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 [...]
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Schutzstaffel
Short History About Waffen SS
Waffen-SS is a unit of armed guards from the ranks of the dreaded Hitler, the SS or Schutzstaffel. At first, the members consisted of young men who have the choice of physically strong and have proven their Aryan racial purity.
The unit is made up of three parts of SS, namely:
Leibstandarte (Hitler’s personal bodyguard forces)
SSVT (SS-Verfuegungstruppe, [...]
