@BillRM,
BillRM wrote:
It took some time for Germany to go bad also it did not happen overnight and the police leaving it role as peace keepers to act more like storm troopers happen not to be a good sign.
Just to clarify: the
SA ("Sturmabteilung" = 'Storm Detachment'),was the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party until 1934, when the
SS ("Schutzstaffel" = 'Protection Squadron') became the major paramilitary organization.
The German police was organised differently in the various German states until 1936. They then were countrywide organised as "Ordnungspolizei" ('Order Police'), doing regular uniformed law enforcement.
Commanding police officer of larger units were officiall part of the SS as well: SS and Police Leader (Higher SS and Police Leaders as generals).
Many of those policemen were both the friendly peace keeping policeman at home and murdering unscrupulous Nazi henchman in Eastern Europe during the war. And nearly all played a sad role in carrying out the Holocaust.