n 1933, SS leader Heinrich Himmler designated Wewelsburg Castle as the ideological "center of the world" for the elite Nazi corps. The castle was built between 1603 and 1609 by the Prince of Paderborn. In 1934 Himmler decided to rent the castle for the symbolic amount of 1 Reichsmark per year. Himmler wanted to convert the Wewelsburg Castle and redesign it as 'Reichsführerschule SS'. In addition, Wewelsburg was also to become the headquarters of the SS. To make the castle suitable for this, many forced laborers had to work on the castle
