University of Colorado, 1972). Library of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum DD 253.6 .N45 1972 (USHMM Library). Peter Padfield, Himmler: Reichsführer-SS (New York: Holt, 1991). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 P33 1991 (Library of Congress). Karl O. Paetel, "Die SS: Ein Beitrag zur Soziologie des Nationalsozialismus," in Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2/1 (Januar 1954), pp. 1-33. Bradley F. Smith, Heinrich Himmler: A Nazi in The Making, 1900-1926 (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1971). Library of Congress Call Number DD 247 .H46 S6 (Library of Congress). Bruno Wasser, Himmlers Raumplanung im Osten: Der Generalplan Ost in Polen, 1940-1944 (Basel: Birkhäuser, 1993). Library of Congress Call Number DK 4410 .W37 1993 (Library of Congress). Bernd Wegner, The Waffen-SS: Organization, Ideology, and Function. Trans. Ronald Webster (New York: Basil Blackwell, 1990). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253.65 .W4313 1990 (Library of Congress). This title has been included because of the information it contains on the SS in general, as well as on the Waffen-SS specifically. Mario Zeck, Das Schwarze Korps: Geschichte und Gestalt des Organs der Reichsführung SS (Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, 2002). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253.6 .Z43 2002 (Library of Congress). Herbert F. Ziegler, Nazi Germany's New Aristocracy: The SS Leadership, 1925-1939 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989). Library of Congress Call Number DD 253.6 .Z53 1989 (Library of Congress). |