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SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at the inauguraion of their new field standard, 1940

The SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler has gathered in a fort near Metz to be present at the inauguration of their new field standard.

Arrival of the Rumanian Foreign Minister at the Reich Chancellery, 1939

The royal Rumanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafenou arrives at the new Reich Chancellery in the Honours Courtyard. He is to have a meeting with the Minister of the Foreign Office von Ribbentropp. A SS man of the Leibstandarte Adolf HItler on guard.

SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler helps out the postal service, 1938

Men of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler assist with the sorting and distribution of post and parcels at a post station around busy Christmas time.

SS Honours Guards at the Munich Königsplatz, 1936

A Honours Guard of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler in front of the illuminated 'Temples of Honour' at the Munich Koenigsplatz, in which the dead of the Hitler coup from 1923 in Munich were buried.

SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler during military exercises, 1938

Members of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler stand still during a military exercise.

Military parade at the 5th anniversary of the Nazi seizure of power, 1938

On the 5th anniversary of the seizure of power, the SS Leibstandarte Adoof Hitler parades past Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler (in the car, standing) and Reich Minister Rudolf Hess, Obergruppenfuehrer Sepp Dietrich and Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler.

Singing SS men of the SS Leibgarde Adolf HItler

The SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler sing together after official hours (undated picture).

Birthday presents for the Reich Chancellery, 1938

On Adolf HItler's birthday, the post brings parcels for Adolf Hitler to the Reich Chancellery. In the background Hitler's bodyguards, the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler on barrier service.

German guards at the entrace to the barracksl 10038

A post with a shouldered gun keeps watch at the barracks of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitlers.

SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at barrier service, 1938

During the session of the first 'Greater German' Reichstag union, members of the armed-SS secure the Wilhelms street and layed their helmets before them on the ground.

SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler during military exercises, 1938

Members of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler stand still during a military exercise.

Military tatoo of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 1937

The SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at a military tatoo in honour of the International Fronline Soldiers, who have their conference in Berlin.

Crowd of people in front of the Kroll Opera House, 1938

A crowd in front of the Kroll Opera House in Berlin sings the national songs and greets with the Hilter salute.

Hermann Goering in front of the Kroll Opera House, 1938

Before the beginning of the Reichstag session on teh 20th of February, President of the Reichstag Hermann Goering arrives in a car with his adjutant karl Bodenschatz in fron to the Kroll Opera House. Armed-SS tropps secure the street.

Cadets of the armed SS, 1938

Officer cadets of a training course of the Waffen-SS (armed SS).

Parade of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 1937

The SS Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler' passes by Adolf Hitler, who stands in front of the Reich Chancellery in Wilhelm street, Berlin.

Parade of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 1937

The SS Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler' passes by Adolf Hitler, who stands in front of the Reich Chancellery in Wilhelm street, Berlin.

'Nazi Germany: SS Leibstandarte ''Adolf Hitler'''

The SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler parades throught the streets around Wilhelmsplatz in Berlin on Hitler's birthday.

Parade of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 1937

The SS Leibstandarte passes by Adolf Hitler, who stands in front of the Reich Chancellery in Wilhelm street, Berlin.

'Nazi Germany: SS Leibstandarte ''Adolf Hitler'''

'Nazi Germany: SS Leibstandarte ''Adolf Hitler'' (Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard Regiment)'

SS Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler" on the Berlin parade grounds, 1938

Guards of the SS (Schutzstaffel) Leibstandard "Adolf Hitler" on the parade ground in Berlin-Lichterfelde. The commander examines the guns.

SS barracks in Berlin-Lichterfelde, 1938

Members of the SS Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler' in a common room of the barracks of the Leibstandarte in Berlin-Lichterfelde.

SS Honours Guards at the Munich Königsplatz

A Honours Guard of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler in front of the illuminated 'Temples of Honour' at the Munich Koenigsplatz, in which the dead of the Hitler coup from 1923 in Munich were buried (undated picture).

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler in the barracks yard, 1938

Soldiers of the Bodyguard Regiment during exercises on the barracks yard in Berlin-Lichterfelde.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' admired by an Austrian girl

During Hitler's visit to Vienna after the annexation of Austria, the Bodyguard Regiment is used as a cordon. Because of their size (minimum 1.70 meters or 5 feet 5 inches) they were often admired for their height.

