ᛋ 𝐍𝐒-𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑 ᛋ

𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘

"God's garden, fatherland, mother's earth, nothing is dearer to us than you, because every foot of your soil, every crumb is moistened with the holy fountain of our blood, with our sweat and our tears, and every clod of arable land contains the ashes of our ancestors." [1]

"Women, your hearts' most sacred seed, Men, your faith's most fervent deed, these lie no star-wide distance off! Where our children sing, many young stars resound, eternity blooms anew!" [2]

"You do not expect the happiness of your marriage from blessings from outside people or human institutions, but from a clear feeling of the species' own, blood-bound law of life and the unconditional desire to fulfill such law. [...] We SS comrades give you our hand and accept you into our clan association. You have an eternal home among your people. In times of happiness you should remember the duties that you have taken on in our clan towards our people, in times of trouble you should trust our oath: "Our honor means loyalty"!" [3]

"Only life itself can give us insights into the laws of creation that are valid for all living things on this earth. Like all life, humankind is fatefully placed within the context of Nature and thus subject to the same becoming, growth, maturation, and passing away as all living things [...] We know it, we know the laws through our insight and our experience, but we do not know the mysterious driving forces. These driving forces, which we cannot comprehend, represent the truly divine that reigns in every life." [4]

Source:
[1] SS Leitheft 10. Jahrgang Heft 05 (1944) p.23
[2] SS Leitheft 10. Jahrgang Heft 08 (1944) p.34
[3] BArch NS 2/131 "Ansprache bei der Eheweihe" Schriftwechsel mit dem SS-Oberabschnitt Nordwest p.156
[4] RG 242, T84, Roll 437 Vorschläge für die Abhaltung einer Totenfeier Als Manuskript gedruckt Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (DER REICHSFÜHRER-SS SS-HAUPTAMT) p.20

𐓏𐓏

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𐓏𐓏: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐒

Many folks today overlook the fact that the SS was no ordinary instrument of the state, but rather a living aristocracy consisting of well-trained warriors who were imbued with National Socialist theory more than any other division. It was set apart from the dissolving mass of the classic Wehrmacht in that expectations were doubled, even tripled, ensuring that every soldier received the most robust education for the coming age.

The cultivation of a superhuman leadership was, to say the least, the great aim of the SS. As the Reichsführer-SS once declared, it had to consist of Germania's best sons and daughters in order to reign supreme over the old upper class, which had become weakened by moneybags and the advent of industrialism. A new upper class had to be built by a rediscovering the noble origins of the word ‘class’ itself, which was directly connected to a more racially-conscious caste system.

This new class of eugenic supermen was to become the replacement for the Christian sense of moral goodness. Such a replacement discarded the transcendental values of old with an existential system based on the virtuousness of the new aristocracy; the very eugenic development towards a higher breed of man that would have become the ideal for the rest of society. Today, on Heinrich Himmler's birthday, we look back on this great vision he had for his people.

"The development of the SS as a firmly rooted part of the great movement is, in many respects, symbolic of the development of National Socialism as a spiritual attitude, and of the consistent application of this unambiguous attitude in the life of the people and their state: it was not the contingencies of the early years of struggle, nor tactical circumstances, that shaped the form and brought about the individual developments of this Black Corps, but rather, from the very beginning, the National Socialist in this community—man by man—was consciously and repeatedly elevated in many ways above the often petty and compromising realities of everyday life, thereby also rising above their own weaknesses, up to the ever-renewed and vibrant awareness that they were serving a monumental task that was entirely unique in the long history of Germany."

— Die SS Geschichte, Aufgabe und Organisation der Schutzstaffeln der NSDAP. Bearbeitet im Auftrage des Reichsführers SS von SS-Standartenchef Gunter d'Alquen (Junker und Dünnhaupt Verlag / Berlin, 1939) p.6

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌: 𝐀 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄

Only one worldview today strives to undo the errors of the Enlightenment as well as overcoming the weaknesses of the ancient regime. Only one worldview seeks a return to the racially-conscious view of life; a return to the Nature-venerating view of the world itself—this is National Socialism. We aren't just socialists with national characteristics, we are the visionaries of a new age; an age that affirms the scaffold of daily existence and the eternal laws of the Cosmos.

National Socialism is the only worldview left today that places the noble nature of Man on a pedestal, contrary to other worldviews which seek to flee from the laws of existence out of straight up fear of their conclusion. We reject capitalism because it denies our people a soul, and reduces all classes alike into anonymous statistics. We reject communism because it goes against the very laws of existence and Nature, which are based on selection and elimination and power to those who master the struggle.

