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The Schutzstaffel ( SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ⓘ; lit. 'Protection Squadron') 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 .
1925. Adolf Hitler, the Führer of the Nazi party, establishes the SS ( Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons). January 1929. Hitler appoints Heinrich Himmler Reichsführer-SS (Reich Leader of the SS). Summer 1931. Himmler creates the Security Service ( Sicherheitsdienst- SD) of the Nazi Party. December 1931.
1. From the beginning of the Nazi regime, Hitler entrusted the SS first and foremost with the removal and eventual murder of political and so-called racial enemies of the regime. 2. The SS became a virtual state within a state in Nazi Germany, staffed by men who perceived themselves as the “racial elite” of the Nazi future. 3.
May 27, 2024 · SS (abbreviation of Schutzstaffel [German: ‘Protective Echelon’]), the black-uniformed elite corps and self-described ‘political soldiers’ of the Nazi Party. Founded by Adolf Hitler in 1925 as a small personal bodyguard, the SS grew with the success of the Nazi movement and became virtually a state within a state.
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The Schutzstaffel (SS) was the elite paramilitary branch of the Nazi Party, commanded by Heinrich Himmler. 2. The SS was known for its fanatical loyalty to Hitler and the party, as well as its adherence to discipline and its Aryan racial purity. 3.
The Schutzstaffel (SS) was formed on Hitler’s order in April 1925. It began as a small, specialised unit of the Sturmabteilung (SA) with a specific role: providing bodyguards for Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis (the name Schutzstaffel means ‘protective staff’). Two of Hitler’s closest associates, Julius Schreck and Emil Maurice ...
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From 1941, this included the death camps in Nazi-occupied Poland where millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. To do this, the SS applied knowledge and techniques developed to kill the physically and mentally disabled in the T4 “Euthanasia” programme between 1939 and 1941. The SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons) was ...
