G.S. Graber reveals aspects of the SS not widely known before now: the SS rituals; how the SS also functioned as a business organization; and how the key SS men (Himmler, Deydrich, Eichmann and others) operated within the SS and often against each other.

Includes index.

The man on the motorcycle -- Consolidation, growth, and internal strife -- The triumph of black over brown -- The occupation of Germany -- The predators -- The prey -- Kristallnacht -- The SS as a buiness corporation -- The SS abroad before the war -- The last days of Reinhard Heydrich -- The occupation of Europe -- Resistance in the Warsaw ghetto -- The SS after July 20, 1944 -- Adolf Eichmann: the NCO as visionary -- Henrich Himmler - the end of the road -- The SS and human behavior -- The SS in history -- The SS since the war -- Appendix. Organization structure of SS.