We don't just seek the basic sustenance of daily bread, but a golden age for our people; it's an age that can only be achieved by entering harmony with the Laws of Nature, it requires a leader who pushed his way to the top all by himself, one who has been through hell and back, and would go through it again all for his people. A healthy future for the Volk means a future that is ridden of the genetically sick, a future where the lesser races are dominated by the greatest race. Only then will we finally be able to conquer the stars.

As time flies, our people will learn to become more tribal, coming into contact with the very beauty that makes our existence possible at all, and the multiplication of offspring is certainly one of the most vital things one can do in these troubling times, especially when our numbers are dwindling and ignoble marriages are rampant. Therefore, in the present age, the aim of National Socialism is racial survival; as thrival and expansion will follow as soon as our first great mission is complete.

Loyalty in honor and truthfulness to our Führer and Chancellor, the Creator of the community of all Germans.

The SS.

16. VIII. 1934. H. Himmler

Source: FM-Zeitschrift: Monatsschrift Der Reichsführung-SS für fördernde Mitglieder, 1. Jahrgang. Folge 8, München, 1. November 1934 p.6

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 — 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐬𝐟ü𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐫-𝐒𝐒 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐫

Since the days of the fighting, so much has happened: what we saw in those misty distances has now become reality. These are the days when we had to endure insults, be torn from our homes, and be killed; but our attention never wavered on everyone who does not want this state, who fights against it! Though times have become harder for us, our duty remains the same. The reconstruction of our fatherland demands immense rigor and self-restraint. In times of need, great sacrifices are required of us. And just as the Führer first impressed loyalty upon us, and just as we have upheld it in the past, so too will we recognize loyalty as the supreme law in the future. If, during the times of persecution, we had only followed our exile, who told us in German, "We are losing our positions, we are going to prison, why should we let ourselves be killed?", we would hardly have achieved victory; but in our hearts, we swore the loyalty for which we ask, we swore it once and will keep it as long as we live. It shall be as it has been in the past: from loyalty grows our obedience, our discipline. But discipline is hardest to maintain where its fulfillment seems almost impossible. And if an order is given to you that is difficult for you, if you believe it will break you, then you must obey without hesitation, without doubt, and without reservation. If there is one of you young men who believes he cannot keep the promise of loyalty, let him say so openly and leave! For whoever brings him the Black Death and the belt buckle that you have earned in hard battles, or to whom you young men wish to earn it, then you must be loyal and obedient, for then you will distinguish our understanding and our law. The enemy once did not ask whether someone belonged to the SS or the PN; he was to be persecuted, to be destroyed. And so it shall remain with us: if one of us is attacked, then the attacker has made all of us his enemy. And just as we were comrades in the fighting, conquering village and town and simply the Reich, so we all want to remain comrades in the future, regardless of the uniform we wear, whether brown or gray; we all want to stick together as in the fighting, for we are all soldiers of one worldview and one will; thus we will overcome all bad times, whatever may come. We know that the Jews, Freemasons, and big capitalists are the enemies of the German people, and we also know their methods: first, to incite Germans against Germans, and if that fails, to destroy the German people from without and drive them to the battlefield. The methods remain the same today; and because we know this, we also recognize our duty, as long as we live, to dedicate all our strength to the Fatherland and to stand together.

(Aus einer Rede aus Anlaß der Vereidigung des SS-Abschnitts XXVIII in Amberg [Oberpf.] am 12.11.1934)

Source: FM-Zeitschrift: Monatsschrift Der Reichsführung-SS für fördernde Mitglieder, 1. Jahrgang. Folge 9, Berlin, 1. Dezember 1934 p.2

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞-𝐒𝐒 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫

1. Rationale for the Training:
The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler represents a select combat unit of the National Socialist movement, whose value is equivalent to that of the old Prussian Guard. This gives rise to the "obligation to provide the men of the Leibstandarte with clearly defined and ideologically grounded training. Such training has already been underway for the political readiness unit in Altona for the past six months. With rigorous implementation of the training, it will certainly be possible to quickly catch up with and surpass the level of training already achieved by the political readiness units.

2. Aim of the Training:
The aim of the training is not only to familiarize the men with the National Socialist worldview but also to enable them to exemplify the National Socialist worldview and to continue their influence even after leaving the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.

