The World War II extermination of Europe's Jews by Nazi Germany began after the invasion of Poland in 1939 and increased in ...
With the world marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops on 27 January here is its history, ...
The Schutzstaffel, or SS ... the SS was regarded as the Nazi Party's elite unit. With Heinrich Himmler at its head, the SS expanded its role beyond that of Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard ...