Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel shoulderboards on both sides. In March 1936, the camp "service" was formally established as the third branch of the SS, the "Totenkopfverbände" or skull units. At about this same time, for similar reasons, the military SS formations (the "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" and the "SS-Verfügungstruppe") adopted a service uniform in what was termed "earth-grey" ("erdgrau"). This also was based on the black uniform, but without the red "Hakenkreuz" armband, its place on the left sleeve being taken by an eagle-and-swastika patch, and worn with trousers and shoes or calf-high jackboots. In June 1938 this uniform was authorized for full-time "Allgemeine-SS"
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes Einsatzgruppe D and responsible for carrying out mass executions in Eastern Europe, and the description of camp conditions by French resistance fighter Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, a survivor of both Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrück. Delange's film also examines how the medium, in this case the original film and sound recordings, and how they came about, affects the writing of history which Delange has examined further. "As a historian," says reviewer Ronnie Scheib, "Delage is obsessed with the growing role of reproduced images in shaping history." Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes (French title: Nuremberg - Les nazis