3. Implementation of the Training:
The training can be completed within 40 weeks. Each week, two 45-minute sessions must be allocated for training for each company. The first session is dedicated to delivering the training material, and the second to reinforcing the material through discussion, repetition, etc. The training should include a review of current political events and a discussion of the political newspapers.

Source: BArch RS 18/111 "Weltanschauliche Schulung in der Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler." SS-Oberabschnitt Ost p.562-564

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𐓏𐓏 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍

"The SS does not prescribe any form of religion, but the SS wants to consistently embrace the worldview of National Socialism. This includes the belief that there have been no 'revelations' made that apply to all races and peoples. Therefore, we also do not 'believe' on the basis of such a revelation. For we are of the opinion that each race believes in God in its own way, and that God therefore also 'reveals' Himself differently to each race — indeed, must reveal Himself differently. That is why we say that, above all, we want to listen 'to the voice of the blood' and that we assign more value to this voice than to any authority in the world. [...] What we cannot ultimately accept is belief based on dogma or ecclesiastical authority. Nor can we accept religious concepts that are unhealthy or utterly alien to our race, or those that direct our gaze primarily toward "heaven" rather than toward this earth and this life, where our task lies. Apart from that, what matters is simply to move through this life with strength and courage—to do one’s duty without seeking a reward, and not to fear death."

Source: Vormingsbladen der Germaansche-SS, 3e jaargang - 10 Zaaimaand, "SS EN RELIGIE UIT EEN BRIEF" 1943 p.318-319

𝐕ö𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐑ö𝐡𝐦'𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭:

The NSDAP Press Office announces the following decree by the Führer:

Effective today, I have relieved Chief of Staff Röhm of his position and expelled him from the Party and the SA. I appoint Obergruppenführer Lutze as Chief of Staff.

SA leaders and SA men who fail to comply with his orders or act in defiance of them will be removed from the SA and the Party, or arrested and prosecuted.

Signed: Adolf Hitler, Supreme Leader of the Party and the SA

Source: "Röhm verhaftet und abgesetzt", Völkischer Beobachter, Juli 1, 1934

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝.

For God, For Race, For Purity.

@NSHeidentum

𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲

A worldview itself presupposes a world picture. The two must not be confused with one another. By "world picture," we understand a more objective, detached view of the world—the kind characteristic of science. Thus, we speak of the Ptolemaic world picture, which places the Earth at the center of the universe, and the Copernican one, according to which the Earth revolves around the Sun. The modern world picture incorporates the latest findings from physics as well as the teachings of biology. [...] Our National Socialist worldview is a biological one; It is based on the worldview gained through modern research and makes the recognition of the laws of life binding. There are two basic ideas that she also applies to humans based on the knowledge of living things, the idea of ​​species connection and the principle of struggle: every being is determined by its genetic material, and every being must assert itself in the world. This results in two demands for us: recognition of the people as the highest value and the fighting spirit as a moral attitude. Everything is derived from these principles, the largest as well as the smallest, the political as well as the moral, the racial legislation as well as the Führer idea, the military service like the NSV, the hereditary court law like the KdF. Our worldview permeates all areas of life, it is total.

Source: Schulungs-Unterlage Nr. 39: Totale Weltanschauung. Herausgegeben vom Reichsorganisationsleiter der NSDAP, Hauptschulungsamt p.3-4

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲

Victories by arms can only be lasting when the triumph of the blessing of children precedes and follows them. The eternal validity of this biological constitution of the life of peoples was recognized anew by National Socialism. A similar law exerts its influence in the world of spiritual powers. New historical worlds, which in their growth are always rooted simultaneously in things of both a vital, power-based, and a spiritual nature, can never be organized by mechanical means. They must develop organically, and not a single part of this development may be skipped if the whole is to be inwardly solid, fruitful, and lasting later on. If one wishes to form a picture of the future of Europe and of the world, it is therefore not sufficient to map out new borders and rely on the decisive blows of mighty armies. One must face the storm; however, one must also continue to observe closely what grows in silence. One of the greatest upheavals of our time, decisive for the future fate of the entire world and of a significance that surpasses every other event, is the rebirth of the Northern, the Germanic Europe. For thousands of years, Northern blood has imprinted the stamp of its essential law upon the world. In the last few decades, it seemed to have exhausted its strength. It would go too far to enumerate here the causes of this incipient decline. However, no one doubts the fact itself. And now, literally at the very last moment, the guardian spirit of the race has brought about the turning point from unfathomable, long-hidden depths of blood and spirit. From the German people, who suffered most terribly under this crisis, the healing emanated. And at a furiously rapid pace, following the inner healing, it also exerted its influence outwardly.