Topping out ceremony for the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler'

In a casino, Sepp Dietrich, the commander of the Bodyguard Regiment, celebrates with workers and his soldiers the topping out ceremony of the living quarters for the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Bodyguard Regiment by the German Labor Front.

Leibstandarte-SS lock a street

Men of the 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' with a white belt stuff during their crowd control in the streets of Berlin 1937. In the foreground children with Hitler salute.

SS Bodyguard Regiment "Adolf Hitler" at the barracks, 1938

A division of the Bodyguard Regiment on exercises practices firing methods a the barracks yard in Berlin-Lichterfelde.

Recruit of the SS Bodyguard Regiment "Adolf Hitler" in training, 1938

The training of the Bodyguard Regiment was notorious for its severity: on this photo a recruit practices firing methods during shooting training.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler in the barracks yard, 1938

The soldiers of the Bodyguard Regiment during exercises.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' during a political science lesson, 1938

The freshly enlisted volunteers of the Body Guard Regiment are not only trained martially but also ideologically to be leaders.

Officer training of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', 1938

IA division of recruits of the Bodyguard Regiment at officer training.

'Body Guard Regiment Adolf Hitler' in front of the Fuehrerbau in Munich, 1938

SS soldiers of the 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' stand in front of the Fuehrerbau in Munich as an honor guard for the meeting of the statesmen of the four great powers, which resulted in the Munich Pact.

Military tattoo of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', 1937

In front of the Hotel Kaiserhof the Bodyguard Regiment honors the International Frontline Soldiers League which met in Berlin 1937 with a military tattoo.

Bugler of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', 1938

The bugler of the Bodyguard Regiment blows the wake up signal at 6 o'clock.

Parade of 'Adolf Hitler SS-Guards'

Parade by Adolf Hitler (left in car), the 'Adolf Hitler Guards' formation on 5. year anniversary taking over power, on Wilhelm's street in Berlin. In front of car is Rudolf Hess.

Entry of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' in Prague

The Bodyguard Regiment meets in Prague after a mission in Poland. A company leader is interviewed by a radio reporter and talks about front line experiences on Wenceslas Square.

The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler parades in Berlin

On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the founding date of Berlin, the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) is marching along with the parade. A reporter is recording the sound of the marching feet of the soldiers.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' receives a new field sign, 1940

For their efforts the Bodyguard Regiment was awarded Hitler's standard as their field sign: the cornet shows the flag after the ceremonial presentation.

Parade of 'Leibstandarte-SS' on the anniversary of the Seizure of Power

Parade of the SS Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler' on the Wilhelm street in Berlin in front of Adolf Hitler on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary of the so-called 'Seizure of Power' of the Nazis on 30 January 1938.

SS Bodyguard Regiment "Adolf Hitler" on the barrack yard, 1938

Recruits of the Bodyguard Regiment "Adolf Hitler" learn to salute on the barrack yard in Berlin-Lichterfelde

Military tattoo of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler'

The military tattoo of the Bodyguard Regiment to honor the International Frontline Soldiers League at Wilhelmplatz in Berlin in 1937.

SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler in the barracks in 1938

A midday military parade of the Leibstandarte on the parade ground in Berlin-Lichterfelde.

Hitler inspects with Dietrich the 'Bodyguards'

Adolf Hitler at the 'SS-Adolf Hitler Bodyguards' in Berlin - Lichterfelde. Hitler takes the salute with the Commander SS-Senior Group Leader Sepp Dietrich (left of Hitler) on the barrack yard of a previous cadet school.

Ceremonial event of the Nazi Party at Tempelhof Field

Hitler gives a speech at the ceremonial event at Tempelhof Field in Berlin. In front of him, as always, the Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' lined up and served as a cordon.

Soldiers of the 'Leibstandarte' on a speaker's platform

Members of the 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' stand on the platform of Adolf Hitler during his speech to the 1st May 1935 at the Tempelhof field in Berlin. The appearance of this formation at the event gave a particular warlike aura.

Foreign Minister Colonel Beck greets the leader of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', 1935

The Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Beck, who had arrived in Berlin on a state visit, greets Sepp Dietrich, the leader of the Bodyguard Regiment, which had lined up at the train station to receive him.

