Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel were organizational titles used by the SS to describe the many groups, forces, and formations that existed within... 20 KB (2,682 words) - 05:38, 24 November 2023 |
 | 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... 58 KB (6,541 words) - 14:18, 22 April 2024 |
 | The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ; lit. 'Protection Squadron') was a major paramilitary... 139 KB (17,507 words) - 20:19, 10 May 2024 |
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... 193 KB (852 words) - 20:10, 4 May 2024 |
 | 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... 33 KB (3,908 words) - 12:14, 24 August 2023 |
 | 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... 150 KB (18,215 words) - 19:29, 11 May 2024 |
 | (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... 7 KB (531 words) - 20:44, 5 February 2024 |
 | 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)... 9 KB (932 words) - 00:49, 6 May 2024 |
 | 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... 44 KB (4,954 words) - 13:12, 31 March 2024 |
 | 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... 6 KB (396 words) - 02:05, 3 February 2024 |
 | 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... 21 KB (1,782 words) - 01:35, 19 February 2024 |
 | 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... 11 KB (1,249 words) - 07:24, 2 May 2024 |
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... 50 KB (5,918 words) - 17:05, 6 May 2024 |
 | 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... 18 KB (1,828 words) - 01:21, 5 May 2024 |
 | 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... 12 KB (1,243 words) - 17:11, 18 April 2024 |
 | 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... 7 KB (557 words) - 04:53, 3 February 2024 |
 | 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... 9 KB (1,002 words) - 22:55, 20 February 2024 |
 | 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... 13 KB (1,254 words) - 05:59, 11 May 2024 |
 | 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... 8 KB (840 words) - 22:57, 9 February 2023 |
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... 26 KB (3,186 words) - 22:49, 26 March 2024 |
 | 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... 43 KB (3,367 words) - 16:50, 21 April 2024 |
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... 13 KB (1,233 words) - 20:40, 7 April 2024 |
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... 14 KB (1,623 words) - 12:50, 29 July 2023 |
 | 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... 6 KB (710 words) - 05:27, 12 October 2021 |
 | (NSKK), Friedrich Hoßbach of the Wehrmacht, who was sacked for unfavourable conduct, and Fritz Darges of the Schutzstaffel (SS), who was also dismissed... 19 KB (969 words) - 15:49, 30 January 2024 |
 | Totenkopf (redirect from Totenkopf Unit) SS-Totenkopfverbände ('Death's Head Units') was the Schutzstaffel (SS) organization responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps... 27 KB (2,961 words) - 13:57, 6 May 2024 |
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... 13 KB (1,554 words) - 05:40, 10 April 2024 |
 | Joseph Berchtold (category Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany) member and a co-founder of both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS). Berchtold served in World War I and upon Germany's defeat joined the German... 11 KB (1,201 words) - 03:41, 7 March 2024 |
Eduard Deisenhofer (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross) Walther-Peer, ed. (1996). Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP (SS) [Seniority List of Schutzstaffel of the NSDAP (SS)] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany:... 7 KB (703 words) - 04:37, 21 March 2024 |
 | Christian Weber (SS general) (category Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany) 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... 8 KB (838 words) - 02:39, 13 December 2023 |