The Task
Germany, the realm of the European center, the people who consciously found their way back to the origin of their being, their blood, understood and overcame in a mighty charge every seemingly invincible opposition that stood in the way of their freedom. At the same time, however—and this is the greatness of our time—one became aware, rising above the fate of one’s own people, of one’s global task and set oneself to accomplishing it: the salvation of Europe, the unification and activation of the North, the Germanic blood. Not only the fate of our continent, but the fate of the entire world, of culture, of all values ​​of a higher order, depends on whether the formation of the Germanic community of destiny succeeds or not. The decision regarding this, however, is not made by the sword alone. The sword plows deep, it prepares the soil, but whether the new seed will germinate is decided by those deepest forces that determine the essential law of an age.

Source: Germaansche Lotsverbondenheid, UITGEVERIJ „STORM" AMSTERDAM p.1-2

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐌

"However, in these early times, it [the Swastika] does not appear at all in Egypt. Nor in the Semitic world; and now the following is very remarkable: Semitic peoples were to conquer Mesopotamia, where the swastika was known and even occurred very frequently. However, they did not adopt it there, but it disappeared. There was apparently a reason why this symbol did not appeal to them. Now it has once again become the holy symbol against Semitism."

Source: Vormingsbladen der Germaansche-SS, 4e Jaargang 1, Louwmaand "Het Hakenkruis" (1944) p.29

𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟖

1. The Land Service of the Hitler Youth is — judging by its method of upbringing and objectives — exceptionally suitable as a 'Nachwuchsorganisatie' (re-procurement organization) for the Schutzstaffel (Algemeene SS and its armed units: SS-Verfügungstruppen and SS-Totenkopfstandarten).

2. Boys who meet the special requirements of the SS regarding physical condition and character attitude are admitted into the Land Service of the Hitler Youth with preference over others.

3. Above all, those boys who have the firm will to become farmers on their own land (re-farmer) will be admitted into the Land Service. This 're-farmer' ideal will be cultivated in the Land Service by the Hitler Youth and the SS in particular.

4. Those belonging to the Land Service and serving in the armed units of the Schutzstaffel shall, upon completion of their service, be deployed by the Reichsführer-SS, in cooperation with the relevant offices of the Reichsbauernführer, to a farm on newly reclaimed land. Deployment shall take place continuously as these farms become available. It shall preferably take place in those regions where Germany requires farmers who have received special training.

5. All those belonging to the Land Service who meet the admission requirements of the SS shall, upon leaving the Land Service, be admitted into the General SS.

6. The implementing regulations shall be issued by the Head of the Soziale Amt as representative of the Reichsjugendführung in cooperation with the Head of the SS-Hauptamt as representative of the SS and with the Head of the Rasse- und Siedlungs-Hauptamt-SS for issues relating to the settlers and settlement in the countryside.

Source: Vormingsbladen der Germaansche-SS, Vierde jaargang, No. 10, Zaaimaand "OVEREENKOMST TUSSCHEN SS EN HITLERJEUGEND VAN 26-8-1938" (1944) p.324

