Schutzstaffel (German for "Protective Squadron"), abbreviated runic 'SS "(Runic) or SS (Latin), is a security and military organization of Germany's Nazi Party.
Adolf Hitler founded the SS in April 1925, as a personal guard unit. With time, a small guard unit has grown from 300 members in 1925 to 50,000 in 1933 when Hitler came to power.
The person responsible for this development is Heinrich Himmler, who led the SS from 1929 until 1945. The members considered the Nazi SS as an elite unit "Praetorian Guard", with officers selected on the basis of racial purity and a very high loyalty to the Nazi Party.
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Between 1934 and 1936 the SS was divided into two main sub-units, the Allgemeine-SS (General SS), political wing of the SS, and Waffen-SS (Armed SS), its military wing. |
Waffen-SS was then evolved into a second German army in the Wehrmacht, which are both fighting alongside the regular German army, Heer. Waffen-SS combat fighting known as a great ability, but other than that, they are also known for his cruelty toward civilians and prisoners of war.
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With the growing strength of the Nazi Party, government functions like national defense and security was taken over by the SS, and many SS organizations that are de facto a government agency. |
To maintain the political power of the Nazi Party, the SS is authorized to establish and run the SD (SD), which is the security and intelligence agencies. Then also Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo), the SS secret police. All this makes the SS can walk above the law.
Heinrich Himmler, the SS leader, was one impetus Last Solutions. SS Einsatzgruppen were assigned to kill civilians, particularly Jews, in countries controlled by Germany during World War II.
SS is also responsible for the conduct of the concentration camps, where many prisoners were killed. After the war, the Nuremberg Court stated that the SS was a criminal organization responsible for war crimes against humanity.
Formed: 1925
Preceding Agencies: Sturmabteilung, Stabswache
Dissolved: May 8, 1945
Jurisdiction: Germany, German-occupied Europe
Headquarters: SS-Hauptamt, Prinz-Albrecht-Straße, Berlin
Employees: 1,250,000 (c. February 1945)
Minister responsible: Adolf Hitler, Führer of Germany
Agency executives: Julius Schreck, Reichsführer-SS (1925–1926), Joseph Berchtold, Reichsführer-SS (1926–1927), Erhard Heiden, Reichsführer-SS (1927–1929), Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS (1929–1945), Karl Hanke, Reichsführer-SS (29 April – May 1945)
Parent agency: NSDAP
Child agencies: Allgemeine SS, Waffen-SS (SS-Verfügungstruppe), SS-Totenkopfverbände, RSHA - Sicherheitspolizei (SP) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Ordnungspolizei
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