Das Schwarze Korps (The Black Corps), the official SS newspaper.

Das Schwarze Korps (The Black Corps), first introduced in 1935, was the official weekly newspaper and propaganda agency of the SS, which every SS member was required to read and induce others to read. The newspaper was published by the Reichsführung-SS, (High Command of the SS), under direction of SS-Standartenführer Günter d'Alquen. In late 1939, d'Alquen took over command of the newly forming SS-Kriegsberichter Kompanie, (War Correspondents Company) and direction of Das Schwarze Korps was passed to Kurt Eggers until his death in August 1943. The paper was printed by the NSDAP's own, Eher Verlag, publishing house in Munich with the editorial office in Berlin and continued in circulation until the end of the war as the only uncensored newspaper in Germany. For other uses of the abbreviation SS, see SS (disambiguation) The Schutzstaffel (Protective Squadron), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that belonged to the Nazi party. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses of the abbreviation SS, see SS (disambiguation) The Schutzstaffel (Protective Squadron), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that belonged to the Nazi party. ... Gunter dAlquen (October 24, 1910 - May 15, 1998) was a journalist who worked for the German Nazi party and the SS. Joining the NSDAP in 1928, he became chief editor of the SS magazine Das schwarze Korps in 1935. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...

See also

• Schutzstaffel
• Nazi
• Adolf Hitler

For other uses of the abbreviation SS, see SS (disambiguation) The Schutzstaffel (Protective Squadron), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that belonged to the Nazi party. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ...

Books

Combs, William L. Voice of the SS: A History of the SS Journal Das Schwarze Korps (Illustrated), New York: Peter Lang, 1986. ISBN 0820400831.

Zeck, Mario. Das Schwarze Korps: Geschichte Und Gestalt Des Organs Der Reichsfuhrung SS (Illustrated), Niemeyer, Tübingen, 2002. ISBN 3484340517.

External links

Articles (http://www.aldridgeshs.eq.edu.au/sose/modrespg/nazi/control/propaganda/site1.htm)