Guards of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' in front of Hitler's office

The Bodyguard Regiment acted as security personnel in the new Reich Chancellory from 1939. On this photo a double guard stands at the entrance to Hitler's office in parade uniforms with white patent leather belts.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' at the Nuremberg Rally

One of the high points of the Nazi Nuremberg Rally was the parade of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler'.

Music corps of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', 1935

A kettle drum player of the Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler'.

SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 1935

Members of the Leibstandarte Adolf-Hitler during a lecture in the lecture hall of the Staatliches Museum fuer Voelkerkunde in the Saarlandstrasse in Berlin.

Verbal orders of the SS Bodyguard Regiment "Adolf Hitler", 1938

At the barracks of the Bodyguard Regiment in Berlin-Lichterfelde, the duty officer examines the guard uniforms of the SS soldiers.

Adolf Hitler with soldiers of the SS-Leibstandarte on the Nuremberg Rally, 1938

Adolf Hitler on his arrival in Nuremberg paces the front of the aligned Honor Guard of the 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler which shines with a white stuff belt and white patent leather knapsack straps. To his left Rudolf Hess. Behind Hitler, the SS Reich Leader Heinrich Himmler and behind the SS Group Leader Karl Wolff.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' on the advance in Russia, 1942

Soldiers of the Bodyguard Regiment take part in a summer festival on the Azov Sea, to which Ukrainian girls have invited them. Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Senior Assault Leader Bremer, hands a bottle of home-made milk cocktail to the winner of the wagon race.

Room of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', 1938

View of a room of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' which was barracked in Berlin-Lichterfelde, after hours.

Pal Teleki and Istvan Csaky in Berlin, 1939

During a state visit to Berlin, the Hungarian Prime Minister Pal Teleki (center, in civilian) and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Istvan Csaky (right beside) inspect a parade of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. On the far left the head of the protocol department Alexander von Doernberg. The picture was taken from the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery.

Stormtroops Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler", 1938

Adolf Hitler and his stormtroops (Leibstandarte) "Adolf Hitler", his personal Bodyguard Regiment.

Stormtroops: Leibstandarte " Adolf Hitler" (Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard Regiment)

Stormtroops (Leibstandarte) "Adolf Hitler": At high noon, the trumpeter blows the "Vergatterung" signal.

'Body Guard Regiment Adolf Hitler' in front of the Fuehrerbau in Munich, 1938

SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at a military concert, 1937

The SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler - Hitler's personal bodyguards - play a military concert in Berlin to raise donations for the German Winter Relief (Winterhilfswerk, WHW). A SS man poses with a boy, behind anothe rSS man plays the trumpet.

Rudolf Hess in the Luitpold Hall at the NSDAP party congress, 1934

Rudolf Hess at the lectern of the Luitpold Hall in Nuremberg at the NSDAP party congress 'Triumph of Will'. The SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, his personal bodyguards, secure the tribune where the NSDAP elite sits. In the right lower corner, a cameraman.

Adolf Hitler at the window of the Reich Chancellery, 1934

Adolf Hitler came back to Berlin after the shooting of Roehm on the evening of 30 June 1934 and greets from a window of the Reich Chancellery. Under the window stand members of the SS Leibwache, the future Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler.

Adolf Hitler leaving the Kroll Opera House, 1934

Adolf Hitler leaves the Kroll Opera House after his speech on the Roehm affair on 13.07.1934. Soldiers of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler salute with the Nazi salute.

Adolf Hitler with Sepp Dietrich and Heinrich HImmler, 1938

Adolf Hitler with the commander of the Leibstandarte 'Adolf HItler' Sepp Dietrich, joined by Heinrich Himmler and other NS functionaries at the station in Nuremberg on the way to a parade.

Adolf Hitler on his 50th birthday at the Reich Chancellery, 1939

Adolf Hitler on his 50th birthday at the New Reich Chancellery at the rear entrance listening to a concert of an SS music band. To his right stands the Reichsfuehrer of the SS (Schutzstaffel) and Chief of Police Heinrich HImmler, and to his left the Chief of the SS-Leibstandarte 'Adolf HItler' Sepp Dietrich, in the background Hitler's personal adjutant Karl Wolff.

