The text that follows is a pamphlet written by Reinhard Heydrich and published

in Munich in 1935. The pamphlet, entitled Wandlungen unseres Kampfes, was

intended for SS personnel and members of the German police. In it Heydrich
describes the critical turning point that Germany had reached in 1935. After being
in power for two years, Heydrich argues that Germany's struggle against its
domestic ideological enemies is beginning a new phase. By 1935 all of the
official organizations of non-National Socialist groups had been outlawed. New
racial legislation had also been published. Within this context, Heydrich states,
the SS and police must focus its attention on rooting out and destroying those
enemies of the National Socialist state and Germanic folk who remained in
Germany. He particularly discusses the concept of the „hidden enemy“, people
who professed loyalty to the National Socialist state but were secretly pursuing
ideas hostile to the state.

Heydrich's pamphlet appeared at an important time in the history of the SS. Its
ranks swelling with new recruits in 1935, the SS was expanding its reach
throughout German society. Newcomers to the SS required a guide to the
ideological goals of the organization. Heydrich's pamphlet was intended to be this
guide.
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