Nazi SS

The Schutzstaffel (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ᛋᛋ) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

The ' (, , abbreviated Gestapo' ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934

The '''''' (; ) was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both German-occupied Europe and unoccupied lands. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the (OKW, "High Command of the Armed Forces"), with some units being subordinated to the () directly under Heinrich Himmler's control. It was disbanded in May 1945.

''''' (, "Security Service"), full title ''' ("Security Service of the Reichsführer-SS"), or SD, was the intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Established in 1931, the SD was the first Nazi intelligence organization and the Gestapo (formed in 1933) was considered its sister organization through the integration of SS members and operational procedures. The SD was administered as an independent SS office between 1933 and 1939. That year, the SD was transferred over to the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt''; RSHA), as one of its seven departments.

Nazi racial plan of enslavement and genocide of peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, mainly Jews, Slavs & Roma

The '''' (, "Ancestral Heritage") was a pseudoscientific organization founded by the Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany in 1935. Established by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler on July 1, 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to promoting racial theories espoused by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, the Ahnenerbe'' consisted of academics and scientists from a broad range of academic disciplines who fostered the idea that Germans descended from an Aryan race which was racially superior to other racial groups.

ODESSA is an American codename (from the German: Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Nazi underground escape-plans made at the end of World War II by a group of SS officers with the aim of facilitating secret escape routes, and any directly ensuing arrangements. The concept of the existence of an actual ODESSA organisation has circulated widely in fictional spy novels and movies, including Frederick Forsyth's best-selling 1972 thriller The Odessa File. The escape-routes have become known as ratlines. Known goals of ele

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' (SS-TV'; or 'SS Death's Head Battalions') was a major branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary (SS) organisation. It was responsible for administering the concentration camps and extermination camps of Nazi Germany, among similar duties. It was both the successor and expanded organisation to the (guard units) formed in 1933. While the was the universal cap badge of the SS, the SS-TV also wore this insignia on the right collar tab to distinguish itself from other SS formations.

Wewelsburg () is a Renaissance castle located in the village of Wewelsburg, which is a district of the town of Büren, Westphalia, in the Landkreis of Paderborn in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The castle has a triangular layout, with three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934 it was used by the SS under Heinrich Himmler and was to be expanded into a complex which would serve as the central SS cult-site.

' (SS-VT', ) was formed in 1934 as combat troops for the Nazi Party (NSDAP). On 17 August 1938 Adolf Hitler decreed that the SS-VT was neither a part of the (order police) nor the , but military-trained men at the disposal of the . In time of war, the SS-VT were to be placed at the disposal of the army.

thumb|SS-Ehrenring The SS-Ehrenring (German for "SS honour ring"), unofficially called Totenkopfring ("Death's Head ring" or "skull ring"), was an award of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The ring was not a state decoration but rather a personal gift bestowed by Heinrich Himmler to SS members of distinction. It became a highly sought-after award, one which could not be bought or sold, and counterfeit replicas were produced. The SS Honour Sword and SS Honour Dagger were similar awards.

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motto of the former National Socialist organization, the Schutzstaffel

command office in Nazi Germany

senior Nazi Party official who commanded large units of the SS, Gestapo and the German uniformed police (Ordnungspolizei), prior to and during World War II

the official newspaper of the Schutzstaffel, published on Wednesdays and distributed free of charge

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Latvian voluntary Nazi collaborating unit

The Reichssicherheitsdienst (RSD, lit. "Reich security service") was an SS security force of Nazi Germany. Originally bodyguards for Adolf Hitler, it later provided men for the protection of other high-ranking leaders of the Nazi regime. The group, although similar in name, was completely separate from the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), which was the formal intelligence service for the SS, the Nazi Party and later Nazi Germany.

operational headquarters of the SS

type of weapon of honour, used between 1935 and 1945 as an award for SS men in Nazi Germany

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research expedition

Nazi SS leadership training facilities

service award of the SS in Nazi Germany in four classes (1938-1945)

The central SS administrative and managerial authority for the concentration camps of the Third Reich

Nordic SS groups which arose in Occupied Europe between 1939 and 1945

thumb|Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.

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German war crime - massacre near the town Gardelegen in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

thumb|German Lebensraum|colonisation of Eastern European regions as envisaged in a Nazi-era propaganda map published in 1943 '''' (, ; ) is a German term for settlers living on the marches of a realm who were tasked with holding back foreign invaders until the arrival of proper military reinforcements. In turn, they were granted special liberties. Wehrbauern in their settlements, known as Wehrsiedlungen'' (-en being the plural suffix), were mainly used on the eastern fringes of the Holy Roman Empire and later Austria-Hungary to slow attacks by the Ottoman Empire. This historic term was resurre

tattoos worn by members of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany during World War II to identify the individual's blood type

Nazi German defense contractor owned and operated by the Schutzstaffel and staffed by concentration camp prisoners

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legal department of the SS

Nazi paramilitary unit

administrative department in Nazi concentration camps

post-World War II organisation thought to have helped certain Nazi war criminals escape justice

German folk song

350px|thumb|SS-Ehrendolch belonging to Hermann Pister (SS-Number 29892) manufactured in Solingen The SS-Ehrendolch (German for "SS honour dagger") was a ceremonial weapon of the Schutzstaffel (SS).

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WWII Nazi prisoner transfer

The Deutsch-Vlämische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (, "German-Flemish Working Group"; ), better known as DeVlag, was a small radical pro-Nazi organization active in Flanders during the German occupation of Belgium. It was founded in 1936 by academics Jef Van de Wiele and Rolf Wilkening as a cultural association to strengthen the exchange of students and professors between the universities of Leuven and Cologne.

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association football club

foundation controlled by the SS

former hospital in Germany

female civil employees of the SS

historical movement aimed at studying German history to strengthen nationalism

The ' (Foreign Exchange Protection Commando), or DSK', was a Nazi special looting unit of handpicked SS soldiers which operated in Belgium, France and the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. The unit was established in 1940 and operated through the duration of World War II.

annual Nazi propaganda event (1936-1939)

SS-Leitheft ("SS-lead-booklet") was a Nazi periodical from 1934 to 1945.

Nazi SS organization