The officers of the SS were almost all of lower middle-class or working-class origins, who would never been considered for commissioning on the old German Army; but in the SS they could take part in the "gentlemanly rituals" of the mess.
The officers of the SS were almost all of lower middle-class or working-class origins. Class origins would never been considered for commissioning on the old German Army. They could take part in the "gentlemanly rituals" of the mess. This is in the SS.