Adolf Hitler inspects the Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler', 1937

Adolf Hitler passes the front of the Leibstandarte 'Adolf Hitler', stationed at the barrack Berlin-Lichterfelde. He is accompanied by SS group leader Sepp Dietrich (left).

National Socialist initiation game, around 1935

View onto the stage in the Sports Palace during a so-called initiation game. The speakers and choirs of the SS Leibstandarte (personal bodyguard regiment) Adolf Hitler and labor service, in front is the State Orchestra of the district Berlin.

Joseph Goebbels, 1936

Joseph Goebbels steps off the honor guard of the Leibstandarte-SS (personal bodyguard regiment) 'Adolf Hitler' on William Square. Goebbels, at the same time Gauleiter of Greater Berlin, celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Gaus.

Interior view of the Reich Chancellery, 1939

Interior view of the newly built Reich Chancellery: a soldier of the guard of the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. The SS Leibstandarte looks out the area of the Reich Chancellery in and outside.

Adolf Hitler and Sepp Dietrich, 1937

Adolf Hitler thanks Sepp Dietrich, commander of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', for the parade on January 1, 1937, the 4th anniversary of the seizure of power, in Wilhelmstrasse. On the right of Dietrich is Heinrich Himmler.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' singing together, 1938

After hours the Bodyguard Regiment 'gladly sings a song together' as the original lyrics from 1938 go.

Cordon of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler', 1937

The soldiers of the Bodyguard Regiment cordoning off the parade on Hitler's birthday. Only children were allowed to come forward to give Hitler the Nazi salute.

SS Bodyguard Regiment "Adolf Hitler" falls in

The bugler of the Bodyguard Regiment blows the 12 hour signal for "verbal orders" at the barracks.

SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' receives Hitler at the Nuremberg airport, 1937

Adolf Hitler inspects an honor guard of the Bodyguard Regiment, which has lined up for his arrival at the Nuremberg airport. Behind him Heinrich Himmler, who has arrived with Hitler for the 'Rally of Labor'.

Minister of War von Blomberg with the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler'

Reich Minister of War Werner von Blomberg inspects the front of an honor guard of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler'.

Adolf Hitler is Taking the Salute of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LSSAH)

On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of his usurpation of political power, the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler parades by Adolf Hitler and the Reichs Chancellery in Wilhelm-Street in Berlin.

A soldier of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' is admired after the annexation of Austria, 1938

The soldiers of the Bodyguard Regiment were often admired because of their size (minimum 1,70 meters or 5 feet 5 inches), here seen with the Turkish crescent in Vienna, where they were deployed as a cordon for Hitler's visit.

Guards of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' with visitors in the new Reich Chancellory, 1939

The Bodyguard Regiment acted as the military guard in the new building of the Reich Chancellory. On this photo visitors must register on a docket which enables identification.

Guard of the SS Bodyguard Regiment 'Adolf Hitler' in the Quedlinburg Cathedral, 1938

On the anniversary of the death of King Heinrich I, Himmler organized an SS ceremony every year at his grave in the crypt of the Quedlinburg Cathedral, at which the honor guard was made up of the Bodyguard Regiment

SS teams cordoning off, 1938

Members of the Leibstandarte-SS 'Adolf Hitler' hold back cheering Berliners.

Reich Party Convention of the NSDAP in Nuremberg, 1934

Wherever Adolf Hitler appeared in public he was escorted by his honor guard made up of SS soldiers from the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler led by Sepp Dietrich. So many volunteered for this regiment that they could implement the most severe selection criteria of all the Nazi organizations. This image shows Hitler's honor guard at the Party Congress in the Luitpold Hall, the old congress hall, during the Nuremberg Rally of 1934.

Herman Goering in Potsdam, 1933

Hermann Goering makes a speech in the Berlin 'Lustgarten' (Pleasure Garden) on the 'Day of Potsdam'. The tribune is guarded by SS men of the SS Headquarters Guard, later the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.

Parade of 'Leibstandarte-SS' for Hitler's birthday

March-past of the formation of the 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' in goose-step in front of Adolf Hitler on the Wilhelm street in Berlin on the occasion of his 50th birthday on 20 April 1939.

