Members of the SS (Schutzstaffel; originally Hitler's bodyguard, later the elite guard of the Nazi state) parade during a rally. Germany, date uncertain. Photograph »

Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, speaks to an inmate of the Dachau concentration camp during an official inspection. Dachau, Germany, May 8, 1936. Photograph »

Police search a messenger employed by the Social Democratic newspaper VORWAERTS. Berlin, Germany, March 4, 1933. Photograph »

An early view of the Dachau concentration camp. Columns of prisoners are visible behind the barbed wire. Dachau, Germany, May 24, 1933. Photograph »