Paramilitary organisations based in Germany

The (, ) was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was set up by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. It was staffed by conscripting males between the ages of 16 and 60 years who were not already serving in some military unit.

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main branch of the SS

organization in Nazi Germany

paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party

Paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party

communist party militia force of former East Germany.

thumb|BGS Federal Eagle (Bundesadler) worn from 1952 until 1976

The Schnez-Truppe or Schnez Organisation was an illegal clandestine paramilitary organisation formed in West Germany in 1949 by veterans of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS under the leadership of Albert Schnez. The paramilitary was intended to fight against the Soviet Union in the event of an invasion or German communists in a civil war. It has been reported as having been founded with a membership of some 2,000 former officers; later obtaining a total strength of up to 40,000 members.

paramilitary organization

thumb|Transportpolizei Honor Guard in Mauerbau, East Berlin, 1961