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Himmler's Cavalry: The Equestrian Ss, 1930-1945
Contributor(s): Wilson, Paul J. (Author)
ISBN: 0764311123     ISBN-13: 9780764311123
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $26.96  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: April 2000
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
Dewey: 940.541
LCCN: 99068646
Series: Schiffer Military History
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
 
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Publisher Description:
Dressed in black uniforms emblazoned with the SS flash, Heinrich Himmler's horsemen carried the SS banner across the German countryside and to equestrian competitions throughout Germany and Europe. They rode as the Equestrian SS, an SS cavalry force designed to win elite support, to enhance social prestige, and to attract farmers to Himmler's essentially urban organization. The Equestrian SS was the only SS organization acquitted at the Nuremberg Trials. Yet the Equestrian SS trained to be a security and occupation force. In mounted Death's Head regiments in Poland and in the SS Cavalry Brigade in Russia, Equestrian SS personnel fulfilled their obligations as devoted SS political soldiers. Driven by SS training, SS horsemen murdered thousands of Jews in Eastern Europe. Wilson provides numerous anecdotes, statistics, and capsule biographies of Equestrian SS personnel. This carefully researched study is essential reading for scholars and lay people interested in the history of Nazi Germany, the SS, and the Holocaust.