An Honourable Defeat
“ Chapter Four – Lost Illusions As the Nazis built up their strength, so the illusion that their regime would not last long faded. Once political opposition was gone, and with Hitler applauded abroad — despite the loud protests of Germans already in exile — the Party dug in and the task of dislodging it became much harder. The Party swastika flag became the National flag; the greeting ‘Heil Hitler’ became obligatory, not only as the way of signing off a letter, but also replacing ‘Good day’. ...The salute spread — there was even a Nazi etiquette booklet which instructed one when and how far to stretch out one’s arm, and when it was permissible to use the left arm. The salute spread everywhere: only a handful of Army officers didn’t use it. Although the brownshirts of the SA became less common (the SA was relegated to the position of an auxiliary political police force), the black uniforms of the SS were seen more and more frequently. SS units were garrisoned all over Germany, as ready to protect Hitler against his own people as against foreign attackers.MoreLess
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