Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel were organizational titles used by the SS to describe the many groups, forces, and formations that existed within...
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The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ; lit. 'Protection Squadron') was a major paramilitary...
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The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht...
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Between 1925 and 1945, the German Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS...
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(Sturmabteilung) and the SS (Schutzstaffel). The rank of Obersturmbannführer was junior to the rank of Standartenführer, and was equivalent to the military rank of Oberstleutnant...
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Waffen-SS (redirect from Waffen Schutzstaffel)
The Waffen-SS (German: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs]; lit. 'Armed SS') was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations...
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Allgemeine SS (section SS regional units)
The Allgemeine SS ([ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə ˈɛs ˈɛs]; "General SS") was a major branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany; it was managed...
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Julius Schreck (category People from the Kingdom of Bavaria)
("Storm Detachment"; SA) and was active in its development. Later in 1925, he became the first leader of the Schutzstaffel ("Protection Squadron"; SS)...
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Reichsführer-SS (category German words and phrases)
existed between the years of 1925 and 1945 for the commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Reichsführer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933, and from 1934 to 1945...
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SS-Totenkopfverbände (redirect from Death's Head Units)
lit. 'Death's Head Units') was the Schutzstaffel (SS) organization responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps...
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SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer (category German words and phrases)
([ˈoːbɐstˌɡʁʊpm̩fyːʁɐ]) was (from 1942 to 1945) the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel (SS), with the exception of Reichsführer-SS, which became a commissioned...
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the Schutzstaffel (SS, at that time a branch of the SA), established in 1925 as Gauführer, a rank for SS officers in charge of SS personnel in the several...
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Ludolf von Alvensleben (redirect from Ludolf-Hermann of Alvensleben)
1970) was a Schutzstaffel (SS) functionary of Nazi Germany. He held positions of SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and the Soviet Union, and was indicted...
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Afrika Korps (category Military units and formations established in 1941)
administration, including a Schutzstaffel and SD detachment. Robert Satloff described in his book Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach...
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Karl Fritzsch (category Missing in action of World War II)
German member of the Nazi paramilitary organization, the Schutzstaffel (SS) from 1933 to 1945. He was a deputy and acting commandant at the Auschwitz concentration...
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Sturmabteilung (redirect from The Rise and Fall of the Sturmabteilung)
prison, he ordered the creation of another bodyguard unit in 1925 that ultimately became the Schutzstaffel (SS). During the Night of the Long Knives (die...
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Wilhelm Mohnke (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
was one of the original members of the Schutzstaffel SS-Stabswache Berlin (Staff Guard Berlin) formed in March 1933. Mohnke, who had joined the Nazi Party...
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Emil Maurice (category Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany)
1972) was an early member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) and a founding member of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He was Hitler's first...
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Gruppenführer (category German words and phrases)
Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Corps colours (Waffen-SS) Table of ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS...
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created as the militarised wing of the Schutzstaffel (SS; "Protective Squadron") of the Nazi Party. Its origins can be traced back to the selection of a group...
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German Army (section Founding of the Army)
Party's own Schutzstaffel (SS). The Heer was formally disbanded in August 1946. After World War II, Germany was divided into the Federal Republic of Germany...
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Karl-Otto Koch (category People from the Grand Duchy of Hesse)
mid-ranking commander in the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany who was the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen. From...
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Richard Jungclaus (category Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd class)
1930 and switched from the SA to the Schutzstaffel (SS) on 29 April 1931 (SS number 7,368). He held lower level command positions until June 1935 when he...
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Heinrich Fehlis (category People from the Harz)
Schutzstaffel (SS) officer during World War II. He commanded the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in Norway and Oslo during the German...
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Gustav Wagner (category Naturalized citizens of Brazil)
joined the SA and later the Schutzstaffel in the late 1930s, serving as a guard at an unknown concentration camp. In May 1940, Wagner was part of the Aktion...
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1st SS-Standarte (section Order of battle)
reorganized from previous Schutzstaffel (SS) units, known as SS-Gaus. Based in Munich, the 1st SS Standarte was charged with protection of top Nazi Party leaders...
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(NSKK), Friedrich Hoßbach of the Wehrmacht, who was sacked for unfavourable conduct, and Fritz Darges of the Schutzstaffel (SS), who was also dismissed...
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Feldjägerkorps (category Military history of Germany during World War II)
members and volunteers recruited from existing Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) units. At this point in their history, leaders of the Nazi Party...
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SS-Begleitkommando des Führers (redirect from SS Escort Command of the Führer)
The SS-Begleitkommando was formed on 29 February 1932 to provide general protection to Hitler and other party functionaries. Twelve Schutzstaffel (SS)...
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Standarte (Nazi Germany) (section Schutzstaffel)
Nazi Germany, the Standarte (pl. Standarten) was a paramilitary unit of Nazi Party (NSDAP), Sturmabteilung (SA), NSKK, NSFK, and Schutzstaffel (SS). Translated...
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