Wir Geiseln der SS

The SS



War Documentary hosted by Stephen Rashbrook, published by ZDF in 2002 - English narration







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-- Original title: "Die SS - Eine Warnung der Geschichte"--



It was the epitome of terror. It carried out the mass murder. SS - the two letters in old Germanic rune script represent the most effective and dangerous instrument of power of the Nazi dictatorship.

The SS represented more than any other Nazi organisation the wild and deadly delusions of those who believed themselves part of the master race. It took only a few years for Hitler's Schutzstaffel to be transformed from an insignificant personal bodyguard to an all-powerful empire of evil.

The entire series makes use of original film material that had long been thought lost or destroyed. There are personal interviews with survivors and and with those men who served the inhuman SS system. Only now, as their lives draw to a close, are they prepared to speak up.

In the world's first television series on the overall history of the SS, this documentary series takes a balanced view with many previously unpublished sources and with witnesses to the history of the SS: victims, perpetrators and opponents.



A Story House Production for ZDF in Co-Operation with Channel 4 and History Channel



1)  The Struggle for Power

Part one looks at how the SA, the Storm Detachment of the NSDAP, began as a group of thugs and criminals, many of whom had fought in World War I. This group helped Hitler rise to power after the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. The SS, originally Hitler's black shirted personal bodyguard regiment, was fiercely loyal to Hitler and soon became an elite and powerful group. Lead by former chicken-farmer Heinrich Himmler, the SS soon became more powerful than the SA. This episode also looks at the rising opposition Hitler faced from within the SA and the measures he took to eliminate this group. There are personal interviews with survivors and with those men who served the inhuman SS system.



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Video Codec: XviD 1.1.0

Video Bitrate: 873 kbps

Video Resolution: 576x432

Display Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps

Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3

Audio Bitrate: 128kb/s CBR 48000 Hz

Audio Streams: 2

Audio Languages: english

RunTime Per Part: 48 min

Number Of Parts: 6

Part Size: 350 MB / average

Source: PDTV

Encoded by: [email protected]



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