Butler - Hitlers Deaths Head Division: SS Totenhopf Division

HITLERS DEATHS
HEAD DIVISION

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HITLERS DEATHS
HEAD DIVISION

SS-Totenkopf Division

Rupert Butler

First published in Great Britain in 1985 by by Arrow Books Limited
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Copyright Rupert Butler, 1985, 2004

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TO JOE AND REGINA ROSE

The survivors

In the preparation of this book I have, as always, been assisted most ably by various members of the staff of the Imperial War Museum, London, notably Terry Charman and George Clout, who were tireless in answering questions and searching out relevant books and documents. I am also grateful for background on Josef (Sepp) Dietrich and Max Simon supplied by James Lucas, coauthor of Hitlers Elite: Leibstandarte-SS (Macdonald & Janes). Many other invaluable details were provided with unlimited patience by the Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Library, London. The staffs of the London Library and Wandsworth Library also supplied much material. No one writing on SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf can fail to be indebted to Soldiers of Destruction: The Deaths Head Division 19331945