Der Sport und seine Rolle in der nationalsozialistischen Elitetruppe SS

'Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler regarded sports and competition as efficient means to heighten the importance of the Schutzstaffel. The members of the SS were obligated to gain the sports badges of the SA, thereby - according to national socialist ideology - promoting a 'natural selection' and guaranteeing the forming of an elitist troop. The SS undwent paramilitary training during the 'SS-Sport…