Legionary Spirit
“The legionary spirit is that fire of one who will choose the hardest road, who will fight to the death even when all is already lost.”
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Loyalty
From "The SS Leadership Guide" (1934) Manly virtues determine the basic direction of our way of life, first of all loyalty. We best understand loyalty through the feeling in our blood. This feeling tells us clearly what loyalty is. Loyalty is lack of deception. Loyalty means action and inaction without deception. It demands reliability and maintenance through action and inaction, so that the trusted one is not deceived. It demands pursuit of the goal with complete seriousness and devotion. Whoever is loyal does not have to swear it twice. Loyalty is like a banner that goes in front of the following. Behind the flag also march those who have not stood by it under fire. That cannot be otherwise. They will nonetheless know what they owe to the flag. But those others, who on quiet soles sneak into the column of victors returning from battle, cannot know it. They were not loyal to their cause and they cannot be loyal to our cause. They seek refuge for their wretchedness or ...
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