inb4 Rogan and Jones hate spam

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3BgrSbvGoiU

In this clip AJ brings up "cement of blood" as an alleged 'proof of loyalty' training mechanism in pre-WW2 Germany.

It got me thinking about how this act could possibly be used as both a 'proof of loyalty' /and/ blackmail technique people in some positions of power.

>concrete steps

Could be handlers reminding assets of these acts to keep them in line.

My digs only came up with people referring to it as an urban legend but I don't know… Still seems plausible to me. Here are my dig links.

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/18763/did-any-armed-forces-or-units-give-pets-to-their-soldiers-at-the-start-of-their

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/ubb/get_topic/f/36/t/000745.html

https://amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2rj756/was_told_yesterday_in_socials_class_that_during/

https://amp.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2qvtiu/what_was_the_training_like_for_the_schutzstaffel/