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which through rdlitary conquest had earns under German domination, Final ly*
if recent iafonnation recaivud on poat-sar subversiv© organice.tiona (e»g„,
the Werewolf, Aktion Bundschuh,, etc) can be considered reliable, ;lt is first
and foremost the SS which hau been entrusted with the task of organizing post"
war resiata ice. in order to perpetuate 2«asi terror beyond military defeat«
a« P:>otootion of the Fuarer In the wordG of a high SS officer and
official interpreter of the purpose and functions of the SS« "the SS ££tijf
a team of tie liest "~ i»e04 not xaerely the physically best tut also the meet
reliables tie nost loyal» end finally, In terms of character« the most valuable
— man from all pares cf the Movement. 1 ' Ihey wera selected so that they might
meet first of ull the fundamental requirements of the formation, namely, "to
proteot the beut possession of the Hovomcnt, the Führer himself«" In keeping
with this bane**» it was Bicsalor's professed ambition to make the S3 "the
Führer 8 s most ^erso:oal elite Guard" fjtes Führers ureigenste, erlesene Garde" )o
Historically apeakiig., the protection of the Führer waa the first
assignment of tha SS, already performs« by the two predecessors of the £S,
the Stabawa;he *ud the Sto£ strupp atticr (see above)0 In 192li the assignment
mas BosjEfsfaai enlarg3d tteot.gii the iaolvsion of Party -speakers and leaders
and finally of the ahole Hc^l äovertt&nt, us the charges of tie SSo Eventually,,
the protection cf the Ptt>g*»r bacame the prerogative of specific formations
within the SS, eog** the Leibetandarte Si' Molt Eitler under die command of
Sepp Dietrich.. SS men predominated in the immediate entourage of Hitlero
Among those regularly attending conferences at the Führer's Headquarters
1» Gunter J Liquen, in Lie S£, Qesohichte, Aufgabe und Organisation der
ScitutsSteffeln der BSP/fe« pubiichet: lipon the order of the belcJisfubrev' 3S,
Berlin-, JuS:er und Dtinrihaupt Vorlag,* 1959 „
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