Himmler's Cavalry: The Equestrian SS, 1930-1945

Himmler's Cavalry: The Equestrian SS, 1930-1945

by Paul J. Wilson
Himmler's Cavalry: The Equestrian SS, 1930-1945

Himmler's Cavalry: The Equestrian SS, 1930-1945

by Paul J. Wilson

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764311123
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 04/11/2000
Series: Schiffer Military History Book Series
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction6
Chapter 1The Equestrian SS: Origin, Structure, and Activities12
Chapter 2Training29
Chapter 3The SS Riding Schools41
Chapter 4Leadership and Financial Problems57
Chapter 5Conflicts and Problems with Other Organizations66
Chapter 6Case Study: Equestrian Regiment 1083
Chapter 7Das Schwarze Korps and the Equestrian Officer Corps106
Chapter 8A Social Profile of the Equestrian Officer Corps117
Chapter 9The SS Cavalry in World War II145
Chapter 10The Equestrian SS and the Nuremberg Trials169
Endnotes178
Sources208
Name Index214
Photos216
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