Schutzstaffel
Sign in to saveThe 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.
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The Schutzstaffel (SS) was a large paramilitary force that served Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany and throughout occupied Europe during World War II. It is historically significant as a key instrument of Nazi power during this period.
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- Schutzstaffel
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- 100
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- SS insignia
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- Clockwise from top left:
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- Sturmabteilung (SA)
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- Stabswache
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- (de facto) (de jure)
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- Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe
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- Prinz-Albrecht-Straße, Berlin
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- 800,000 ( 1944)
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45 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Forerunner of the SS
- Early commanders
- Himmler appointed
- Ideology
- Pre-war Germany
- Hitler's personal bodyguards
- Concentration camps founded
- SS in World War II
- Invasion of Poland
- Battle of France
- Campaign in the Balkans
- War in the east
- The Holocaust
- Anti-partisan operations
- Death camps
- Business empire
- Military reversals
- Normandy landings
- Battle for Germany
- SS units and branches
- Reich Security Main Office
- <span id="Special_action_units"></span> ''SS-Sonderkommandos''
- ''Einsatzgruppen''
- SS Court Main Office
- SS Cavalry
- SS Medical Corps
- Other SS units
- ''Ahnenerbe''
- ''SS-Helferinnenkorps''
- ''SS-Gefolge''
- Foreign legions and volunteers
- Ranks and uniforms
- SS membership estimates 1925–1945
- SS offices
- Austrian SS
- Post-war activity and aftermath
- International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
- Escapes
- See also
- Informational notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
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.
It began with a small guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz ("Hall Security") made up of party volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–1945) it grew from a small paramilitary formation during the Weimar Republic to one of the most powerful organisations in Nazi Germany. From the time of the Nazi Party's rise to power until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, mass surveillance, and state terrorism within Germany and German-occupied Europe.
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