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 (German: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ; lit. 'Protection Squadron'; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ᛋᛋ) was a major paramilitary organisation under...
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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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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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Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (category The Holocaust)
intimidation and persecution of German Jews and, ultimately, the mass murder and genocide of the Holocaust. The Schutzstaffel (SS) was the elite paramilitary...
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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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directly to the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The first of these positions was created in 1939 before the Second World...
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SS-Totenkopfverbände (redirect from Death's Head Units)
lit. 'SS Death's Head Units' or 'SS Death's Head Battalions') was a major branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. It...
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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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(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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The ideology of the Schutzstaffel ("Protection Squadron"; SS), a paramilitary force and an instrument of terror of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, emphasized...
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Gauführer (section Schutzstaffel (SS))
used between 1925 and 1929 by paramilitary organizations of the Nazi Party, primarily the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). Translated as...
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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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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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The SS Main Office (German: SS-Hauptamt; SS-HA) was the central command office of the Schutzstaffel (SS) in Nazi Germany until 1940. The office traces...
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Julius Schreck (category People from the Kingdom of Bavaria)
of the Schutzstaffel ("Protection Squadron"; SS). He then served for a time as a chauffeur for Hitler. Schreck developed meningitis in 1936 and died on...
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Felix Steiner (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS divisions and corps. He...
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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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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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Richard Schulze-Kossens (category Recipients of the Gold German Cross)
"Richard Schulze") was a Nazi Party member and Schutzstaffel (SS) commander during the Nazi era. Before and during World War II, he served as a personal...
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Christian Weber (SS general) (category German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States)
official and member of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Along with the likes of Emil Maurice, Ulrich Graf, and Max Amann, Weber, a bouncer at a bar, was among the earliest...
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Hans Loritz (category People from the Kingdom of Bavaria)
January 1946) was an officer in the Schutzstaffel (SS) who was the commandant of several concentration camps in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe. He committed...
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August Heissmeyer (category Prisoners and detainees of Germany)
of the Nazi Party who rose to become an SS-Obergruppenführer in the Schutzstaffel (SS). He held several major commands, including as the chief of the...
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the Schutzstaffel (SS). Early SS ranks were identical to the SA, since the SS was originally considered a sub-organisation of the Sturmabteilung. The...
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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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Hans Kammler (category Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross)
department. He joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) on 20 May 1933. In 1934, he was serving the Reich's Ministry as the leader of the Reichsbund der Kleingärtner...
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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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Wilhelm Harster (category Prisoners and detainees of the Netherlands)
police official and convicted war criminal. An SS-Gruppenführer in the Schutzstaffel (SS), he commanded German security police and intelligence services...
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