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"
What Men Live By What Men Live By "What Men Live By" is a short story written by Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1885. It is one of the short stories included in his collection "What Men Live By, and Other Tales", published in 1885. The compilation also included the written pieces "The Three Questions", , and "How Much Land Does a Man Need?". Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn refers to the story in "Cancer Ward". Simon – A humble shoemaker Matrena – Wife of Simon Michael – Angel punished by God and is turned into a mortal A kind and humble shoemaker maker called Simon goes