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬

Throughout the centuries of Germany’s sorrowful history, the yearning of the best and noblest Germans for a Reich, for a true German reality, shines forth. And German history is replete with instances of indignation, uprising, reform, and Reformation; yet there is one example we do not find in the entirety of German history to date: the example of revolution! We have indeed had revolutionary thinkers and scholars, statesmen, peasant leaders, kings, and soldiers; but revolution requires more than just a great leader. It requires men and women who offer their allegiance, who allow themselves to be swept up by the leader’s vision into decisive action; it requires a people who dare to take the great leap. We Germans are not a people of revolution! The reason for this lies in the fact that, throughout the centuries, we were not merely a nation of peasants, there are certainly revolutionary peasant peoples, and land ownership is by no means a prerequisite for a conservative mindset; this fundamental misconception, too, must finally be dispelled. Nor is our people’s mindset by any means docile; rather, we were a people so incredibly and unprecedentedly fragmented, both geographically and, above all, in spirit, that a unified German image had to be forged from this mosaic only through arduous struggles. Thus, we were preserved for our revolution, one that is destined to be the most modern and comprehensive of all. Destined to be! For we still stand at the beginning of the process of becoming a Reich, the ultimate goal of our revolution, and it is not yet possible to foresee when that revolution will reach its conclusion. But what, after all, is revolution? We have first defined what it is not: it must not be confused with its outward manifestations, with coups and uprisings! Literally, revolution means a turning over. Let us dwell on this word for a moment. A raft, for instance, that is overloaded capsizes. In a revolution, the encrustations that have formed over centuries, alien to the people and hostile to their nature, are shattered, laying bare the primal substance of the people. [...] The German soldier, who experienced his revolutionary transformation in battle, no longer saw in his new worldview the narrow, highly arbitrary, and therefore by no means permanent borders of states, but learned to recognize the world as a sum of races and peoples who, more or less consciously, more or less bravely, more or less cleverly, fought for justice, freedom, space, and life. This realization did not shake him. At most, it led him, as a consequence, to throw overboard the "doctrines of love" and "religions" that had hitherto acted as a psychological burden because they obscured the reality of the struggle and attempted to deceive and theorize away the reality of life. The soldier took his own stand. That was his revolution! Penetrating the essence of things freed the German from the illusions that had hitherto confused him. His world was thereby "disenchanted"—and only obscurantists who had previously lived off this magic could regret this—but it became honest and truthful. If you ask a soldier about the meaning of fighting, if he is a conscious warrior, he will never speak merely of defending, say, "throne and altar," but will say that he bears arms for the development of his people, for the right of his nation to exist, for the order of his race. And with that, he has found his standard. He no longer knows "goodness" as such. He also knows no "deed in itself." Everything for him is purposeful in relation to his people. A valuable person is one who makes their value useful in and for their people. Whoever carries their value into the desert is a traitor! A simple morality? Yes! But an honest one! Only anonymous powers have an interest in a different morality.

Source: "Die Revolution zu uns selber" Die Kriegerische Revolution. Franz Eher Nachf Verlag Berlin 1941 p.16

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠

...Today, every National Socialist, regardless of their position, must ask themselves whether, after the victory of 1933, they did everything possible to realize the National Socialist ideal in their own person and in their workplace, to the best of their ability, and to embody it through their conduct. Everyone must ask themselves whether, in the past seven years, they have not been exposed to the various dangers of victory, whether they have maintained the necessary camaraderie and loyalty toward all fellow Germans and all party comrades. And if anyone should find that they have fallen short in this regard, then they must now draw the conclusion that they need to improve their conduct and always remember those slogans that stood at the forefront of our struggle and have proven themselves for fourteen years in the combative selection process. Every revolution and every state, if it is to preserve its character, can only be maintained by the very means by which it was originally created...

...This entire struggle is also a worldview. For us, worldview is not a sum of abstract doctrines, but the embodiment of a great ideal in life; that is, not the defense of dogmas, but of values ​​of the soul and character. We National Socialists have experienced these noble values ​​of the German people in recent decades, transcending all human limitations, and may well say with pride that we served these values ​​honestly with all our strength during the great struggle. Now the time has come to realize these values ​​once again, to defend them exemplarily as the NSDAP's fighting order...

Source: "Worte von Alfred Rosenberg" SS Leitheft, 6. Jahrgang, Folge 8b 1940 p.4

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡

Only someone who senses that man, while not the crown of creation, is nonetheless the master of this earth; only someone who sees life and fruit emerging from the work of his hands, or who is allowed to create something that belongs entirely to him, is entirely his own work, only he may consider himself free in the true sense of this precious word. True freedom does not mean rootless boundlessness; no, this is what the Nordic people call the permission to be a creator, this sacred calling thus contains within it mastery over life and matter! And this wonderful opportunity for the highest humanity has been, if not taken from us, then certainly excessively curtailed. Our people have always produced a surplus of adventurers and world travelers, daring and audacious fellows who feared neither death nor the devil. Let us not look down on them with contempt, for their very countenance is that of the eternal Viking: their gentle yet so akin features reveal the most valuable qualities of our race: selfless courage and impetuous energy. Their blood has seeped uselessly into foreign lands over the centuries; they became the cultural fertilizer of other peoples, they flared and faded like comets, leaving their people nothing more than the glory of their deeds and the painful sorrow for their wasted strength. The German house has become too small; not only can we barely feed our people, but we also lack vital raw materials and the land is no longer sufficient for our second and third sons of farmers—all this is secondary. We ourselves must understand that some incomprehensible brusqueness, many misunderstandings, and minor disputes are not a cause for concern, but rather a promise for the future. Our place in the sun is excessively limited today, therefore we must allocate it carefully and postpone certain efforts that, in their own way, could certainly contribute something valuable. These reserved individuals, however, have no reason to grumble: they retain the conscientious preparation for their future tasks.

