Das Schwarze Korps

The Black Corps with the subtitles newspaper Schutzstaffeln the NSDAP - organ of the Reich leadership SS was considered the fight and promotional Journal of the SS, and the SS paper appeared in the Franz- wedding - Verlag, which also published the People's Observer.

This newspaper was published every Wednesday in the free sale and every SS man was obliged to read them and to ensure their dissemination. Was editor of the SS leader Gunter d' Alquen.

The sheet was hostile to the church, in numerous articles was rushed against Freemasons and Jews.

But the SS was Mostly glorified and there were many articles which proudly reported on the work of the SS Death's Head regiments in the concentration camps; as reported, for example, the article K.Z. and its occupants ( No. 7 of 13 February 1936, 10) about the concentration camp esters ways.

The first edition of the Black Corps appeared on March 6, 1935, 70,000. In November of the same year were already 200,000 and placed around 750,000 in late 1944. The last edition was published in April 1945.

The newspaper was published in close cooperation with the SS's own secret service, the Security Service (SD). All messages and messages were agreed with this, the SD provided the newspaper regularly with new articles.

The letters the heading " readers' letters with a request for comments / attention" went immediately to the security service and were able to draw direct the arrest of an accused person by itself may, as these messages and letters to the editor of the Gestapo has been sent.

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