'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' in front of the Kroll Opera

Soldiers of the 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler march in front of the Kroll Opera, which is used after the fire in the Reichstag building as a meeting room of the Reichstag. The Kroll Opera is decorated with swastika flags for a Reichstag meeting where Adolf Hitler held a speech.

Hitler and 'Leibstandarte-SS'

Adolf Hitler strides before his speech in the Reichstag session on 20 February 1938, in the front of the assembled Honor Guard of 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' in front of the Kroll Opera in Berlin.

Hitler, birthday 1939

50th birthday of Adolf Hitler on April 20, 1939. A birthday serenade by the Music Corps of the 'SS Body Guard Regiment Adolf Hitler' in the garden of the old Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Left next to Hitler, the SS Group Leader Sepp Dietrich, Commander of the Body Guard Regiment, behind him is SS Group Leader Karl Wolff.

Himmler, Dietrich, Peiper

The Reich Leader of the SS Heinrich Himmler (right), the Commander of the Body Guard Regiment, Senior Group leader of the SS Sepp Dietrich (2nd from right) and Himmler's first adjutant SS Hauptsturmfuehrer (SS-Head Storm Leader) Peiper (left) stride in front of the " SS Body Guard Regiment Adolf Hitler" which stands at attention.

Sepp Dietrich announces to Adolf Hitler the SS-Personal Bodyguard Regiment on the anniversary of the Nazi's seizure of power, 1938

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Nazi's seizure of power SS-Group Leader Sepp Dietrich (middle) announces to Adolf Hitler the procession of the SS-Personal Bodyguard Regiment on Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin.

Sepp Dietrich reports to Hitler on the anniversary of the seizure of power, 1937

Parade of the Personal Bodyguard Regiment of Adolf Hitler in Wilhelmstrasse on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler. The commander of the Personal Bodyguard Regiment-SS of Adolf Hitler, Group Leader Sepp Dietrich reports to Hitler the procession of the Personal Bodyguard Regiment.

Parade of the Leibstandarte Hitler at the anniversary of the Seizure of Power

Adolf Hitler salutes the marching 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' in front of the Reich Chancellery on Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary of Hitler's Seizure of Power on 30 January 1938. Before Hitler's car is Reich Minister Rudolf Hess (in gray coat), SS Senior Group Leader Sepp Dietrich, Commander of the Leibstandarte and Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler.

III Reich - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1938

The motif from National Socialist propaganda shows members of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in the courtyard of the former cadet school in Berlin-Lichterfelde, taken in November 1938. The National Socialist coverage writes on the back of the picture: "Des Fuehrers Leibstandarte. In the barracks courtyard, the guard detachment has lined up for the requisition. Punctually at 12 o'clock the bugler blows the signal 'Vergatterung', then the detachment moves out on motor vehicles to begin their duty in the Reich Chancellery." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv - [automated translation]

III Reich - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1938

The motif from National Socialist propaganda shows the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler eating together in Berlin, taken in November 1938. National Socialist reporting writes on the back of the picture: "Des Führers Leibstandarte. The service makes hungry. A high and light hall gathers the soldiers for a communal meal." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv - [automated translation]

III Reich - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1938

The motif from the National Socialist propaganda shows the march past of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in front of Adolf Hitler (standing on the right at the grid in the carriage) in front of the Old Reich Chancellery in Berlin on 30.01.1938. The National Socialist reporting writes on the back of the picture: "The 5th anniversary of the National Socialist uprising. Marching past the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in front of the Führer (standing in front of the grille in the carriage)." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv - [automated translation]

III Reich - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1938

The motif from the National Socialist propaganda shows members of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler on the march to the Berlin Lustgarten on May 01, 1938. The National Socialist reporting writes on the back of the picture on May 01, 1938: "Berlin: The celebration of the act of state in the Lustgarten on May 1. The Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, meticulously aligned, on the march to the Lustgarten." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv - [automated translation]

III Reich - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1936

The motif from National Socialist propaganda shows the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during training in Berlin, taken in November 1936. National Socialist reporting writes on the back of the picture: "Des Führers Leibstandarte. In lessons, the men of the Leibstandarte acquire the special knowledge that their service requires and, in addition, much that they will need for their later professional life. - Here, a section of recruits listens attentively to the officer's explanations." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv - [automated translation]