Source: Das Schwarze Korps, "Herr der Erde", Folge 36, 7. September 1939, p.4

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐃𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐞 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫

"From now on my entire life belongs to my Volk! I want to be nothing other than the first soldier of the German Reich!"

"I have put on once again that robe which was most sacred and dearest to me. I will only take it off after victory, or — I will not live to see that end!"

Source: Das Schwarze Korps, "Der erste Soldat", Folge 36, 7. September 1939, p.3

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤

Admittedly, one must exercise the utmost precision for this, but anyone who has ever experienced an inspection conducted by a German non-commissioned officer knows all about this precision, which takes notice of every speck of dust on the barrel of the rifle in order to withhold Sunday leave from someone. To perform deeds in the belief in things that stand above life and death, to learn to force oneself into action—that is part of that “other.” The second, however, is life without a mask. All posing, all pretense fell away, and only the naked man remained; either a brave and good comrade, or a piece of misery. Here one could play the brave neither with sleight of hand nor with bravado, while only fear reigned; no bribery with trifles from packets from home or with hoarded cigarettes was able to mask an absent sense of camaraderie. This struggle in the East taught us something else: We lack everything that a civilized person needs, beginning with a spotless envelope and extending all the way to underwear without lice. When the kitchen and the supply wagon stay away for a few days, only two possibilities remain: to be lazy and suffer hunger, or to exert oneself and search until one has gathered the necessities for a meal. Letting others work for oneself is possible at most once or twice. For the rest, one is left to fend for oneself. Anyone unwilling to participate can at most disappear into a hospital with feigned rheumatism. Either one complains about the bad food, the little mail, the cold, windy guard posts where the ears and feet freeze, the lice and fleas, the deceitfulness of the Russians, or one gets through it all, manfully and without grumbling. It was probably the same during the World War. Even he who has lived for a long time in the tropical jungle knows this: from faraway places one first learns to appreciate culture and civilization at their true value; things that are quite ordinary, such as a clean bed or a good book, become moments from a better life. In short, one would wish the spoiled “jaded youth” of democracy a period of military service. But not only that; one knows that this represents their only salvation. War is not the destroyer of life, as our humanistic-pacifist upbringing has always led us to believe; on the contrary, it is only in the field that we become clearly aware of the value of this life, and only there can one fully learn to understand National Socialism as a philosophy of life.

Source: Germaansche Overtuiging, "Brief van den SS-Schütze Smits", UITGEVERIJ „STORM" AMSTERDAM p.10-11

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱

𝐃𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐞 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞

The Führer awarded General Theodor Eicke of the Waffen-SS, commander of an SS division, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and sent him the following telegram: "In grateful appreciation of your heroic service in the fight for the future of our people, I award you, as the 88th soldier of the German Wehrmacht, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Adolf Hitler."

While Obergruppenführer Eicke had already demonstrated in the Western Campaign what he was capable of with his fast-moving division, which was his own creation from its inception, he showed during the far longer and more arduous war in the East how perfectly at home he was. It was a situation of almost utter hopelessness that he mastered like few others; indeed, it was under this very duress that his strength seemed to grow to superhuman proportions. This embodies all the bull-neckedness of a fighter from Germany's darkest period, a fighter of a perseverance and loyalty such as we often encounter only in old songs, with a similarly simple beauty. It is now an open secret what an inferno he endured with his division and with considerable portions of the Wehrmacht that were placed under his command during this time. When the Bolsheviks, after weeks of a terrible winter battle, demanded his final surrender with a shield they had placed in front of our lines by a reconnaissance patrol, he answered on the same shield with a phrase that, while often used, was nonetheless remarkable. Obergruppenführer Eicke is a figure in the German military world for whom few of the usual measures would be appropriate. He is a soldier of the finest tradition and at the same time a thoroughly political activist; he is a man of culture and taste and can also be what we understand as an old warhorse of the fighting era. We know him as a man of great vision and clarity of thought, yet also as gruff and blunt towards the small things of everyday life. It would not be easy to do justice to a personality like Obergruppenführer Eicke within the framework of a report on the high and well-deserved honor bestowed upon him by the Führer. These lines cannot make such a claim. Rather, their author is content to merely stimulate his comrades to certain thoughts that are not fleeting. Thoughts about a man who deserves it as much as SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke.

Source: BArch N 756/119b Das Schwarze Korps "Das Eickenlaub für Eicke", Folge 18, 30. April 1942 p.77

𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔤𝔩ä𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔤𝔨𝔢𝔦𝔱