Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by trespasser07 » 24 Apr 2012, 15:55

There are many good biographies in ther German language I would love to read, has anyone any knowledge of any translation services, or even tips for learning basic German sentences to undertake them with? Great discussions members :) :)

Also on this subject is there any articles or texts avaliable on Julius Schreck? I believe he was the first Reichsführer.

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by trespasser07 » 31 May 2012, 11:18

Julius Schaub - In Hitlers Schatten. Erinnerungen und Aufzeichnungen des Chefadjutanten 1925-1945. Has anyone got this German book?

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by trespasser07 » 20 Dec 2012, 13:50

Friedrich Alpers - Gaujägermeister :D
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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by Sid Guttridge » 20 Dec 2012, 13:58

I would suggest that any publication of SS General biographies should be kept strictly in proportion to their actual importance to the German war effort.

This would mean that, with very few exceptions, much more attention should first be given to the Army and Luftwaffe generals who achieved virtually all Germany's victories without indispensible SS help. Only then would there be a military-historical justification for publishing any significant number of SS General biographies.

There is already a serious distortion to the published military-historical record in favour of the Waffen-SS at the expense of the German Army without adding further to it.

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Post by trespasser07 » 20 Dec 2012, 14:07

In regards to that Sid although my interest is mainly in the SS and Gauleiters I would also welcome a bio of maybe Model or Ferdinand Schörner :D
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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by trespasser07 » 25 Mar 2015, 23:48

Interesting looking book on Jeckeln but think it may be out of print now;

http://www.amazon.de/Hitlers-Himmlers-H ... ds=jeckeln

Description - "After peace and order longed many citizens of Braunschweig, after the Nazis had far-reaching seized power on 30 January 1933. There were the constant fights between Nazis and Marxists. But hope was in vain: in 1933 alone, there were 34 in Brunswick political assassinations - and the "Terror Trio" Klagges, Alpers and Jeckeln was not only predominantly the instigator but also prevented the detection of the crimes. The Braunschweiger Justice played a very inglorious role"

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by trespasser07 » 15 Jul 2016, 17:01

Dear all,

Anything interesting currently available or soon to be published that any enthusiasts can recommend or any updates on those already mentioned?

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by Annelie » 15 Jul 2016, 17:13

Hermann Balck...already wrote his memoirs.


Order in Chaos:The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck by Hermann Balck

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by trespasser07 » 23 Sep 2019, 22:54

Any update on any publications?

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by WorldwarBill » 24 Sep 2019, 00:40

Annelie wrote:
15 Jul 2016, 17:13
Hermann Balck...already wrote his memoirs.


Order in Chaos:The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck by Hermann Balck
Balck was Army. His memoirs are a mixed bag of interesting inside information, egotism and bashing the Waffen-SS. The best thing about them is they inspired Georg Maier to write Drama Zwischen Budapest und Wien because of Balck's totally distorted version of what happened in Hungary in 1945.

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by guder » 24 Sep 2019, 07:06

How about Arthur Nebe?

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by Sid Guttridge » 24 Sep 2019, 11:24

Hi guder,

I had never heard of Arthur Nebe until you suggested him, so I looked him up on Wikipedia.

He does, indeed, look like an interesting and complicated character, both massacring 45,000 Jews as head of Einsatsgruppe B in 1941 and later being charged with assassinating Himmler by the Bomb Plotters in July 1944. In between he was also head of Interpol!

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by guder » 24 Sep 2019, 14:57

Nebe's position as a SS Einsatzgruppen commander and being a part of Beck's coup has always interested me.

Another General of interest is Obergruppenfuhrer Werrner Best. His background as a lawyer and deliberately freeing most of the Danish jews as the Plenipotentiary of Denmark is intriguing. Max Williams includes him in volume 1 of SS Elite.

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by carmilhan » 24 Sep 2019, 16:07

Hello,

there are biographies of SS Obergruppenführer Werner Best and SS Gruppenführer Arthur Nebe „for ages“ on the market:

Ulrich Herbert: Best. Biographische Studien über Radikalismus, Weltanschauung und Vernunft 1903–1989. Dietz, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-8012-5019-9.

Ronald Rathert: Verbrechen und Verschwörung. Arthur Nebe, der Kripochef des Dritten Reiches. Lit Verlag, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5353-5.

Walter Kiess: Der Doppelspieler. Reichskriminaldirektor Arthur Nebe zwischen Kriegsverbrechen und Opposition. Gatzanis Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-932855-17-7.

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Re: Which SS Generals biographies should be published?

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Post by trespasser07 » 24 Sep 2019, 18:28

Any update of the Daluege bio mentioned earlier in the thread? Sadly I don’t read German so couldn’t get the above titles.

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