The SS troops made an amazing somersault during their existence. The idea of creating elite Aryan troops began to undergo changes quite soon. In 1943, the recruitment into the SS troops of persons who, according to all racial theories, absolutely did not meet any requirements began. The book contains essays about the leaders of the SS formations, made up of Germans and not even people of “German blood”. These are a native of the Vitebsk province Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminsky, the Dane Christian von Schalburg, the Belgian subject Wallon Leon Degrel, the Latvian Rudolfs Bangerskis, as well as the Germans who commanded national formations: Ukrainian - Fritz Freytag, Bosnian - Diederius Hampel, Cossack - Helmut von Panwitz. The book is addressed to a wide at readers interested in the history of the Third Reich and the Second World War.