Ordensstaat Gotenland By ReagentAH Watch

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Ordensstaat Gotenland is the manifestation of the Schutzstaffel's (SS) desire to acquire territory to govern for itself. Himmler, the first head of the Schutzstaffel, originally had designs of having much of eastern France (Historic Burgundy) to be put under the SS control as the "Order State of Burgundy", but this plan was largely ignored by Hitler during the Second World War, and then outright rejected after Germany had secured hegemony over Continental Europe. While initially, a close ally of Hitler, the ambitious Himmler was increasingly viewed as a threat by an increasingly paranoid and demented Hitler. So much so, in fact, that Himmler would be eventually executed on December 8th, 1948, in one of Hitler's last purges (Hitler himself would die of cardiac failure just a few weeks later).



However, the idea of a Schutzstaffel-led "order state" would not die with Himmler, as many within the organization still desired territory to govern themselves. The Schutzstaffel would get their opportunity to put their vision into reality, shortly after Hitler's death. Hitler's death left a power vaccum, and the Schutzstaffel was largely uninvolved with the armed struggle that led to a junta of Heer generals assuming control of Germany in early 1949. The new junta offered Crimea (still under military occupation) to the Schutzstaffel. Multiple motivations have been put forward for this offer (from wanting to marginalize the influence of the SS in Berlin by having their energies focused in the East, to simply wanting a place to dump the people who even many Nazis considered to be extreme away from Germany proper) - but what remains important is that the SS assume control of the Peninsula on January 1st, 1950 - and began to create their new state.



The Schutzstaffel quickly went to work deporting the remaining non-German population of Crimea that had managed to survive the devastation of the Second World War. In their place were brought volksdeutche from South Tyrol (who were said to be descendants of the Goths), and the surviving Volga and Crimean Germans (who had been deported to central Asia by Soviet Authorities in 1941). These settlers were significantly augmented by Schutzstaffel retirees, the families of those still in active duty within the paramilitary organization, and some of the most extreme Nazi ideologues. Within a decade, Crimea was thoroughly Germanized - and ready to be turned into a model society along the precepts of the perverted Nazi ideology. When the Greater Germanic Reich collapsed at the end of the cold war, the SS managed to seize control of the few German Nuclear weapons stationed in Crimea - assuring their state's protection from foreign invasion, in spite of its complete Pariah status in the eyes of the rest of the world.



The SS has continued to rule Crimea to this day - defying international expectations of state collapse. While the people of Ordensstaat Gotenland are viewed by the rest of the world as an impoverished and racist backwater - the residents of the Ordensstaat believe they are living in paradise. Perhaps it is due in part to the self-selection of German colonists who chose to make Crimea their home. Perhaps the Schutzstaffel's propaganda apparatus has been extremely effective. Perhaps all dissidents have been liquidated by this point. Or perhaps something far more sinister is at work in Gotenland...

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Published : Sep 10, 2018