This Shock Troop leader was one of the first too clear the Red Square in Karhkov. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Tough Feldwebel

One week after the Reichstag fire, an SS member joins a policeman and his German Shephard as they patrol the streets of Berlin during the 1933 election-the last democratic election that Germany would enjoy in Hitler's lifetime. SS troops were regularly deployed as auxilary police during the seizure of power, and Himmler eventually became the Cheif of Germany's National Police. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Crackdown

SS soldiers link arms to control the crowd during the May Day celebrations in Berlin in 1936. By 1930 Hitlers private armies (SS and SA) outnumbered Germany's own Armed Forces, and he wasn't afraid to use them. "I will suppress every attempt to disturb the existing order." promised Hitler in 1933. (scanned by HOS Bandit)